by mark | Feb 10, 2021 | News
What can you get in a year with the California Conservation Corps? Well, a lot of things, but certifications and tool training are two big components. Whether its learning to buck and limb trees, run a woodchipper or operate a vibroplate, there’s a lot you can learn...
by mark | Dec 23, 2020 | News
This is their drinking water and they’re doing their part to protect it. CCC Solano Center Corpsmembers know how to dig trenches and secure straw wattle to keep potentially toxic wildfire debris and ash from entering local watersheds. It’s an assignment they’ve taken...
by mark | Dec 17, 2020 | News
More than two years after the deadly and destructive Carr Fire and there is still work to do in and around Redding. CCC Shasta Cascade Corpsmembers are restoring and widening a busy biking and hiking trail damaged by the inferno. It’s hard work to widen and improve a...
by mark | Dec 9, 2020 | News
Project work in the CCC is more than just cutting down and chipping tree limbs and brush. It’s work that leaves a positive, lasting impact on a community and keeps neighborhoods safer from wildfire. The CCC Ukiah Center recently teamed up with the Mendocino County...
by mark | Dec 2, 2020 | News
The work to prevent wildfires big and small never ceases. For CCC Shasta Cascade Corpsmembers, it’s an assignment that’s personal—after all this is their community. The Shasta 1 fire crew recently assisted on a controlled burn near Anderson. The goal is simple....
by mark | Nov 25, 2020 | News
Kitchens across the country are prepping for the Thanksgiving holiday. At CCC residential centers, prep work is a daily task for Corpsmembers in the culinary program. These Corpsmembers not only earn certifications and skills that can lead to jobs in the culinary...
