by mark | Sep 8, 2022 | News
If you’ve ever hiked a trail in California, you may have wondered who built it and who keeps it cleaned up. You might also have thought ‘How do you get a job like that?’ Well, wonder no more. Here are the answers: The California Conservation Corps The California...
by mark | Aug 31, 2022 | News
It’s one thing to visit Yosemite National Park, it’s another to work there. For seven Corpsmembers this summer, they had the unique, “amazing” experience to work and train as wildland firefighters. In partnership with the CCC, Yosemite Fire & Aviation hosted and...
by mark | Aug 24, 2022 | News
The CCC Tahoe Center lives and works in the heart of the Tahoe Basin. When last year’s Caldor Fire burned dangerously close to South Lake, Corpsmembers were among those evacuated and among those who helped slow the fire’s spread. Working with our partner...
by mark | Aug 10, 2022 | News
It may be one of California’s lesser known national parks, but Lassen Volcanic National Park certainly draws its fair share of visitors. Making this Northstate destination accessible for all Californians to visit and enjoy required the help of CCC Redding...
by mark | Aug 3, 2022 | News
Chaos. Hectic. Busy. Those three words pretty much sum up the morning rush at a wildland fire base camp. Corpsmembers from across California are setting aside their McLeods, woodchippers, and voltage testers to put on their logistics caps. There’s more to fighting...
by mark | Jul 22, 2022 | News
Trying to land a good paying job when you don’t have a high school diploma can be discouraging if not outright stressful. “I felt like a low life because I didn’t have a diploma.” said Tricia Andrews, a Corpsmember in the California Conservation Corps. She enrolled in...
