by mark | May 2, 2024 | Backcountry Trails, 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 | 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...
by mark | Apr 10, 2024 | News
In the CCC, Corpsmembers support the planet not just on Arbor Day or Earth Day, but year-round. Through a variety of projects and initiatives, crews enhance biodiversity to help native flora and fauna thrive! For example, Corpsmembers are currently adding a shade of...
by Chris Van Horne | Apr 5, 2024 | Emergency Response, News
Corpsmembers Helping Prevent Agricultural Disaster in SoCal A CCC Norwalk Corpsmember bends over to pick up orange in a City of Redlands orange grove in order to dispose of potentially infected fruit. It’s not your typical emergency response, but for the last...
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...
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...