Brick buildings collapsed. Entire neighborhoods laid bare. A community devastated. The town of Greenville was nearly wiped off the map in early August as the Dixie Fire pushed through. It’s a sight many Corpsmembers with the California Conservation Corps know all too...
Cooking meals for 60 hungry Corpsmembers is most certainly not like getting dinner ready at home for yourself. At the CCC Los Piños Center, it’s early to rise each day for the culinary crew and hours of hard work and lessons. From chopping skills to measurements, meal...
For many who live in and around Shaver Lake, this Labor Day Weekend a summer celebration may be the last thing on their minds. The Creek Fire tore through the community nearly a year ago to the day. Hundreds of homes lost, and thousands of acres of forest burned. “I...
The flames are out. The forest is decimated. This is where the CCC Solano Forestry Corps is helping make a difference. Corpsmembers are assisting our partners at the L.A. Moran Reforestation Center in Davis care and prepare seedlings for re-planting of the...
California Conservation Corps Corpsmembers are set to put in a record number of hours to help put out the state’s intensifying wildfires. In the last 12 months, Corpsmembers have worked more than a million hours fighting wildfires. Much of the battle is being fought...
Swinging hand tools and running a chain saw as flames flicker mere feet away. It’s hard to describe the experience as anything other than ‘intense.’ It’s what our CCC Pomona and CCC San Diego fire crews have been doing the past week on the Caldor Fire in El...
You never know when or where you’ll find your life’s passion. At the CCC Fresno Center, our Corpsmembers are finding their passion for forestry careers. The chain saws are not scary, but the knowledge and hands-on training these Corpsmembers gain—while...
Returning our lands to their natural state. It’s no easy task, just ask our CCC San Diego Corpsmembers. In partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, they’ve been pulling invasive species, planting natives and improving the infrastructure of San Diego’s...
It’s as if there is something sacred about this work. No power tools. No heavy equipment. Everything is done by hand. Nothing that would create so much as a spark. “I like to think that we’re giving the trail a makeover,” said CCC Ukiah Corpsmember Madison Troop. She...
CCC Magalia Culinary Corpsmembers are working long hours in high-pressure conditions. In the past few weeks, the kitchen crews have been feeding dozens of CCC wildland firefighters operating out of the facility. More than twice as many as normal as crews from across...
