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COVID-19 vaccines are getting into the arms of Californians and Corpsmembers are helping make that happen. CCC crews helped the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) turn parking lots into...
Protecting homes from wildfire is something CCC Corpsmembers help to do every day. Over the last few months, Monterey Bay Center Corpsmembers camped for eight straight days in Crestmoor Canyon. The open space area is more than 70 acres in size and sits just west of...
What can you get in a year with the California Conservation Corps? Well, a lot of things, but certifications and tool training are two big components. Whether its learning to buck and limb trees, run a woodchipper or operate a vibroplate, there’s a lot you can learn...
This is their drinking water and they’re doing their part to protect it. CCC Solano Center Corpsmembers know how to dig trenches and secure straw wattle to keep potentially toxic wildfire debris and ash from entering local watersheds. It’s an assignment they’ve taken...
More than two years after the deadly and destructive Carr Fire and there is still work to do in and around Redding. CCC Shasta Cascade Corpsmembers are restoring and widening a busy biking and hiking trail damaged by the inferno. It’s hard work to widen and improve a...
Project work in the CCC is more than just cutting down and chipping tree limbs and brush. It’s work that leaves a positive, lasting impact on a community and keeps neighborhoods safer from wildfire. The CCC Ukiah Center recently teamed up with the Mendocino County...
The work to prevent wildfires big and small never ceases. For CCC Shasta Cascade Corpsmembers, it’s an assignment that’s personal—after all this is their community. The Shasta 1 fire crew recently assisted on a controlled burn near Anderson. The goal is simple....
Kitchens across the country are prepping for the Thanksgiving holiday. At CCC residential centers, prep work is a daily task for Corpsmembers in the culinary program. These Corpsmembers not only earn certifications and skills that can lead to jobs in the culinary...
Rebuilding and rehabilitating after a massive wildfire can take years. CCC Delta and Tahoe Corpsmembers are helping start the process at Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County. Armed with log tongs, chain saws, and McLeods, they’re helping protect damaged...
If you ask us, this is a huge deal. Or, more accurately, a hügel deal. This summer, our CCC Inland Empire Forestry Corps crew got some hands-on experience with an ancient agricultural technique known as Hügelkultur. At the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic...
