We provide hands-on
environmental stewardship and service-learning opportunities to youth and young adults.
372 young people
are engaged in Conservation Corps work in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and surrounding states.
1,400 acres of native prairie
are restored annually by our corpsmembers.
3,058 volunteers
were engaged by our corpsmembers in 2009.
We respond to emergencies
more than 2,000 hours a year, putting out wildfires, holding back floodwaters, cleaning up after natural disasters and protecting resources.
Our roots trace
back to the 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps that provided jobs to young men so they could support their families during the Great Depression.
Corpsmember spotlight: Eva Johnson
Iowa crew keeps canoeists above the dam
Youth Outdoors gives back
New name, new look, same mission
New name, new look, same mission

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our symbol, a seedling in the hand ― of a corpsmember, a volunteer, a parent, a conservationist, a changed life.