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	<title>Benefits | California Conservation Corps</title>
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		<title>Watershed Stewards Safeguard Steelhead in San Luis Obispo</title>
		<link>https://ccc.ca.gov/102425-watershed-stewards-safeguard-steelhead-in-san-luis-obispo/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Van Horne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Watershed Stewards]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[WSP Corpsmembers are taking science to the streams. Using top rods, stadia rods, and YSIs, they’re measuring water flow and quality to safeguard steelhead trout - a threatened fish species that plays a big role in keeping the ecosystem balanced.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Everyday it’s something new. It’s so dynamic and really, really fun and interesting.” Maeve Gallagher CCC Watershed Stewards Program In San Luis Obispo, and throughout the Morro Bay Watershed, Corpsmembers are using science-driven…</p>
<p><a href="https://ccc.ca.gov/102425-watershed-stewards-safeguard-steelhead-in-san-luis-obispo/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Bridging Nature and Education; Corpsmember Interns Lead Youth into Outdoors</title>
		<link>https://ccc.ca.gov/091725-bridging-nature-and-education-corpsmember-interns-lead-youth-into-outdoors/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Van Horne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Internships]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Corpsmembers from the CCC Solano Center are getting hands-on experiences leading youth into the outdoors as interns with NatureBridge.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“My own reconnection with the outside — coupled with playing and learning alongside the children — is what makes it so meaningful and worthwhile.” Abbreail Navarro CCC Solano Center It’s right there in the California Conservation Corps…</p>
<p><a href="https://ccc.ca.gov/091725-bridging-nature-and-education-corpsmember-interns-lead-youth-into-outdoors/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>WSP Year 31 Concludes with Celebration</title>
		<link>https://ccc.ca.gov/wsp-year-31-concludes-with-celebration/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Van Horne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Watershed Stewards]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Corpsmembers with the Watershed Stewards Program celebrated the end of their ten-plus month run monitoring and improving California's waterways and ecosystems. ]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The more than 40 participants in the Year 31 edition of the Watershed Stewards Program said a fond farewell after ten-plus months working with industry experts in improving California’s waterways and ecosystems. WSP Corpsmembers, CCC staff, and partner organizations gathered to celebrate another successful year at the NatureBridge Golden Gate Conference and Retreat Center in Sausalito on Thursday…</p>
<p><a href="https://ccc.ca.gov/wsp-year-31-concludes-with-celebration/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Backcountry Trails Season an &#8216;Eye-Opener&#8217; for Young Adults</title>
		<link>https://ccc.ca.gov/080825-backcountry-trails-season-an-eye-opener-for-young-adults/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Van Horne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 17:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Backcountry Trails]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The reasons for joining the CCC Backcountry Trails Program are different. The result of growing skills and growing self, that’s something all enrollees seem to find. ]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“It’s refreshing, being away from my phone. I’m busy pretty much every second of the day. I don’t even have time to think about it. I’ve been able to stay a lot more in the moment out here, which I think is good for me.” Jo Funk Backcountry &</p>
<p><a href="https://ccc.ca.gov/080825-backcountry-trails-season-an-eye-opener-for-young-adults/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>LA County Arboretum Interns Gain Valuable Skills, Insight</title>
		<link>https://ccc.ca.gov/la-county-arboretum-interns-gain-valuable-skills-insight/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Van Horne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Habitat Restoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internships]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Center Corpsmembers are getting the hands-on opportunity to learn how to keep an arboretum and botanical garden running as part of a special internship program. ]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“I am learning to become more independent and how to take control in situations, like how to do projects on my own now.” Cuauhtemoc Hurtado CCC Los Angeles Center To toil in the soil, is to be a Corpsmember in the California…</p>
<p><a href="https://ccc.ca.gov/la-county-arboretum-interns-gain-valuable-skills-insight/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Different Cultures, Same Goal; Protecting People and Properties</title>
		<link>https://ccc.ca.gov/different-cultures-same-goal-protecting-people-and-properties/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Van Horne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wildland Firefighting]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Magalia Corpsmembers helped teach German volunteer firefighters a new language, that of wildland firefighting lingo and skills.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>International Exchange German firefighters visited CCC and CAL FIRE faciliites and crews as part of an international exchange aimed at improving Germany’s wildland firefighting knowledge. Often, when wildland firefighters get together, they speak a similar language of terminology and…</p>
<p><a href="https://ccc.ca.gov/different-cultures-same-goal-protecting-people-and-properties/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>CCC Receives National Award from The Corps Network</title>
		<link>https://ccc.ca.gov/031225-ccc-receives-national-award-from-the-corps-network/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Hotchkiss]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Backcountry Trails]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The CCC Backcountry Trails Program receives a prestigious award from The Corps Network after 45 years of service to California's backcountry trail systems. ]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Improving Access A Backcountry Trails crew uses shovels and other hand tools to build and maintain trails in rural parts of state and national parks and forests. Last year, 92 young adults in the California Conservation Corps ventured into remote wilderness to perform some of the…</p>
<p><a href="https://ccc.ca.gov/031225-ccc-receives-national-award-from-the-corps-network/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Corpsmembers Go Far, Journeying Through Patagonia</title>
		<link>https://ccc.ca.gov/030525-corpsmembers-go-far-journeying-through-patagonia/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Van Horne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Corps]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eight Corpsmembers are spending six weeks in Chile, maintaining and restoring the trail network in Torres Del Paine National Park.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Making Moves Two Corpsmembers on the Global Corps Patagonia crew use their hand tools to move a rock as part of a trail project. Joining the CCC opens up a world of opportunity, just ask our Global Corps crew!</p>
<p><a href="https://ccc.ca.gov/030525-corpsmembers-go-far-journeying-through-patagonia/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>CCC Receiving National Award for Backcountry Trails Program</title>
		<link>https://ccc.ca.gov/121824-ccc-receiving-national-award-for-backcountry-trails-program/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Hotchkiss]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Backcountry Trails]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[CCC’s Backcountry Trails Program will receive a 2025 Project of the Year Award from The Corps Network!]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The California Conservation Corps will receive a 2025 Project of the Year Award from The Corps Network in recognition of its Backcountry Trails Program. The Corps Network, the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, presents this prestigious award on an annual basis to select organizations from its membership of more than 150 corps across the United States. This year…</p>
<p><a href="https://ccc.ca.gov/121824-ccc-receiving-national-award-for-backcountry-trails-program/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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		<title>Gear Gets Returned, Memories Are Forever in Backcountry</title>
		<link>https://ccc.ca.gov/101124-gear-gets-returned-memories-are-forever-in-backcountry/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[michael.daniel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Backcountry Trails]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trails]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another season of the CCC Backcountry Trails Program is in the books.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“I wasn’t really expecting how much our crew would really be in sync and close together.” Elliot Russell Backcountry Corpsmember Another season of the CCC Backcountry Trails Program is in the books. The memories though…</p>
<p><a href="https://ccc.ca.gov/101124-gear-gets-returned-memories-are-forever-in-backcountry/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
					
		
		
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