by mark | Jan 11, 2019 | All, News
The Governor’s proposed budget released Thursday (1/10/2019) is good news for the California Conservation Corps and for the people of California. Governor Newsom is focused on building the foundation for the California dream through helping families confront the cost...
by mark | Dec 21, 2018 | News
We don’t have our own TV show – yet – but, the cooking competition going on at the CCC Tahoe Center each week will keep you glued to the screen. The Corpsmembers in the CCC culinary program are the stars of the show. On top of cooking every day for the CCC crews, they...
by mark | Dec 19, 2018 | News
A walk to the river in Redding’s Turtle Bay is a lot easier these days. Gone are the Himalayan blackberry bushes and invasive weeds, grasses and trees. Corpsmembers from the CCC Shasta-Cascade Center spent several weeks planting, pruning and restoring the riparian...
by mark | Dec 6, 2018 | News
Reducing the potential for fires is a year-round job in the CCC. Tahoe Center Corpsmembers were recently in the Cold Creek area of South Lake Tahoe removing underbrush and felling trees. Taking down trees is a careful process, where safety is top of mind. It’s a...
by mark | Nov 30, 2018 | News
As storms move into Northern California, 10 CCC crews remain in the Town of Paradise to help in the Camp Fire burn area. Rain or shine, crews are laying sandbags, wattle and silt socks throughout the area to bolster the town’s defenses to erosion and debris...
by mark | Nov 26, 2018 | News
California Conservation Corpsmembers worked around the Thanksgiving holiday to bolster hillsides in the Town of Paradise burned bare by the Camp Fire. Two crews began the work prior to the fire’s full containment and before the season’s first rains....
