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Interior Department Announces First Indian Youth Service Corps Grant Awards
Ancestral LandsSeptember 11, 2023 | The Department of the Interior today announced nearly $3.5 million in 2023 Indian Youth Service Corps (IYSC) grants to eight projects involving more than 20 Tribes and Tribal organizations.
Source: U.S. Department of Interior
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Appalachian Conservation Corps Recognized as Top Employer for Interns in Virginia
Appalachian Conservation CorpsACC and The Virginia Talent + Opportunity Partnership (V-TOP) celebrated the news last week a the Executive Mansion in Virginia.
Source: Conservation Legacy
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Heinrich, Cassidy: Senate Passes Bipartisan Resolution Designating June 16 as National Service and Conservation Corps Day
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Vice Chair of the National Service Congressional Caucus and the first AmeriCorps alum to serve in the United States Senate, and Bill Cassidy (R-N.D.), Co-Chair of the National Service Congressional Caucus, announced that the U.S. Senate has passed a bipartisan resolution to designate June 16, 2023, as National Service and Conservation Corps Day. Cosponsors of the resolution include U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Co-Chair of the National Service Congressional Caucus, Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Vice Chair of the National Service Congressional Caucus, and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.).
Source: From the Press Office of Martin Heinrich
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Earth Day: Connecting people to nature
Conservation LegacyApril 22, 2022 | Nature is central to humans’ wellbeing. Yet, modern society continues to wander farther from it. Days indoors, excessive screen time, desk jobs, lack of physical activity, long commutes; it’s no wonder that one in five people experience mental health illnesses each year, as published by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. This Earth Day, we recognize AmeriCorps members, organizations, and federal land management agencies’ efforts to connect people with nature.
Source: AmeriCorps
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Stewards Individual Placements Program celebrates 20 years of AmeriCorps VISTA programming
Stewards Individual Placement ProgramBeckley, WV | March 11, 2022 Stewards Individual Placements Program kicks off the celebration of 20 years of AmeriCorps VISTA programming during AmeriCorps week, March 13-19, 2022.
Source: Stewards Individual Placements Program
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Southeast Conservation Corps Intern Selected by The Corps Network as 2022 Corpsmember of the Year
Southeast Conservation CorpsMarch 8th, 2022 | Chattanooga, TN — Press Release: Aaron Conner, a member of Southeast Conservation Corps’ Veterans Fire Corps crew, will be recognized by The Corps Network, the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, as a 2022 Corpsmember of the Year.
Source: The Corps Network
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Appalachian Conservation Corps Intern Selected by The Corps Network as 2022 Corpsmember of the Year
Appalachian Conservation CorpsMarch 8th, 2022 | HARRISONBURG, VA – Press Release: Kalen Anderson, former Appalachian Conservation Corps’ (ACC) Werowocomoco project intern, will be recognized by The Corps Network, the National Association of Service and Conservation Corps, as a 2022 Corpsmember of the Year.
Source: The Corps Network
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WVU Tech Students Volunteer to Build Dog Houses
Stewards Individual Placement ProgramFebruary 15th, 2022 | Over the weekend, ten volunteers from the West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech) joined the Stewards Individual Placement to build dog houses for Dogs Under Cover.
Source: Lootpress
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NPF x Winnebago Industries: Service Corps in Action
Southwest Conservation CorpsFeb 25, 2022 | [VIDEO] Southwest Conservation Corps' 2021 Leaders of Color Crew is featured in a video by the National Park Foundation to help raise awareness about job opportunities in conservation.
Source: National Park Foundation
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Upper Cathedral Rock Trail Reconstruction Project
Arizona Conservation CorpsFebruary 1st, 2022 | This year the Forest Service started a major reconstruction project on the popular Cathedral Rock Trail. This project is tackling deferred maintenance on a trail unlike any other on the Coconino National Forest. As the Forest’s second busiest trail, and located in a sensitive place by Oak Creek, the project is needed to protect watershed health and to provide an enduring high-quality experience for trail users.
Source: The Villager
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