by mark | Dec 22, 2023 | Emergency Response, News
Winter storms and atmospheric rivers seem like nearly yesterday. As the New Year approaches, so too does the opportunity for more flooding across California. If and when that happens, California Conservation Corps Corpsmembers are ready for the call to fill sandbags,...
by mark | Dec 13, 2023 | Habitat Restoration, News
Finding fun and meaning from a difficult task. It’s what young adults in the California Conservation Corps do every day. Along the North Coast though, they take the work—and the impact—to a different level. “I’m out in the middle of the woods doing stuff that most...
by mark | Nov 24, 2023 | News, Wildland Firefighting
During times of wildfire, we express our thanks and gratitude to our CCC wildland firefighters. During the high’s and low’s of training, project work, and fire incidents, they’re thankful for the young adults working next to them. It truly takes a crew to push through...
by mark | Nov 11, 2023 | News, Veterans Corps Fisheries Program
Veteran Trawls the Delta, Dives Deep Into Fisheries Careers with CCC Watch the video! Dive into Veterans Fisheries training at the Delta Center. In 2017, Josafat Ismael Alvarez III was working on a Navy aircraft carrier stationed in Virginia. “I was a blue shirt,” he...
by mark | Aug 9, 2023 | Forest Health, News
Forestry Corps Collects Data with Purpose Fresno Corpsmembers traverse the fire damaged Sequoia National Forest as part of a tree regrowth survey project. Up. Down. Left. Right. Young adults in the CCC Forestry Corps navigate a maze of toppled trees and knee-high...
by mark | May 4, 2022 | News, Wildland Firefighting
The first week of May may be Wildfire Preparedness Week, but the preparations for fire season have been weeks and months in the making. Training hikes. Training cuts. Fuel reduction projects. Classroom studying. All of it leads to the crew readiness exercises and,...