The California Conservation Corps, started in 1976 by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, has a current roster of 1,634 members, mostly between the ages of 18 and 29, who typically serve for about a year.

Conservation corps workers spent 19,000 hours maintaining the Pacific Crest Trail last year; in 2025, the Pacific Crest Trail Association expects that figure to drop to just 4,000 hours.

Monday morning, a dedicated group of California Conservation Corps (CCC) members boarded a United flight from Sacramento International Airport, headed to Florida to assist in recovery efforts ...

California Volunteers, a commission on public service, started the California climate corps as part of a suite of service-based initiatives. Before Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, the ...

Senate Bill 1036 would establish a California Ocean Corps through grants given to local conservation corps. When the 2021 spill occurred, the Orange County Corps could not assist in emergency ...

As of July 2, Cal Fire had 149 hand crews, 65 of which were state inmate crews; 38 were seasonal firefighters, 32 were participants with the California Conservation Corps and 14 were from the ...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Two California Conservation Corps (CCC) crews from the Tahoe region are currently providing post-fire mitigation efforts in the Los Angeles area after the historical ...

The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians accepted a $2.4 million award Wednesday from the California Conservation Corps, a state agency, to establish and maintain a new tribal youth conservation corps ...

Marin County’s two largest water agencies will not be required to make reductions until 2035, and those reductions only range from 1 to 2%.

Members of the California Conservation Corps place sandbags and large tarps to close a levee breach on Deer Creek in Sacramento County Jan. 7. Photo by Kenneth James / California Department of ...

Senate Bill 1036 would establish a California Ocean Corps through grants given to local conservation corps. When the 2021 spill occurred, the Orange County Corps could not assist in emergency ...