by Chris Van Horne | Jul 18, 2025 | News, Resource Conservation
Prescribed Fire Prep Inland Empire Corpsmember Maxine Zendejas carries a tree limb across steep terrain to spread woody debris out away from live trees ahead of a prescribed burn. Protecting people and property with McLeods, rock rakes, and chain saws. For weeks now,...
by Chris Van Horne | Jul 15, 2025 | Habitat Restoration, Internships, News
“I am learning to become more independent and how to take control in situations, like how to do projects on my own now.” Cuauhtemoc HurtadoCCC Los Angeles Center To toil in the soil, is to be a Corpsmember in the California Conservation Corps. The work of...
by Chris Van Horne | Jul 11, 2025 | Global Corps, News, Wildland Firefighting
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...
by Chris Van Horne | Jul 3, 2025 | News, Resource Conservation
Charging Up Norwalk Corpsmember Eric Magana checks measurements as he prepares to drill holes to secure an EV charging post at the Duarte library. Two years ago, a quarter of new vehicle sales in California were zero-emission vehicles, also known as EVs or ZEVs. With...
by Chris Van Horne | Jun 6, 2025 | News, Wildland Firefighting
Upward Path Fresno Center Corpsmembers utilize their experience on the Mid Valley 1 fire crew to find careers with CAL FIRE and other fire agencies. Hiking up steep inclines. Swinging hand tools into thick brush. Building their own path to careers in the fire service....
by Chris Van Horne | May 30, 2025 | Habitat Restoration, News
“The reason we’re doing this is because we don’t want the Monkey Vine to overthrow a tree. We don’t want all these other plants taken out by the vines.” Samantha JijonLos Angeles Center When working in the Los Angeles County Arboretum...