by Chris Van Horne | Aug 13, 2024 | News
Lunches are packed, backpacks are loaded up, and it’s back to learning lessons across California. We’re not talking exclusively about school, we’re talking about the daily experience of hands-on experience and education of the California Conservation Corps. “Why not...
by Chris Van Horne | Jul 10, 2024 | News, Trails
Team Work Siskiyou Center Corpsmembers work to brush an overgrown trail in Klamath National Forest using hand tools. Clearing trails is not exactly a speed sport. With more than 100 miles of day hike trails available in the Klamath National Forest, it means days upon...
by Chris Van Horne | Apr 5, 2024 | Emergency Response, News
Corpsmembers Helping Prevent Agricultural Disaster in SoCal A CCC Norwalk Corpsmember bends over to pick up orange in a City of Redlands orange grove in order to dispose of potentially infected fruit. It’s not your typical emergency response, but for the last...
by Chris Van Horne | Mar 28, 2024 | News, Trails
“We need to restore the trail because it was washed out by fires and floods a few years ago.” Aaron ReingoldCCC Los Padres Center Years after floods and fires have left one of Big Sur’s most iconic trails unsafe for travel. However, it is seeing a...
by Chris Van Horne | Mar 21, 2024 | News, Wildland Firefighting
Reducing Fire Fuel Corpsmembers from the Mendocino Center work to help protect Mendocino County from wildfire, as part of a partnership with CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit. Long before a fire ever becomes wild and devastating, CCC fire crews are working to reduce the size,...