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Launching a career in the culinary arts may not be easy for some. Most culinary schools cost thousands of dollars to attend. In the California Conservation Corps, the CCC pays Corpsmembers to learn on the job, earn certifications, and gain the hands-on experience...
In the creeks of California military veterans are continuing their service with the California Conservation Corps. It is service to the state of California, the environment, and themselves. “I didn’t know anything about fisheries before I started,” said Army veteran...
Corpsmembers come from all backgrounds. All walks of life. For some the journey has been more than a challenge. It’s just plain been hard. Yet in the CCC, they can all learn, earn, and grow. For those who are emerging from foster care, the CCC is providing them with...
It’s what they signed up for, but this firefight was personal. Intense flames and torching trees. A rush to scratch out fire breaks around cabins and homes. All while being evacuated themselves. The Corpsmembers of the CCC Tahoe fire crews battled flames and emotions...
Corpsmembers regularly help with habitat restoration projects. Building a habitat is taking it to a whole other level. CCC Delta Corpsmembers are in the midst of creating a new experience for visitors to San Joaquin County’s Micke Grove Zoo. Corpsmembers are giving...
The threat of wildfires and climate change has many Californians wondering about the health of the state’s forests. The young adults of the California Conservation Corps are not only concerned about the impact of drought on our trees and wildlands, they are doing...
After five months living and working off-the-grid in California’s most scenic, and rural, places the Backcountry Trails Program crews returned home. Their successes from places like Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Inyo, Shasta-Trinity, Klamath, and Stanislaus include:...
The work to help our wildfire impacted communities does not end. CCC Chico Corpsmembers have been laying straw wattle, rock bag, silt socks, and sandbags for nearly a month now. On September 27, the crew began work in Grizzly Flats in El Dorado County, which was...
They’re back at home getting some well-deserved rest and relaxation—for now. CCC Placer Center fire crews know they could be back on 24-hour shifts tackling the state’s most difficult fires at a moment’s notice. It’s what they do. Recently, on the Caldor Fire, the...
Miles upon miles of hose. It’s what’s needed to fight and contain California’s wildfires. Our Corpsmembers are helping our state and federal partners corral these bundles, upon bundles, of hoses. Piles tall enough to tower above even the tallest of Corpsmembers. Our...
