Updates & Stories
From Pasture to Protection: Livestock Farmers Leading Minnesota’s Soil and Water Revival
By Adriene Matthews, Agriculture and Outreach Specialist Individual Placement Member / AmeriCorps member placed at Cottonwood SWCD. Many of us are worried about our… Read More
Where Are They Now? Alumni Highlight: Molly Urban
Let’s catch up with Molly Urban! Molly served in the field crew program in Rochester, Minnesota as a crew member in 2020 and as a… Read More
Forestville Mystery Cave
By Kendall Buckingham, Rochester Pines Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Caves are complex alien-like ecosystems with their own diverse life. Recently… Read More
Where Are They Now? Alumni Highlight: David Olsen
David served on a Field Crew out of Rochester in 2004 and 2005, where he did projects like prescribed burning and rattlesnake habitat restoration. Now… Read More
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
My First Fell
by Marie Johnson, Southern Minnesota Field Specialist / AmeriCorps Member It’s a brisk sunny day in late January, and I’m preparing to… Read More
Marjory Stoneman Douglas: Everglades Defender from Minneapolis
By Kendall Buckingham, Rochester Pines Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member Photo ©️ Jim Bowan (CC BY 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/TxJkiw As March… 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