Rockin’: Building Trails, Resumes with Delta Trail Crew

by Chris Van Horne | Mar 28, 2025 | News, Trails

Delta Trail Crew Delta Center Corpsmembers use chisels to shape rocks for a safer, sturdier trail in Henry Coe State Park. It’s a job that rocks — literally — and CCC Delta Corpsmembers are seeing the possibilities of a career with California State Parks. Working on...

Gear Gets Returned, Memories Are Forever in Backcountry

by michael.daniel | Oct 11, 2024 | Backcountry Trails, News, Trails

“I wasn’t really expecting how much our crew would really be in sync and close together.” Elliot RussellBackcountry Corpsmember Another season of the CCC Backcountry Trails Program is in the books. The memories though, will carry on for those who...

Tackling the Outdoors to Keep Klamath Trails Clear

by Chris Van Horne | Jul 10, 2024 | News, Trails

Team Work Siskiyou Center Corpsmembers work to brush an overgrown trail in Klamath National Forest using hand tools. Clearing trails is not exactly a speed sport. With more than 100 miles of day hike trails available in the Klamath National Forest, it means days upon...

The Art of Trail Maintenance: Corpsmembers Communicate & Collaborate

by mark | May 2, 2024 | News, Trails

The Art of Trail Maintenance: Corpsmembers Communicate & Collaborate San Diego Corpsmember Janeth Flores, right, pulls cut tree limbs as Specialist Axel Fernandez uses a chain saw to brush along an overgrown trail in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park in East County San...

‘Meticulous’: Corpsmembers Help Build a Brand New State Park

by mark | Apr 26, 2024 | All, Built Environment, News, Trails

‘Meticulous’: Corpsmembers Help Build a Brand New State Park A CCC Inland Empire Corpsmember uses a shovel to line an accessible trail with dirt at Dos Rios State Park in Stanislaus County. Dos Rios is California’s newest State Park, and it’s set to...

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...