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Vermont Youth Conservation Corps Planted Trees at State’s Newest WMA
December 19, 2018
Tags: Conservation, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
2018 All Corps Season Recap
November 20, 2018
Tags: AllCorps
280 individual VYCC corps members worked from as early as March all the way until the end of November on our Farm and Conservation crews. From sowing seeds, to improving state park infrastructures, to removing invasive species, to harvesting organic vegetables for Vermonters in need, our crews learned, earned, and yearned to make their communities better. Our crews spread across New York State, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and of course every county in Vermont.
VYCC’s Community Crews Cap Their Season of Work and Connections
September 7, 2018
Tags: Community Crews
WGDR “Recreation Radio” with guests WashCo Crew
September 5, 2018
Tags: Community Crews, Radio
In July, WGDR, Plainfield Community Radio host Walter Opuszynski had our Washington County Community Crew (WashCo) on his show to talk about their work in the area.
Part of Take The Lake initiative to encourage fitness in Columbus County
Tags: NCYCC
“The official opening its part of the Take The Lake event. People could walk across the dam to do the 14-mile event, but that could be dangerous or impossible if the water was running too high. Now, they can dismount and push their bikes across the bridge and around the 1.8-mile section of shoreline between the dam and the campground parking lot. The Youth Conservation Corps, made up of 16- and 17-year-olds, helped clear the trail, which had fallen trees blocking it after Hurricane Matthew.”
Why Is Fire Orange?
Tags: Radio, Spike Crews
But fires aren't always an emergency, so later in the episode we'll sit around a campfire with the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps and appreciate the warmth of the glowing flames.
Vermont Fish & Wildlife and VYCC Partner To Expand Accessibility At Snake Mountain
August 28, 2018
Tags: Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
In July, VYCC’s Spike 5 crew tackled a substernal trails assessment and repair project for the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife (F&W) on Snake Mountain. The crew worked with Ariel Burgess, field staff for F&W, to hike the Snake Mountain Summit Trail in its entirety, assessing and flagging trail features in need of maintenance.
Vermont’s Return on Investment in Land Conservation: A Report Release
August 24, 2018
Join us to hear the results of a ground-breaking study that shows the connection of land conservation to the Vermont economy and jobs, including: natural goods and services, recreation, fishing, hunting, farming, timber, tourism, and more
Teens hit pay dirt with Youth Conservation Corps
August 19, 2018
Prepared for mosquitos and ticks? Slips, trips and falls? Poison plants? Dehydration? Branches such as the one that just dropped from the tree towering above?
“There are a lot of reasons you wear a hard hat,” Belliveau says. “That’s one of them.”