Updates & Stories
Returning to the Buckthorn Site: Later in the Year
By Karolyn Preiss, Three Rivers 3 Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member The Three Rivers Forestry and Nursery Crews began their Conservation Corps journey when… Read More
The Circle of Life: Cutting and Planting Trees in Conservation Corps
By Sommer Meyer, Central Field Specialist / AmeriCorps Member Planting trees is often seen as a very conservation-centered activity, and it is!… Read More
Volunteer Day
By Natasha Carlson, Bemidji Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member We had a volunteer day where the Bemidji crew, a field specialist, and a field… Read More
Twinflower and the teachings of Summer Youth Corps
By Joanie Fieser, Summer Youth Corps Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member Two delicate pink flowers dangle like bells from a spindly stem poking… Read More
Serving Together
By Natasha Carlson, Bemidji Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Something I really enjoy about Conservation Corps is I get to meet all kinds of… Read More
Water Water Everywhere! The 2023 Flood Season at Fort Snelling State Park
By Clara Brown, Fort Snelling Visitor Services Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member placed at Fort Snelling State Park, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources … Read More
Women in Natural Resources
By Karolyn Preiss, Three Rivers 3 Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Women in Natural Resources. Playing outside with Chainsaws. Learning to be engineers the blue… Read More
Where Are They Now? Alumni Highlight: Jaleesa Houle
Jaleesa served as the Mississippi Field Crew Leader in Central Minnesota in 2019. Since then, she has lived and worked in Australia, returned to the… Read More
What’s so great about Grant-in-Aid?
By Morgan Wendt, Off Highway Vehicle Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member placed at Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and… Read More
Native Women Have a Big Voice
By Anna Fairbanks, Agriculture and Water Outreach Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps member placed with Cottonwood SWCD March is Women’s History Month!… Read More