Out there beneath the endlessly changing shades of the heavens –under the bright sun, the wind, the clouds, and the rain- our crew from the Crew Leader Development Program were the greatly privileged witnesses of a great many marvels of the natural world. In the midst of our hard, labor-intensive work, we always gave a [...]

It looks like the Los Valles office is at it again.  Check out this announcement in the Salida Citizen about their community garden projects. Grant helps Southwest Conservation Corp with garden Posted by Citizen Team on April 17, 2012 The Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) to develop a garden with Support from a ScottsMiracle-Gro GRO1000 Grassroots [...]

Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado visited the SCC Veterans Fire Corps program in Durango on Wednesday, April 4th.  He spent time meeting and talking with Corpsmembers and Crew Leaders in the program, learning about their service history, inquiring about what drew them to VFC program and getting details specific to the current fuels reduction project.  [...]

SCC was recently selected out of 500 applicants for the North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) award from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. This award provides funding to continue SCC’s role of community engagement and restoration in the Dolores River Restoration Partnership. To date over 1.5 million dollars have been raised by the [...]

The Southwest Conservation Corps is celebrating AmeriCorps week from March 10th – 18th.  Please see the information below for events in your community! 2012 AmeriCorps Week Events   Events in Arizona The SCC Southwest Crew will be working at Manzo School on Monday and Tuesday at Miles Exploratory Academy doing service work with the students.  [...]

The Bureau of Land Management recently highlighted the Veterans Fire Corps on the ground in New Mexico – full article can be found HERE. U.S. military veterans are clearing invasive Russian olive trees on public land in Pump Canyon east of Navajo Lake in a program to put veterans back to work. “The work is [...]

Written a member of the Los Valles Community Crew during the summer of 2011 Our first week together as a crew was an absolute blast.  While we did work a half-day on Monday after Orientation, the full load didn’t come until the following day.  Our project sponsor at the Touber Building in Salida had a [...]

Written by Jamie Aldrich, an Bureau of Land Management Intern with the Los Valles Region: Going into the intern position I’ll admit I was a little nervous. I didn’t really know what to expect. After my first day however I discovered everyone in the BLM office was really nice, which helped to calm my nerves. [...]

The following is an excerpt from an article published by the  Cibola Beacon in Grants, NM.  SCC recently held its third annual ‘All Staff Gathering’ in Acoma Pueblo (65 miles west of Albuquerque, NM).  The retreat brought together SCC staff from all four regional offices to discuss issues ranging from strategic planning to ideas to [...]

Written by Ellen Zocher, a Colorado Youth Corps Association AmeriCorps member, with the Los Valles Region: During our first week of work, one of my crewmates noticed this slogan on their hot cocoa packet, and we’ve made fun of it ever since.  Don’t get me wrong,  when you wake up to several feet of snow, [...]