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Watch: Learn About the CCC!

A year of paid service in the California Conservation Corps can put you on a path to success, where you’ll get paid to train and transform your life!

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Our Mission

To protect and enhance California’s natural resources and communities while empowering and developing young adults through hard work and education.

Who

We are 1,587 Corpsmembers strong

What

The nation’s largest & longest running corps program

When

Young adults enroll year-round

Where

Based at 25 locations, we serve all of California

Get Paid While
You Train

Corpsmembers receive hands-on training across many different career pathways in natural resources fields. Training opportunties and project types vary by center and may have additional requirements. The CCC’s main year-round program offers paid training in the following areas:

Corpsmember using a McLeod tool during a burn prep project.

Making A Difference

CCC Chico Center Corpsmember Trinity Gebhardt uses a McLeod while preparing an area for a prescribed burn as part of the CCC Forestry Corps in Magalia, CA.

Our Locations

The California Conservation Corps offers young adults the opportunity to work and live at nine residential centers across California. Alternatively, you can stay closer to home and commute to one of our 15 non-residential locations throughout the state.

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Latest CCC Updates

Los Piños fire crews showed they are ready for peak fire season by completing their annual readiness drill in Norco, CA.

Redding's Shasta 1 fire crew helps prevent larger wildfires by completing fuel reduction projects and utilizing burn piles in the cooler, wetter winter months.

Long before a wildfire starts, CCC Sacramento Corpsmembers have already done the work to ensure State Parks buildings in Santa Cruz County have the necessary defensible space.

Corpsmembers prepare for wildfires not just right before peak fire season, but year-round, through training, fuel reduction projects, and by creating defensible space.

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