Southwest Conservation Corps - Salida, Colorado
Two summer technical trail crews, and one fall technical trail crew, each with 8 veterans, 2 crew leaders and 6 crew members, will work in the southern Colorado Rockies based out of the Arkansas River headwaters in Salida, Colorado. Trail work will commence in the Rio Grande National Forest with an emphasis on maintenance. Crews will often camp out in the backcountry for days at a time, and the schedule will be nine days on/five days off. Work includes rock removal from trail tread, tree clearing with crosscut saws in wilderness areas, and rehabilitation of water diversion structures. Summer crew members will train May 30, and work will be completed by August 20. Fall crew work will be completed September 6 to October 30 (training starts one week prior for crew leaders).
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Southwest Conservation Corps - Durango, Colorado
One summer and one fall saw crew, each with 8 veterans and 2 crew leaders, will conduct fire mitigation and hazardous fuel removal in the southern Colorado Rockies. This work is focused on decreasing the risk associated with wildfires, which pose great threats to intermountain communities throughout the western U.S. Crews will receive chainsaw training to safely reduce wildfire risk by cutting out weak, dead and crowded trees in overgrown forests. The project will begin in August and end in November.
Montana Conservation Corps - Medicine Bow - Wyoming and Colorado
Two 8-person saw crews will be formed to remove dead trees that are victims of Mountain Pine Beetle attacks. Over time, dead standing trees present a hazard as they become weak and eventually fall. Crews will be trained on safety and use of chainsaws to eliminate this risk along trail corridors and public use areas. Each crew will have 2 crew leaders and will operate throughout the Routt/Medicine Bow National Forest along the Colorado-Wyoming border. The summer project begins June 14 for crew leaders and June 21 for crew members, and will continue for 12 weeks.
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Utah Conservation Corps - Logan, Utah
A 4-person trail crew will be formed to perform conservation work on public lands. Projects will be completed in Providence Canyon in the Cache National Forest May 26 to Aug. 14. Women are strongly encouraged to apply - we need a woman to fill out this crew!
Great Basin Institute, Nevada Conservation Corps - Las Vegas, Nevada
Throughout the summer and fall seasons, a 6-person veteran crew will complete technical trail building and maintenance on U.S. Forest Service trails in the Spring Mountains. Don't let the nearby desert landscape fool you! The Spring Mountains are rich in forests, streams and mountain vistas. Work will include constructing trail treads, cutting fallen trees from the trail, building water diversion structures, constructing rock retaining walls and much more. Crew work begins in mid-May and continues into November. (THESE POSITIONS ARE FILLED.)
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