Conservation Corps Gives Military Vets a New Direction in Civilian Life
A $35,000 Edison International grant funds jobs for veterans to repair public parklands.
A member of the California Conservation Corps’ military veterans crew works on a trail that was part of a 10-day restoration project at Black Mountain Wilderness near Barstow.
Several members of a California Conservation Corps military veterans crew remove tires dumped near an abandoned cement water trough in the Black Mountain Wilderness outside of Barstow.
Members of one of the California Conservation Corps’ military veterans crews install one of more than 100 marker signs and route signs during a recent project in the Black Mountain Wilderness outside of Barstow.
A member of one of the California Conservation Corps’ military veterans crews plants native plants as part of a recent restoration project in the Black Mountain Wilderness outside of Barstow.
Two California Conservation Corps military veterans install a trail marker in the Black Mountain Wilderness outside of Barstow.
Kaleigh Savage, a member of the California Conservation Corps’ military veterans crew assigned to the Inland Empire Center, rakes some weeds.
Wildflowers bloom in the Black Mountain Wilderness near Barstow where one of the California Conservation Corps’ military veterans crews recently completed a project.
A group of military veterans in the California Conservation Corps take a break from a recent work assignment in the Black Mountain Wilderness outside of Barstow.