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  • Southeast Conservation Corps crew member with shovel on the trail

    National Park Foundation and Partners Expand Service Corps Impact Across the Country

    Partnerships

    August 26, 2019 | As the National Park Service celebrates 103 years of preserving America’s natural and cultural resources, the National Park Foundation (NPF) today announced a more than $3.5 million investment in expanding young, diverse leaders’ capacity to help protect national parks, lift up communities, and gain in-demand job skills training through service corps programs.

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  • Wcc Crew Photo Winner

    Hey Swole Sister

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    July 15, 2019 | During the summer of 2019 SECC fielded its first ever all-female Women’s Conservation Corps Youth Crews.

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  • Stephanie

    We'll just say "See Ya Later"

    May 23, 2019 | It's hard saying goodbye to family, so we'll just say "see ya later". 

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  • Blake Small

    People

    April 25, 2019 | I joined the conservation corps to get away from people.

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  • Dale Small

    So We Were Told

    April 17, 2019 | Yo yo yo, so we were told...

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  • Mkb Small

    Split Rail Fences, Turkeys, and Good Work

    April 13, 2019 | There are wild turkeys calling. In the predawn light we can here their throaty voices, floating to us over the tall, misty grasses of Cowpens National Battlefield in South Carolina. It is the third hitch and Spring has finally begun to show it's colors.

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  • Crew 947 Working On A Bridge

    Thank You Kentucky

    March 30, 2019 | Stretching and groaning, I attempt to rinse out the day before’s workload and emerge out from my cozy sleeping bag into the cold of dawn. As I slowly make the bold transition from dream state to reality, I remember how lucky I am to be where I am, waking up with the wilderness.

     

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  • Kelsey On The Project Site Holding A Mc Loed

    Crew 948 in Athens, GA

    March 28, 2019 | Our crew had a wonderful time this week in Athens, GA working at Sandy Creek Park with Athens-Clark County (ACC). 

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  • Vfc Crew 946 Member Hiking With Fire Tools

    A Pretty Solid Routine

    March 20, 2019 | A lot has happened in the last month for the crew. We attended fire school at the Cohutta Springs conference center, we were apart of a prescribed burn, and we traveled to South Carolina for our first assignment as red carded firefighters.

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  • Emily From Crew 949 In Kings Mountain

    There is Something About These People

    March 19, 2019 |  It's raining   It's cold   I'm tired

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