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A year of paid service in the California Conservation Corps can put you on a path to success, where you’ll get paid to train and transform your life!

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To protect and enhance California’s natural resources and communities while empowering and developing young adults through hard work and education.
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Transform your life by joining CCC’s year-round or seasonal training programs. While enrolled, Corpsmembers can navigate several career pathways, advance their education, qualify for scholarships, explore CCC internships, and expand their worldview with Global Corps.
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Habitat Restoration
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Resource Conservation
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Backcountry Trails Program (seasonal)
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Watershed Stewards Program (seasonal)

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The California Conservation Corps offers young adults the opportunity to work and live at nine residential centers across California. Alternatively, you can stay closer to home and report to one of our 15 non-residential locations throughout the state.

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Latest News

Spiking and Hiking Along the Central Coast

Spiking and Hiking Along the Central Coast

Nov 7, 2025

Corpsmembers from Santa Maria spent their summer spiking near Big Sur to complete a variety of State Parks projects, an experience that they’ll long remember.

Watershed Stewards Safeguard Steelhead in San Luis Obispo

Watershed Stewards Safeguard Steelhead in San Luis Obispo

Oct 24, 2025

WSP Corpsmembers are taking science to the streams. Using top rods, stadia rods, and YSIs, they’re measuring water flow and quality to safeguard steelhead trout – a threatened fish species that plays a big role in keeping the ecosystem balanced.