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In the News

Montana Conservation Corps is a nationally-recognized Montana-based nonprofit dedicated to inspiring young people through hands-on conservation service to be leaders, stewards of the land, and engaged citizens who improve their communities.  MCC young adult and youth crews work on public land conservation projects throughout Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and the Dakotas. 

MCC Press Contact Information

Jono McKinney, President/CEO  | 406-587-4475 ext. 103 or jono at mtcorps.org

  • Artificial beaver dams help Montana ranchers restore streams and protect wildlife

    Read more about MCC's work to restore streams by mimicking a wild animal once plentiful in the Northern Great Plains: the beaver.

  • he Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest along with Montana Conservation Corps is piloting a new program to get youth boots on the ground doing conservation work
    while being exposed to careers in natural resources. The program, called Helena Youth Corps, is a new offering from MCC specifically tailored to 17- to 18-year-old students at high school graduating level but still constrained by public school scheduling.

    Read more about our new Helena Youth Corps

  • Parents and siblings gathered at Lindley Park on Wednesday buzzed with excitement amid the summer heat as two white vans bearing the Montana Conservation Corps logo pulled in and a dozen sunburnt teenagers spilled out. The gathering served as a graduation for two groups of high school-aged participants who completed an 11-day excursion with the Montana Conservation Corps Youth Expedition Program, working on conservation projects across the state.

    Read more about our Youth Expedition Program

  • Park staff and volunteers work to pick up polystyrene foam along Lake McDonald’s shores

    Read more about our BSWC members' efforts to clean up Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park.

  • How Montanans are banding together to preserve an iconic American landscape

    Check out this video story, featuring footage of MCC's work building BDAs.

  • Read Conservation Fellow Emily Soreghan's article, Streamside Dispatch, about her travels around Montana for the Ranching for Rivers program (R4R).

  • Episode #163: Be Bold - Inspiring the next generation to protect and cherish our natural spaces with Caleb Stewart of The Montana Conservation Corps

  • Forest Service deploys historic funding across Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

    Years of deferred maintenance at recreation sites on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest are getting checked off the to-do list as the forest capitalizes on funding from the Great American Outdoors Act.

    Read more about how the Helena-Lewis and Clark Natl Forest is utilizing these funds by using MCC crews!

  • Workers test Gallatin Co. waters for E. coli

    2023 Conservation Intern Chase Ackerman talks with NBC Montana about testing the waters for toxic algae blooms in Gallatin Valley.

  • Chainsaw training for MCC team members happening in Helena
    HELENA — If you go hiking out on Mount Helena this week you may hear the distant whirring of chainsaws. And if you follow this trail, you might see some of the important training being done by the Montana Conservation Corps.

  • Native plant project helping keep Missoula's water clean

    MISSOULA - A native plant project planted several varieties of riparian plants along Pattee Creek Drive in Missoula on Friday. Big Sky Watershed Corps member Mackenzie Tenan led the project, partnering with Missoula Stormwater and several state organizations to fund the project.

  • Women in the United States have been fighting fires for centuries. The first all-women wildland fire crew was created by the California Department of Forestry 80 years ago. Nevertheless, women are underrepresented in firefighting positions across local, state, and federal agencies.

    Featuring our Women's Fuels and Fire program, Read More about the efforts to train women in wildland fire at Yosemite and Grand Teton National Parks.

  • Deputy Interior Secretary Touts Investments in Montana Infrastructure at Helena Event

    Tommy Beaudreau, President Joe Biden’s deputy secretary of the Interior, touted the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and how it will benefit Montana during a press event in Helena Friday.

    “It is truly an opportunity to unleash resilience initiatives, the work of the (Montana Conservation) Corps, but also demonstrate to all of us true common ground when it comes to providing for fundamental needs of the American people around basic infrastructure, resilient landscapes and good-paying jobs and opportunities to rebuild America better than ever,” Beaudreau said.

  • Gateway to Glacier Trails Gaining Ground

    Read more about this new project to expand recreational opportunities near Glacier National Park.

  • Wildlife officials survey for snapping turtles, bullfrogs

    Read more about MCC's Herptile Crew!

  • Female Firefighters Changing Future of Industry

    ABC News; Kayna Whitworth reports on the female firefighters on the wildfire frontlines fighting to save the environment while knocking down gender stereotypes.

  • MCC Alum Surya Milner writes about the new CCC and their experience with MCC in "A New Conservation Corps for the Climate".

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