Updates & Stories
Project Highlight: Alex Bahr
By: Megan Zeiher, Recruitment Coordinator The warm spring sun has finally arrived and Alex Bahr, who serves as a Crew Leader for the… Read More
Youth Outdoors Crew Member Experience: Addie Bona
By: Megan Zeiher, Recruitment Coordinator To share more about the Corps experience from a member’s point of view, we caught up with Addie… Read More
Class is in session… outside!
Original images from John Rudolph, East High School [Image Description] Yellow text reads “Welcome to the Duluth East Outdoor Classroom And Wildlife Sanctuary 11/16/17.” Two… Read More
CCMI Receives Grants to Support Disadvantaged Youth
Contact: Melissa Cuff Conservation Corps 651/209-9900, ext. 26 Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa receives grants to support disadvantaged youth St. Paul, Minn.,… Read More
Field Specialist Experience: Abby Cyr
By: Megan Zeiher, Recruitment Coordinator Fall is a time of transition, so it is only fitting this season has us looking ahead to… Read More
Where are they now? Vincent Welder
Sixteen acres of rain gardens maintained, 784 miles of trails built and improved, 211,489 plants, trees and shrubs planted. These are just some of the… Read More
Lifetime impact
By: Rose Lundy I am evidence that early exposure to conservation work can impact a lifetime. When I was 16-years-old, I… Read More
Urban Rain Gardening
By: Rose Lundy I have never been much of a gardener. My mom would work tirelessly out in our tiny city… Read More
Youth complete spring term with service projects
To culminate their 11-week service term, participants in the Youth Outdoors program design and implement service projects in communities where they serve. Read More
Where are they now? Sean Wickhem
During his four years of service in the Corps, Sean Wickhem did everything from documenting scenic easement parcels by canoe to leading youth in community service, training people how to camp to installing solar panels. Read more. Read More