Written by Thorin Gustafson, a Climate Corps AmeriCorps member with the Los Valles Region: Orion, the hunter, ascended in the early morning sky as we laced out boots in his twilight. A new moon drifted overhead. My hands sore and weathered moan in rebellion as I cinch a doubled knot; I leave the protest unheard. [...]

Secretary Salazar appointed SCC CEO Harry Bruell as Chair of the Federal Advisory Committee on the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps.  See message below: “Today, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and I announced an important step in the creation of a 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC), an organization called for in President Obama’s America’s [...]

Govs Adopt Policies on Job Creation, Visa Reform and the Youth Conservation Corps  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2011 Yucca Valley, Calif. — Western Governors meeting here today adopted policy resolutions aimed at tourism-related job creation and boosting the economy throughout the West. They also called for the creation of a youth conservation corps and visa reform. The governors discussed [...]

Check out our new Photos page and click to see what our crews have been up too.  We have already uploaded thousands of pictures and more are on the way. You can view our new photos at: http://sccorps.org/about/photos/

Written by Colton Shaw, an Colorado Youth Corps Association AmeriCorps member, with the Los Valles Region: What could be worth two months working ten hours a day away from technology, toilets, and hot showers?  Well there’s a lot.  To start things off, just being away from civilization gives me an entirely new outlook on life.  [...]

Written by Nathan Worsham, a member with the Los Valles region (from the perspective of his traveling bear companion): The Beary Best Adventures of Peak the Bear Hey there my name is Peak!  I am a cute and cuddly teddy bear that travels around on Nathan’s backpack.  I have been traveling with him for almost [...]

The following was written by SCC alum Marshall Masayesva after he returned from serving as a Youth Delegate at the National Wildlife Refuge System’s Conserving Our Future Conference in Madison, Wisconsin.  Conserving Our Future  I was fortunate enough to be nominated by the Southwest Conservation Corps to attend the “Conserving Our Future” Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, [...]

On Sunday evening, the CBS Evening News highlighted the Veterans Fire Corps program.  Footage for the program was filmed three weeks ago when a current crew and alumni currently employed by the US Forest Service gathered together for a prescribed burn assignment near Durango, CO.  For the full video PLEASE CLICK HERE!

Written by Nate Dreyfus, a crew leader with the Los Valles Region: If one thing is certain in conservation corps life, it is uncertainty.  A few months’ experience weathering the vagaries of backcountry terrain, obsolete maps, mountain weather, and constantly evolving project specifications will do wonders for one’s tolerance for uncertainty.  Over the last three [...]

SCC CEO Harry Bruell was named to the WGA’s Get Out West Advisory Group to  ”advise the governors on state strategies and model programs to connect kids and their families to the West’s great outdoor recreation opportunities.”  Bruell and the Committee met on 10/6 in Seattle.  See press release below. Get Out West Advisory Group [...]