The WCC teams up to provide camping and fire wood for the first annual Wilderness Festival at the University of Wyoming. Long stewards of wilderness, it only makes sense that WCC provides supplies and power to the event promoting our public to get outside and hike the trails in Wyoming's beautiful wilderness. See below for … Continue reading Wyoming’s Wilderness Festival
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Updates to the Tool Cache
Work is coming along on the WCC tool cache! These are images from last week and you can see we have the walls up and roofing nearly done.This week, we have began some of the exterior finish work including installing the fascia boards, trim, and staining. Now, our windows are being prepared for installation and … Continue reading Updates to the Tool Cache
Gearing Up for the Season, Preparing for the Unpredictable
Spring Break is over and it is both exciting and terrifying how close we are to the start of the WCC season. Crew leaders are getting paired up tonight, the tiny tool shed is in its final stages, saw camp is just around the corner, and the docket is almost full of exciting projects. The … Continue reading Gearing Up for the Season, Preparing for the Unpredictable
Conservation Expo
Last Saturday, the staff and crew leaders headed over to the Albany County Fairgrounds for the Laramie River Conservation Expo. For me, Albany County is small in population, so I was surprised to see so many conservation organizations that operate within our watershed. It just goes to prove how many innovative and driven people there … Continue reading Conservation Expo
Crew Leaders Volunteering at the LRCD
Laramie River Conservation District The Crew Leaders are hard at work at the Laramie River Conservation District. They have been building a potting bench that will be auctioned off during the Conservation Expo that will take place on Saturday March 7th. In addition to this project, they have built a vertical herb garden board, and … Continue reading Crew Leaders Volunteering at the LRCD
Thoughts on Service and Selflessness
As we roll closer and closer to the 'conservation season,' the crew leaders, myself included, are having lots of discussions about leadership, service, and motivation. What motivates us to lead? What motivates us to serve? Without trying to sound cynical, I would posit that no one serves simply for the good in and of itself. … Continue reading Thoughts on Service and Selflessness
Tiny Tool Cache
Wyoming Conservation Corps' First Tiny Tool House Work is underway for the WCC's Tiny Tool Cache, a tool cache on wheels to be taken to various locations around the state much in line with the Tiny House movement taking place across the world. In side, we will have a work bench with vises, cubbies for chainsaws, … Continue reading Tiny Tool Cache
Certified! Waders in the Water
At Wyoming Conservation Corps we’re always on the lookout for new opportunities to serve both our members and our community. That’s why we are so excited to be participating in the Corps Network’s nationwide Waders in the Water aquatic restoration jobs program. Our members who completed the course received training and certification for climate-ready aquatic … Continue reading Certified! Waders in the Water
February 7th, Glass Recycling
The Wyoming Conservation Corps will be hosting their final glass recycling drive on February 7th, 2015. The event will take place by the bus drop off at Coe Library on the University of Wyoming campus from 9am-1pm. This is not the first time the Conservation Corps has delved in glass recycling. Volunteers are encouraged! In … Continue reading February 7th, Glass Recycling
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