Skip to Main Content

Learning On-the-Job, While Protecting California

There’s no doubt about it, wildland firefighting is a challenge. For our CCC Pomona Corpsmembers it’s one they take on knowing the positive impacts their hard work provides. They’re helping to protect their community and state. And, they’re benefitting themselves with...

CCC Trails Crews Instrumental in Pfeiffer Falls Trail Re-Opening

A dozen years closed to the public. Tens of thousands of work hours by Corpsmembers. The Pfeiffer Falls Trail in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is once again open to the public. Corpsmembers from CCC Los Padres and  Monterey Bay centers, as well as the Backcountry Trails...

Ukiah Center Offers Unique Work Experience, ‘Home’

It may not be a city they’d heard of before, but these Corpsmembers are making the CCC Ukiah Center home. Project work takes them from the mountains of the Mendocino National Forest to the Mendocino coastline. The work experience provides them with hands-on training...

Hands-on Experience for Any Career with Placer Center Fire Crews

Whether you’re interested in a wildland firefighting career, or just want to challenge yourself, the CCC Placer Center is a place you can do both. Corpsmembers join the fire crew to help launch their dream fire careers, or simply to gain work experience for a...

Critical Fuel Reduction Work Protects LA County Residents

Steep canyons. Thick brush. Hard work. But, it’s all worth it. CCC Pomona and Los Angeles Corpsmembers spent weeks clearing 10 acres of brush along homes and in the canyons and parks of Sierra Madre, near Pasadena. The fuel reduction work not only protects...

Fighting Fires, Igniting Careers at Inland Empire Center

Motivated. Empowered. Formidable. We think these three words just scratch the surface in describing our CCC Inland Empire wildland fire crew. These Corpsmembers are looking to ignite careers in wildland firefighting and conservation. They enjoy #hardwork and tackling...