Education & Community Outreach

A tool for the change in the seasons, the Minnesota Fall Color Finder

By Jake Richards, Data Specialist Individual Placement / AmeriCorps Member placed at Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails   While every season… Read More

We’re the Land of 10,000 Lakes; Let’s Act Like it!

By Adriene Matthews, Agriculture and Outreach Specialist Individual Placement Member / AmeriCorps Member placed at Cottonwood SWCD.   Herman is giving a rainfall… Read More

Thunder won’t Shake Me

By June Roettger, Outdoor Skills Instructor   Water droplets collected on leaves create an eye-catching display at Jay Cooke State Park. Photo by… Read More

Adventures All Around: My Journey with CCMI

By June Roettger, Outdoor Skills Instructor   One spring day in 2016, the Program Manager of Summer Youth Corps (SYC) walked into the Apple… Read More

Learning and Applying GIS Technology with the Individual Placement Program

Corpsmembers in our Individual Placement Program can do a wide variety of projects; from communications, to water quality monitoring, to mapping!… Read More

Local Eco-Revolution

By DeVonte Roberts, St. Paul Field Crew Leader   When I first moved to Minnesota I knew I wanted to get involved… Read More