by Beth Hotchkiss | May 5, 2025 | News, Wildland Firefighting
Fire Ready A Los Piños fire crew starts its annual readiness hike covering more than three miles in a specific time. It’s part of how CCC fire crews get fire ready! Are you ready for wildfire? Young adults from the California Conservation Corps certainly are! “I...
by Beth Hotchkiss | May 2, 2025 | News, Resource Conservation
“I didn’t know what any of the wire colors meant. Now I definitely have more knowledge of the wires and what they do and their purpose.” Alex FloresVista Center It’s amazing the difference a new light fixture. Of course, a newer, brighter LED will...
by Chris Van Horne | Apr 26, 2025 | News
New Age Training In the CCC, Corpsmembers work on projects in the field across California. They also get unique training opportunities, like a group of Placer Corpsmembers received when given the opportunity to attend a two day drone workshop. It’s a bird, it’s a...
by Chris Van Horne | Apr 22, 2025 | News
Kameron Jackson Humbling. It’s how Kameron describes the honor of not just being the CCC Corpsmember of the Year for 2024, but also to even be his own center’s representative. On Earth Day, the California Conservation Corps announced that Kameron Jackson...
by Chris Van Horne | Apr 14, 2025 | News, Watershed Stewards
Hands-on Experience WSP Corpsmembers Shannon Swan and Aaron Reingold perform an eelgrass survey on the edge of Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County. The CCC Watershed Stewards Program is now accepting Corpsmember applications for its Year 32 class. The opportunity to...
by Chris Van Horne | Mar 28, 2025 | News, Trails
Delta Trail Crew Delta Center Corpsmembers use chisels to shape rocks for a safer, sturdier trail in Henry Coe State Park. It’s a job that rocks — literally — and CCC Delta Corpsmembers are seeing the possibilities of a career with California State Parks. Working on...