CCC sets up summer projects

Fire safety and park maintenance improvements expected

Humboldt Sentinel staff
7/4/09

Fortuna

Young men and women from across California will be in forest and parklands on the North Coast this summer to pitch in on fire safety efforts and other improvements.

The California Conservation Corps, in concert with the Northwest Youth Corps and Youth Conservation Camps, will be working across the Six Rivers National Forest on “projects that further the development and conservation of the nation’s natural resources” according to forest supervisor Tyrone Kelley.

In particular, the YCC will spend eight weeks in the Mad River watershed to clear brush, maintain hiking trails and campgrounds, and manage vegetation. The four youth involved will also learn about wildlife, archaeology, recreation and other subjects.

The CCC and NYC crews will work rehabilitating approximately 90 miles of hiking trails in the Siskiyou Wilderness, Marble Mountain Wilderness and the Lower Trinity.

Led by two staff, NYC-hired youth, ages 14 to 19, live and work as part of a ten-member team. The teams travel throughout the Northwest to complete a wide variety of projects such as stream restoration, trail construction, or habitat rehabilitation. The CCC is a state agency hiring 3,300 corps members per year between the ages of 18 and 25 who perform a variety of outdoor work.

For more information or to get yourself or your child involved in one of these programs, contact Julie Ranieri at (707) 441-3673 or jranieri@fs.fed.us.