by mark | Dec 6, 2018 | News
Reducing the potential for fires is a year-round job in the CCC. Tahoe Center Corpsmembers were recently in the Cold Creek area of South Lake Tahoe removing underbrush and felling trees. Taking down trees is a careful process, where safety is top of mind. It’s a...
by mark | Nov 30, 2018 | News
As storms move into Northern California, 10 CCC crews remain in the Town of Paradise to help in the Camp Fire burn area. Rain or shine, crews are laying sandbags, wattle and silt socks throughout the area to bolster the town’s defenses to erosion and debris...
by mark | Nov 26, 2018 | News
California Conservation Corpsmembers worked around the Thanksgiving holiday to bolster hillsides in the Town of Paradise burned bare by the Camp Fire. Two crews began the work prior to the fire’s full containment and before the season’s first rains....
by mark | Nov 22, 2018 | News
Two dozen California Conservation Corpsmembers returned home from Florida on Thanskgiving Day after a month of helping residents undo storm damage to their property and homes. Corpsmembers from the CCC Fortuna Center removed hazardous and downed trees from homes and...
by mark | Nov 21, 2018 | News
The days have been difficult in California with fires burning on both ends of the state, and thousands of people losing their homes, dozens of people dead, and hundreds unaccounted for. Nearly 400 California Conservation Corps staff and Corpsmembers are working fire...
