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… and YO crews clean up, too
YO crew members with trash picked up at the Trout Brook Nature Sanctuary construction site. While alumni were cleaning up… Read More
Conservation Corps is now on Instagram!
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Give us your best shot
Enter the Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa photo contest for your chance at fame and fortune (an REI gift card). The contest is open to any individual serving in a Corps program during 2014, including field crews, seasonal trail crews, Home Energy Squads, conservation apprenticeships, individual placements, Summer Youth Corps and Youth Outdoors. Read More
Volunteer Voices: Amy Grace
Amy Grace and her family showed up ready to work and make a difference for the Conservation Corps St. Croix riverfront cleanups lead by Summer Youth Corps crews for the past two years. Grace, a Stillwater resident and active community member, values participating in volunteer events with her family. Instilling a sense of service early in her kids, Peter and Ella, is important to her because she wants her kids to work for a better future. Read More
Crew enhances trail in American Gothic town
In mid-March, an Iowa crew cleared brush from a creek edge to enhance a trail running through the city of Eldon, Iowa, famous for the Grant Wood painting, “American Gothic.” They had a little fun while on site! Read More
Crews tackle Oriental bittersweet in southeast Minnesota
Despite the early spring chill, Corps crews have been firing up their chainsaws and climbing through snow-covered woods to remove invasive Oriental bittersweet in southeastern Minnesota. Several crews have collaborated with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) to control the spread of this beautiful but noxious woody vine, which twines around trees and chokes them out, breaking off limbs and ultimately killing them. Read More