Updates & Stories
“An Inordinate Fondness for Bugs” – Part 1
By Caitlin Patrick, Outdoor Education YO3 Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member serving with Dakota County Parks Creepy, crawly, (and sometimes airborne!) critters. Read More
The Deadliest Predator
By Hannah Heiss, Outdoor Education Y02 Crew Member / AmeriCorps Member We are deep into mosquito season in Minnesota and, just like every… Read More
How to Choose the Right Conservation Corps Program for YOU!
By Sommer Meyer, Central Field Specialist / AmeriCorps Member Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa has NINE different programs for prospective Corps members… Read More
Then and Now: Stories with the Corps
By D’artagnan Johnson, Youth Outdoors Crew 6 Member / AmeriCorps Member Recently I came across an interesting article that talked about my great-grandfather’s… Read More
A Summer at Shalom
By Lucy Tschida, Youth Outdoors Crew 6 Member / AmeriCorps Member Days for the Youth Outdoor 6 crew vary vastly. Our mornings typically… Read More
An Ode to Leafy Spurge
By Lucy Tschida, Youth Outdoors Crew 6 Member / AmeriCorps Member After a couple demanding weeks of pulling introduced (“invasive”) species in the metro… Read More
Looking Back
by Karissa Vetsch, Youth Outdoors Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member As my term is shortly coming to an end, I have been thinking back to some… Read More
Blooming Bouquets
by Karissa Vetsch, Youth Outdoors Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member As we transition into fall, some Youth Outdoors crews have begun their next youth term!… Read More
Working From Home: Out in Nature
by Karissa Vetsch, Youth Outdoors Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member When I looked into doing a Conservation… Read More
Rest – Recharge – Retreat
by Karissa Vetsch, Youth Outdoors Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member A few weeks ago, Youth Outdoors… Read More