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Drought makes for extra busy field crew fire season
With an early snow melt in Minnesota and most of the state in a drought, this spring’s fire season has been the busiest since 2010 for field crews. The DNR began requesting crews in March, the earliest ever and before many corps members had completed fire training. During one week, 11 crews were out on fires, requiring staff members to suit up and complete scheduled prescribed burning projects. In all, virtually every field crew has been called up to battle wildfires, with almost a dozen in the Bemidji area alone, one of the driest areas of the state. Read More
Crews help shade Rochester boulevards
About 100 volunteers and Corps field crews partnered with the nonprofit RNeighbors to plant almost 200 trees on May 2 in Rochester, Minn. Read More
Corps alumni rendezvous to clean up garden site
Drawn together by their common experience in Corps programs, youth alumni spent the morning cleaning up and prepping a Youth Farm garden site in West Saint Paul on April 25. Read More
Earth Day celebrated all week long!
Conservation Corps is celebrating Earth Day all week with volunteer and outreach events. Here is a rundown of what we have going on. Read More
Volunteers clean up trash in Saint Paul
On a made-to-order spring morning, almost 150 people showed up at Harriet Island in Saint Paul on Saturday, April 18 to help with the annual Citywide Cleanup. Conservation Corps Youth Outdoors (YO) crews scattered throughout the city to help lead the effort at six cleanup sites, which collectively hosted 1,000 volunteers. Read More
Volunteers make record-setting number of seed bombs
With the sun warming REI's outdoor patio in Bloomington, more than 50 volunteers gathered to make 147 dozen seed bombs. Hands worked fast to make this record-setting amount, which will be distributed by Conservation Corps youth and young adults in natural restoration areas. Read More