Updates & Stories

 Photo: Conservation Corps crew members installed livestock access control fence to protect Elim Creek in Carlton County. Read More

 Photo: Corps members Bethany Dahl, Drew Wilwert, Jennie LaRoche, Travis Wilder and Joe McCarthy with Rich Stemper of the Root River… Read More

University of Minnesota students made seed bombs at a BAM meeting. On October 30, Conservation Corps… Read More

 Last month, we launched an updated website that makes us more mobile-friendly and that we hope you… Read More

Thanks to a matching donation and our generous supporters, we raised $4,575 on Give To The Max Day! Your contributions have a real impact: this one day of giving means 4-5 youth can attend a summer session, or we can provide CPR training for more than 90 young adults. Thank you!We have a few more CCC 80th Birthday t-shirts to give away, so claim yours by making a donation of $50 or more before the end of the year.  Read More

“I really need to do something with my life,” I heard from behind me. When I looked up from piling brush I saw one of my crew members looking out over our work site, his expression grave and concentrated. As I continued to pile the massive amount of buckthorn we cut that day I took time to ponder his words. With the end of our term in sight much of the talk in my crew this month has been of what comes after the Corps. Read More

The temperature flexes between sultry and crisp as the year sheds summer like a snake pouring out of its old skin. The fields mottle—half green and half yellow as the corn dries and begins rattling in the wind. In small towns, the silos process sweet corn. Trucks stacked with green cobs line up and dump their harvests onto conveyor belts that shuttle them into buildings where blades shred the husks and sever the kernels. Read More

The cold weather has begun to set in here in southeast Minnesota! The leaves have been changing colors and many plants are losing their leaves, which means it is time to cut and spray invasive species that stay green long after other plants have died off for the winter! In addition to buckthorn which we have been feverously cutting because their ivy green leaves stick out like an eye sore, we have been searching for, GPSing, cutting and spraying the roots of invasive Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus). Read More

We appreciate all who braved the drizzle on September 14 to help us celebrate 80 years since the beginning of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Thanks to the covered DNR stage, we heard great live music all evening and gathered to honor five alumni from the original CCC who attended. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton even proclaimed the day as CCC Member Appreciation Day! Read More

More than 200 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota employees stopped by the Conservation Corps table at the company’s annual CareFest on Tuesday, September 10 to learn about our programs and make seed bombs. Read More