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Number of Corps members dispatched to No. California fires sets record
-- Governor visits Chico crews, thanks them for their assistance
More than 700 California Conservation Corps members and their Conservationist supervisors are now assisting firefighters in Northern California in the battle to contain one of the most destructive acts of Mother Nature ever in state history.
That number is now a record in the Corps’ 32-year history. More... |
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Special band of at-risk young adults once again proving indispensable to the public safety of Californians
ACE-led Conservation Corps crews helping battle Northern California wildfires
Just as their Southern California counterparts did so well in helping defeat last fall's blazes, so too are bands of 18- to 25-year-old California Conservation Corps members right now in assisting firefighters with as many as 800 blazes dotting Northern California.
As of June 25, more than 650 corps members in 53 crews were lending a vital hand to firefighters from Monterey County, where the Indian Fire is consuming 60,000 acres, to as far away as Plumas County, where one fire spawned smaller ones far and wide. More... |
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Will there be a new home for the Corps?
-- President's Message
I know that there are a lot of rumors and innuendo out there in regards to the “leak” of information from the California Conservation Corps (CCC) that we may move out of the Resources Agency and into a new state agency under the Governor’s Office. This idea has been bandied about for a number of years and most recently came out after the California Performance Review (CPR) made its recommendations. More... |
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From Southern California wildfires to Northern California floods
No rest for weary, as CCC pitches in to dam Sacramento waters
December rains in Northern California made sure the well-deserved calm California Conservation Corps members had coming from their heroic work helping fight Southern California wildfires was not too long of a respite.
Correspondent Anny Hong (in picture) of KOVR-TV, Sacramento’s CBS affiliate, reports on CCC members “doing their part to protect our homes and businesses from flooding. More... |
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Founding CCC staff member closes CI Training Summit with speech evoking history and purpose
-- Robert Burkhardt continues work inspired by Corps
Robert Burkhardt (pictured) was one of the founding California Conservation Corps staff members in 1976. During his eight years at the CCC, he served as an instructor, work supervisor, center director, deputy director, and, finally, as chief deputy director. In 1984, Burkhardt left the CCC to become executive director of the San Francisco Conservation Corps, before leaving for Colorado to head up the Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center in Estes Park. More... |
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