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

Bison

By Kendall Buckingham, Rochester Pines Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member   For the Rochester pines, one of our main ongoing projects has… 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

Grit

By Kendall Buckingham, Rochester Pines Field Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member   I would like to say something about grit. That raw, undeniable… 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