by mark | May 22, 2024 | News
Corpsmembers take pride in the hard work they do across California. For our San Diego Center Corpsmembers, that pride comes from making trails safer for the public to travel and experience at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. The amount of brush they’re clearing is hard to...
by mark | May 21, 2024 | All, Forest Health, News
Dos Rios is California’s newest State Park, and it’s set to open on June 12! CCC Corpsmembers worked alongside California State Parks to get the recreation area in Modesto ready for visitors. “I never thought I’d be part of building a state park,” said...
by mark | May 21, 2024 | All, News
The California Conservation Corps is no stranger to rugged terrain and steep slopes, since 1976 Corpsmembers have weathered the elements and created hundreds of miles of trails across California. Recently, however, one CCC crew ventured beyond the Sierras to engage in...
by mark | May 9, 2024 | News
A year ago, Cecilia Pierce was working as a barista in Madera County. Now, she’s one of hundreds of young adults in the California Conservation Corps getting hands-on experience training as a wildland firefighter. “I always thought this was way out of reach,” Cecilia,...
by mark | May 2, 2024 | News
Every summer, CCC Corpsmembers head into California’s wilderness areas. For five months, they life off-grid in the backcountry while constructing and maintaining recreational trails for the public to enjoy. Crews don’t do this work for recognition. In fact,...
by mark | May 1, 2024 | News
Veteran Trawls the Delta, Dives Deep Into Fisheries Careers with CCC Watch the video! In 2017, Josafat Ismael Alvarez III was working on a Navy aircraft carrier stationed in Virginia. “I was a blue shirt,” he said. “When aircraft landed onto the ship, I would chock...