Updates & Stories
Mapping and Cut-stumping Buckthorn
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member Buckthorn is an invasive species originating from Eurasia brought to Minnesota for shrubbery in gardens and… Read More
Deep Portage Trail
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member Picture credit: Jacob Hagestuen Picture credit: Jacob Hagestuen Finally, our first chance at a trail building… Read More
Meet the Duluth Crew, Again!
By Braden Kowalski, Duluth Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member I am a member of the Duluth Crew, which is one of four… Read More
Barbed Wire: Search and Destroy
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member July started out on our second week with Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge. Our project… Read More
Insectivorous plants and psychedelic rocks
By Alexis Wyss, Moose Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Here are some photos of the Moose Crew! In the photo of us going… Read More
Restoring Resources Changed My Life
By Braden Kowalski, Duluth Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member When I first thought of joining the Corps, I really didn’t know exactly… Read More
Corpsmembers Aid in Flood Response
Featured Photo by Noah Voss, Central Field Crew Leader. AmeriCorps Members from Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa have spent thousands of hours responding to… Read More
When There’s Too Much
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member The Brainerd crew was scheduled to work in Banning State Park pulling… 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
The Joys of Spring
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member My crew and I spent several weeks working with The Nature Conservancy doing prescribed burns. Read More