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Placer Corpsmembers Make Auburn Safer From Wildfire

Exploring the trails and scenery above the American River in Auburn is a great way to spend a day and an amazing place to have a home. But, with that amazing view comes the risk of wildfire. That’s where CCC Placer Center Corpsmembers come in, to help make a community...

Sacramento Energy Lab Expands Knowledge, Career Opportunities

Growing up in Sacramento, Christopher Smith always had a fascination with how things worked. He would take a part his toys to see what went where and why. Now a 20-year-old, Smith’s fascination with how things work led him to explore career opportunities with the...

Emergency Response Work Named National Project of the Year

More than one million hours of emergency response work. That sentence sums up 2020 for Corpsmembers in the CCC. From wildfires, base camps, and erosion control to COVID response at food banks, surge hospitals and elsewhere. The Corps Network honored the CCC’s...

CCC’s 2020 Corpsmember of the Year

We’re often asked what it is Corpsmembers do in the CCC. For CCC Los Padres Corpsmember Irene Sonido Avila, she’s done everything from improve forest health in our Save Our Sierra program to moving a creek—literally—doing fisheries work. Irene has also volunteered...

Corpsmembers Support COVID-19 Vaccination Sites

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...