Updates & Stories
Calling alumni!
We are forming a committee to help us plan our alumni association. We need your ideas! Please join us to brainstorm ideas and make plans… Read More
We have moved!
On April 2 our central office moved to the Drake Building in Saint Paul ― just across the river from downtown. Our… Read More
Prairie restoration turns to tornado recovery
An Iowa field crew, dispatched to the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas for a two-week prescribed burn, found itself in a storm shelter waiting… Read More
Conservation Corps Iowa celebrates AmeriCorps Week
Conservation Corps Iowa joined the nationwide celebration ofAmeriCorps Week with a Get out & Get Green event at McFarland Park on Saturday, March… Read More
Youth help Rebuilding Together Twin Cities
In early March, 36 Conservation Corps youth program alumni, friends and family spent a Saturday afternoon volunteering with… Read More
2012 crews hit the ground
The first few months of the year have been a flurry of activity at Conservation Corps with the hiring, orientation and training of… Read More
Where Are They Now? Bob Welsh
Bob Welsh makes a direct link between his service in Minnesota Conservation Corps in 1987 and his long career… Read More
Conservation Corps Iowa celebrates AmeriCorps Week with community education event
Ames, Iowa— Conservation Corps Iowa will join the nationwide celebration of AmeriCorps Week with a community education event on Saturday, March 17, 10 a.m. to noon at McFarland Park in Ames. Read More
Corps members attempt to capture golden eagle
Corps members from our southern district spent three weeks in late January and early February attempting to trap a golden eagle so… Read More
Corps alumni recognized for Joplin tornado response
On January 31, two former Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa members attended a ceremony at the Missouri State Capitol honoring Conservation Corps’ involvement in the… Read More