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Archive 2024
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Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps joins USGS for Grand Canyon Research Expedition
Ancestral LandsAugust 16, 2024 - The 2024 Partners trip, led by trip leader Jen Lair, boat operator John Napier, and assistants Nichole Sanchez and Stephen Yazzie, served two ALCC crews and based out of Arizona and New Mexico and one all-Indigenous Southwest Conservation Corps Crew based out of Colorado. The youth and young adults on this trip belonged to a diversity of Tribes in the Southwest and beyond. The group included many Navajo and Hopi crewmembers, as well as crewmembers from Lakota, Muscogee Creek, Pyramid Lake Paiute, and White Mountain Apache Tribes.
Source: USGS
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EPCAMR Welcomes and Hosts AmeriCorps State & National Member Volunteer Morgan Romanowski For A Year of Coalfield Community Service
Stewards Individual Placement ProgramSeptember 10th, 2024 - The Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR) is sponsoring an AmeriCorps State and National Member Volunteer, Morgan Romanowski, until September 5, 2025, through a partnership between the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement (OSMRE), AmeriCorps, and the Stewards Individual Placement Program (SIPP), a Program of Conservation Legacy. We’re proud to be a national non-profit partner in Pennsylvania.
Source: Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR)
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Lynchburg Water Resources Partners in Pedlar River Watershed Restoration Project
September 4, 2024 – Lynchburg Water Resources is partnering with the U.S. Forest Service in its Pedlar River Watershed Restoration Project which includes ecological investments that will improve water quality in the Pedlar River and the Pedlar Reservoir, the City of Lynchburg’s main water source.
Source: City of Lynchburg
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Carlsbad Caverns: Preserving History, Building Futures
August 30, 2024 - Carlsbad, NM – Deep beneath the desert, Carlsbad Caverns National Park holds not only a world of natural wonder, but it has also brought to the surface a new successful preservation model. With funding by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF), history above ground received some much-needed care.
Source: National Park Service
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Intern Spotlight: Olivia Smith
Stewards Individual Placement ProgramAugust 27, 2024 - Meet Olivia Smith, who is a corps member with the National Parks of Boston Climate Conservation Corps through Conservation Legacy!
Source: National Park Service
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Summer internship program gets city kids hands-on with the great outdoors
Appalachian Conservation CorpsAug. 7, 2024 - On the last Monday in July, in the fields behind the Fifth Street Starbucks, a crew of sweaty high school kids is taking a mid-morning break, swigging energy water and snarfing down bags of chips (after working outside all morning, they need the salt). Their blue T-shirts say “Trailblazers.” And that’s what they are—pioneers in a pilot program to get local youth acquainted with the outdoors and maybe introduce them to careers in conservation. An added bonus: These kids are earning a paycheck while providing much-needed maintenance on the popular Rivanna Trail encircling Charlottesville.
Source: C-Ville Weekly
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A Day in the Life of a Trail Maintainer
Appalachian Conservation CorpsMay 13, 2024 - Imagine this: It’s 6:00 am and the sun has barely risen. The frosted tips on the blades of grass have turned into drops of morning dew. The symphony of birds increases with each day. Spring is on its way and the Appalachian Conservation Corps. is approaching the end of its Winter trail maintenance season.
Source: The Trek
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Arizona Water Protection Fund helps with repairs on Oak Creek trails
Arizona Conservation CorpsMay 3, 2024 - The Arizona Water Protection Fund Commission, which annually provides funding for projects to restore, maintain, and enhance river and riparian resources throughout Arizona, selected a project sponsored in part by our sister agency, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality in 2022.
Source: Arizona Department of Water Resources
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Want to get paid to fight climate change? Biden’s new Climate Corp is hiring
ClimateMay 1, 2024 - There are a lot of reasons I wish I were 25 again, and now I can add President Biden’s newly launched American Climate Corps (ACC) to the list. For anyone interested in climate action, climate science, or even outdoor recreation, it’s the ultimate post-grad gap year experience.
Source: Outside Magazine
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Community Volunteer Ambassadors: National Early Service Training held in Fort Collins, CO
Stewards Individual Placement ProgramApril 25, 2024 - The Community Volunteer Ambassadors (CVAs) from the Winter 2024 Cohort recently traveled to Fort Collins, CO for National Early Service Training (NEST). From March 18th to March 22nd, these dedicated CVAs immersed themselves in training led by a team from Conservation Legacy, Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Washington Support Office. This capstonr event not only fostered camaraderie among peers but also equipped them with essential skills for their roles in supporting Volunteers-In-Parks program at their respective sites.
Source: National Park Service
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