by mark | Oct 6, 2021 | News
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:...
by mark | Oct 1, 2021 | News
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...
by mark | Sep 22, 2021 | News
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...
by mark | Sep 17, 2021 | News
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...
by mark | Sep 15, 2021 | News
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...
