by lidia.lepe-banales | Jan 2, 2025 | News, On
Dorm Buildings The center features seven dormitory buildings and can house more than 90 Corpsmembers. It’s a new year, and there’s about to be a new center in the # California Conservation Corps! Our CCC Ukiah Corpsmembers and staff will be moving north and going back...
by Chris Van Horne | Dec 24, 2024 | Habitat Restoration, News
Fields of tall grass may look pretty, but they can be problematic if a wildfire were to ignite. To help reduce the threat of wildfire in Malibu Creek State Park, CCC Los Angeles Corpsmembers spent several weeks this spring clearing through thick vegetation. Los...
by Chris Van Horne | Dec 20, 2024 | Forest Health, News
Salinas Forestry Crew Makes a Difference While Finding Career Paths Salinas Corpsmember Tommy Castro uses a chain saw to fell a burned hazard tree as part of a water pipeline replacement project through Big Basin Redwoods State Park. More than four years after the...
by lidia.lepe-banales | Dec 17, 2024 | News, On
What’s old is new again. The CCC Greenwood Center is undergoing a long overdue renovation. The center, located in El Dorado County, has been in use by the California Conservation Corps for decades. And, the buildings were showing their age. Starting earlier this year,...
by lidia.lepe-banales | Nov 27, 2024 | Culinary, News, On
“I really enjoyed working with the staff and honestly it’s been very therapeutic compared to some of the food service work I did in the past.” Maile PintoCCC Fortuna Center Imagine your Thanksgiving meal features enough food to feed 60 or 70 people....
by Chris Van Horne | Nov 25, 2024 | Emergency Response, News
For 30 days straight, Corpsmembers from across California found themselves working in a strange new land. Temperatures scorched past 90 with humidity at 80-percent or more. They wore full protective suits and respirators. They encountered piles of sand, debris, and...