Updates & Stories
Look! I Made a Thing!
by David Minor, Communications Outreach Specialist/ AmeriCorps Member with MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program I find it very… Read More
A New Kind of Crossover Episode
by Ashley Broussard, Agriculture and Water Outreach AmeriCorps Member with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program Growing up, I always… Read More
Moving forward in our fight against racism and injustice
Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa condemns the tragic murder of George Floyd. We do not tolerate systemic or institutional racism and injustice where we live… Read More
Reminder to Listen More Than I Talk.
by David Minor, Communications Outreach Specialist/ AmeriCorps Member with MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program I feel like now… Read More
The Intersection of Disease and Bats
by Kelsey Jennings, Urban Outreach Specialist/ AmeriCorps Member with MN DNR State Parks and Trails through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program As a budding microbiologist,… Read More
CCMI responds to local community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Every year Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa (CCMI) engages over 430 youth and young adults across the Midwest in meaningful service, leadership development, and environmental… Read More
A New Appreciation for the Outdoors
by Kayla Wagner, Central District Field Crew Member/ AmeriCorps Member I had barely begun my position as a field crew/ AmeriCorps member with Conservation Corps… Read More
Working With Uncertainty in a New Norm
by Ashley Broussard, Agriculture and Water Outreach AmeriCorps Member with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program As an Agriculture and… Read More
Hiking the Neighborhood
by David Minor, Communications Outreach Specialist/ AmeriCorps Member with MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas through Conservation Corps’ Individual Placement program This is a little… Read More
Taking Time for Spring
by Sidney Hauck, Recruitment Capacity Building Specialist/ AmeriCorps Member with Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa through the Individual Placement program A popular icebreaker question as… Read More