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The Carl & Verna Schmidt Foundation has significantly increased the capacity of southeast Minnesota crews to restore prairie and oak savannas using prescribed burns. Grants… Read More

By Li Her and Wah Wah, Conservation Corps Youth Council members The Youth Outdoors spring session recently wrapped up with youth leading projects and educational activities… Read More

I am currently a Conservation Corps member in the Individual Placements program, working with a nonprofit organization called Project Get Outdoors (GO). Project GO’s mission is to get youth outdoors by making safe and memorable after school and summertime outdoor experiences available to those most in need. As technology becomes more prevalent in our daily lives and screen time increases for our youth, many have become disconnected from nature and struggle with obesity, anxiety disorders like ADD and ADHD, and other health issues. By connecting youth with adults passionate about the outdoors, we hope to foster in youth a lifelong appreciation for the wonder of nature and its calming health benefits. Prior to 2013, Project GO operated strictly out of the southeast corner of the state, but we are currently pursuing expansion in the Metro and beyond. Read More

  Corps members Jeff Pechacek (holding tree) and Aaron Gamm planted boulevard trees with local volunteers.On Saturday, April 27, 20… Read More

Winter storms disabled park and many cities in southwest Minnesota April 23, 2013. Saint Paul, Minn. – Blue Mounds State Park staff called upon Conservation Corps Minnesota to help restore operations at the park after devastating winter storms earlier this month took down many trees and branches in the campground, located in Luverne, Minn. Gov. Dayton declared a state of emergency in the southwest Minnesota region, after sending in the National Guard to assist with recovery. Read More