Updates & Stories
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
Tis the Season to be Burning
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member Spring is among us. Good weather brings fire, so we must prepare our natural… Read More
Preparing Fire Lines
By Alexis Wyss, Arrowhead Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member This week in lieu of prescribed burning down in Whitewater, MN due to April showers… Read More
Where Are They Now? Alumni Highlight: Katey Cobbs
Katey works at North Shore Horizons as a Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocate and Homelessness Case Manager. Katey attributes a strong… Read More
A New Start
By Cyrus Bird-Walker, Brainerd Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member I’m originally from Maryland, a place not quite as cold as Minnesota. So, it… Read More
Looking Forward
By Jenny Sherren, Rochester Oaks Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member I’m back for another term with Conservation Corps! I was happy to… Read More
Where Are They Now? Alumni Highlight: Meghan Schwob
After serving as a Field Crew Leader in Brainerd in 2020, Meghan went on to work for the Forest Service, and later the National… Read More