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On the steps of the State Capitol, the California Conservation Corps announced the recipient of its 2021 Corpsmember of the Year honors. Each CCC center submitted a nominee to be considered for the prestigious honor. This year’s winner is San Diego Corpsmember...
In the California Conservation Corps, the work can be downright hard at times. Even getting to a project site can present challenges. A little bit of mud and creek water is no match for our CCC Santa Maria Corpsmembers. You might say they’re pros at making the hard...
It’s a moment Corpsmembers and staff have been waiting for and it’s now official. The CCC Placer Center moved back into it’s home in Auburn in early February. For the last few years, Corpsmembers have operated out of the nearby CCC Greenwood Center...
The technology may look more like science-fiction, think Ghostbusters, than fish science. However, to find trout in the rivers, streams, and creeks of California they’re a necessity. Veterans Corps Fisheries Corpsmembers use electricity to help our NOAA partners...
A year in the California Conservation Corps can help you achieve your dreams and find the career you’ve always wanted. At the CCC Redding Center, roughly half of the Shasta 1 fire crew experiences first-hand how the CCC could prepare them for careers in wildland...
As 2021 comes to a close, there have been many ups and downs throughout the year. Stories of success and personal achievement are certainly to be celebrated. CCC Corpsmembers are among the many young adults who can hold their heads up high for all the hard work...
You likely already know that playa is the Spanish translation for beach. And, if you heard the term “fresh playa” or fresh beach, that might sound like a good thing. It’s not. Acres of fresh playa are what’s laid bare as the Salton Sea recedes – land that spent...
There’s about to be a job boom to help California meet its zero-emission vehicle goal and CCC Norwalk Energy Corpsmembers are getting in on the ground floor. With a $1 million partnership with the California Energy Commission, Corpsmembers are...
Three years after the Carr Fire, the scorched ground of Shasta County is still trying to recover. Our CCC Redding Corpsmembers are helping to revive areas near campsites at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Planting native species is bringing multiple benefits to...
Wildland fire base camps close down when the fire is under control, and when the weather turns cold. Working the base camps is an emergency assignment that introduces Corpsmembers to the mutual aid system first-hand. They can make connections and, as some of our Vista...
