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Not Just ‘Playing with Rocks,’ Building Access in State Parks

What do rocks have to do with making an accessible trail? A lot more than you might think. It is grueling, exhausting work, both mentally and physically. But, knowing that the finished product will provide better access to the outdoors for all keeps these CCC Placer...

Corpsmember Story: Jasmine Lyons

Where else can you try out various career fields in natural resources—and get paid while training? The California Conservation Corps, of course. It’s exactly what CCC Tahoe Corpsmember Jasmine Lyons was looking for after graduating high school last year. She...

CCC Joined by FEMA Corps in Grizzly Flats Fire Recovery

The work to help our wildfire impacted communities does not end. CCC Chico Corpsmembers have been laying straw wattle, rock bag, silt socks, and sandbags for nearly a month now. On September 27, the crew began work in Grizzly Flats in El Dorado County, which was...

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...

Emergency Response Work Named National Project of the Year

More than one million hours of emergency response work. That sentence sums up 2020 for Corpsmembers in the CCC. From wildfires, base camps, and erosion control to COVID response at food banks, surge hospitals and elsewhere. The Corps Network honored the CCC’s...