by mark | May 9, 2024 | News, Wildland Firefighting
The Pathway to Fighting Wildfires Found with CCC Corpsmember Cecilia Pierce from the Placer Center smiles while talking to a CAL FIRE captain during readiness drill training. A year ago, Cecilia Pierce was working as a barista in Madera County. Now, she’s one of...
by mark | May 2, 2024 | News, Trails
The Art of Trail Maintenance: Corpsmembers Communicate & Collaborate San Diego Corpsmember Janeth Flores, right, pulls cut tree limbs as Specialist Axel Fernandez uses a chain saw to brush along an overgrown trail in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park in East County San...
by mark | May 2, 2024 | Backcountry Trails, News
Every summer, CCC Corpsmembers head into California’s wilderness areas. For five months, they life off-grid in the backcountry while constructing and maintaining recreational trails for the public to enjoy. Crews don’t do this work for recognition. In fact,...
by mark | Apr 26, 2024 | All, Built Environment, News, Trails
‘Meticulous’: Corpsmembers Help Build a Brand New State Park A CCC Inland Empire Corpsmember uses a shovel to line an accessible trail with dirt at Dos Rios State Park in Stanislaus County. Dos Rios is California’s newest State Park, and it’s set to...
by mark | Apr 10, 2024 | News
In the CCC, Corpsmembers support the planet not just on Arbor Day or Earth Day, but year-round. Through a variety of projects and initiatives, crews enhance biodiversity to help native flora and fauna thrive! For example, Corpsmembers are currently adding a shade of...
by Chris Van Horne | Apr 5, 2024 | Emergency Response, News
Corpsmembers Helping Prevent Agricultural Disaster in SoCal A CCC Norwalk Corpsmember bends over to pick up orange in a City of Redlands orange grove in order to dispose of potentially infected fruit. It’s not your typical emergency response, but for the last...