Updates & Stories
Prairie Roots can Save the Planet
By Kendall Buckingham, Rochester Pines Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member As the effects of global warming continue to bear down on… Read More
Hurry Up And Wait… What?
By RJ Ruotolo, Iowa Trails Field Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member On the docket during this last week of training for the local… Read More
Destruction: a Helpful Tool for Conservation
By Emma Klemmensen, Mankato 2 Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member The ecosystem is like a body; it can do its own… Read More
We Didn’t Start the Fire… Or Did We? Prescribed Fire vs Wildland Firefighting
By Sommer Meyer, Central Field Specialist / AmeriCorps Member Oftentimes, Corpsmembers in the Conservation Corps say that the work on fires we… Read More
Fire in Minnesota
By Karolyn Preiss, Three Rivers 3 Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member As the season for prescribed burning has hit, it may behoove one to… Read More
Prescribed Burning
By Karolyn Preiss, Three Rivers 3 Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member The Three Rivers Crews have had an adventurous week! They had two prescribed… Read More
Why I Joined the Corps
By Madeline Peterson, Anoka Field Crew Leader / AmeriCorps Member I first learned about Conservation Corps through a career fair at my college. I was… Read More
My Trip to Three Scientific and Natural Areas in One Day
By Ashley Rezachek, Communications Outreach Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member placed at MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas Program. The late spring days were… Read More
Bladder Bags and Canoes?
By Alexis Wyss, Arrowhead Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member This spring I was fortunate to be part of one of the crews serving… 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