Updates & Stories
Action Alert: Advocate for AmeriCorps funding
ACTION ALERT Dear CCMI Alumni and Supporters, I am writing to ask you to take 5-10 minutes to send an email to both of your… Read More
Project Highlights across Minnesota & Iowa
Explore these projects that Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa crews and Corpsmembers have completed! *Project locations are approximate. Read More
Sisters in the Corps
Jade and Hannah are sisters who fulfilled an AmeriCorps term-of-service in our program this year. Jade was on the Rivers crew in 2021 and served… Read More
Top 5 Natural Areas to Explore in Iowa
Bella Araiza, Recruitment Capacity Building Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member Iowa may seem like a state full of farmland (and it… Read More
Sustainability tips to help reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Bella Araiza, Recruitment Capacity Building Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member If you are a nature lover like I am, you probably… Read More
Serving in a Skatepark
by Austin Godwin, Iowa Polk Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Here in Polk county we had prepared for the Dew tour. This was a… Read More
Why do we cut down trees?
Bella Araiza, Recruitment Capacity Building Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member Eastern Iowa Field Coordinator, Brad Lathrop, cutting black locust. Photo by… Read More
Helping hands for Minnesota floods
by Austin Godwin, Iowa Polk Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member The past two weeks I was able to meet the best people and… Read More
Changing Seasons: Changing Projects
by Austin Godwin, Iowa Polk Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member This month for the Polk county crew, we have finished up our final burn… Read More