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CCNB offers young people a chance to enhance their academic and vocation abilities in exchange for performing important environmental work in the community. Chances are, you've already enjoyed their work.

Taking care of our environment

Over the years, our crews have built and maintained hundreds of miles of trails, removed tons of non-native and fire-hazard vegetation, cleared creeks of obstructions for flood control, and restored riparian and terrestrial habitats throughout the entire county. We're currently engaged with the Marin Municipal Water District, Marin County Open Space District and Point Reyes National Seashore (among others), in projects to keep the North Bay's wild lands accessible, safe and beautiful.

Here are some examples of what we're working on:

• Dramatically reducing the incidence of flooding in the North Bay by clearing waterways and preventing storm waters from backing up. Each year, more than 40 miles of urban and rural creeks are maintained to protect habitats and reduce flood hazards.
• Building fences to keep protect wildlife and people from wandering where they don't belong.
• Reducing potential fire hazards in the North Bay. We clear more than 115 acres of flammable vegetation every year to create defensible space adjacent to at risk neighborhoods.
• Restoring native ecosystems. Our crews remove over 50 acres of invasive plants each year. We also plant native seedlings to take the place of the invasives we remove.
• Clearing, building and maintaining trails. Our crews build rock retaining walls, wooden steps and clear brush, among other things.

Taking care of our kids

Well over 5,000 young people have been through CCNB's program since its inception. We provide assistance and mentorship in formulating and achieving our corpsmembers' educational and career goals. Corpsmembers also receive outstanding job-training opportunities in conservation, park improvement, and fire and flood prevention projects. 95% of our graduates have successfully transitioned into high quality employment, college or other post-secondary educational opportunities. Learn more about our education and skill building programs.

At the same time, Conservation Corps North Bay provides an exceptional human resource to national, state and county parks, state and federal regulatory agencies, public lands managers, fire-protection agencies, homeowners' associations and nonprofit organizations among many others.

Download Natural Resources Program Fact Sheet [PDF]

For more information on the Natural Resources program, please contact CCNB's Natural Resources Manager Max Korten at (415) 454-4554 ext. 149 in Marin County or Director of Sonoma Programs Gary Miltimore at (707)303-3069 ext. 399 in Sonoma County.

Sonoma Natural Resources AmeriCorps Program administered by California Conservation Corps and sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.