Repairing The Ewoldsen Trail One Step, Section At A Time

by Chris Van Horne | Mar 28, 2024 | News, Trails

“We need to restore the trail because it was washed out by fires and floods a few years ago.” Aaron ReingoldCCC Los Padres Center Years after floods and fires have left one of Big Sur’s most iconic trails unsafe for travel. However, it is seeing a...

Corpsmembers Keep Iconic SoCal Trail Clear, Safe for Users

by mark | Mar 28, 2024 | News, Trails

Backbone Trail One of the Santa Monica Mountains’ most iconic trails was in desperate need of some love from Pomona Corpsmembers. You may wonder who keeps trails safe and clear, especially given the abundance of overgrown vegetation courtesy of this year’s...

‘Good Fire’, Daily Lessons Leading Willits 1 Fire Crew to Success

by Chris Van Horne | Mar 21, 2024 | News, Wildland Firefighting

Reducing Fire Fuel Corpsmembers from the Mendocino Center work to help protect Mendocino County from wildfire, as part of a partnership with CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit. Long before a fire ever becomes wild and devastating, CCC fire crews are working to reduce the size,...

An Explosive Opportunity to Boost Endangered, Threatened Species

by mark | Feb 2, 2024 | Habitat Restoration, News

An Explosive Opportunity to Boost Endangered, Threatened Species Santa Maria Corpsmembers work together to chain sand bags for disposal as they remove a temporary dam as part of a dam removal project near Vandenberg Space Force Base.  What happens when you mix a...

Corpsmembers Trained, Ready for Any Winter Floods

by mark | Dec 22, 2023 | Emergency Response, News

Winter storms and atmospheric rivers seem like nearly yesterday. As the New Year approaches, so too does the opportunity for more flooding across California. If and when that happens, California Conservation Corps Corpsmembers are ready for the call to fill sandbags,...

Like Speaking a Second Language, Corpsmembers Fluent in Using Logs To Restore Salmon Habitat

by mark | Dec 13, 2023 | Habitat Restoration, News

Finding fun and meaning from a difficult task. It’s what young adults in the California Conservation Corps do every day. Along the North Coast though, they take the work—and the impact—to a different level. “I’m out in the middle of the woods doing stuff that most...