Field News Recap- June 2025

Oregon:

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young adult camping crews

June 4 - august 15

Yellow Crew (YA 17) began their session brushing trails in the Blue Ridge Trail System with the Coos Bureau of Land Management (BLM). In their second week, they moved to Lone Pine Campground to help re-establish the site by removing vegetation, leveling tent pads, installing fencing, and setting up recreation infrastructure. Their third week took them to the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, where they focused on invasive plant removal to support native habitat.

Orange Crew (YA 18) spent their first week at Zumwalt Prairie Preserve with The Nature Conservancy. Their work included building and removing barbed wire fencing and conducting weed surveys with GIS mapping apps to identify invasive plant species. For the next two weeks, the crew traveled to Fish Creek, Idaho, where they partnered with the University of Idaho and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR) to clear trails and downed trees in support of stream monitoring efforts in timber harvest lands.

Blue Crew (YA 19) spent all three weeks in the Mt. Hood National Forest restoring the Ruckel Creek Trail, which had been closed since the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire. The crew camped at backcountry sites while retreading trail, removing downed logs, and improving access to the Benson Plateau and Pacific Crest Trail corridor. Their efforts contributed to re-opening a long-inaccessible section of trail in coordination with the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.

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youth camping crews

June 21 - july 19

Red Crew (YCC 6) worked with the Powder Basin Watershed Council on habitat restoration efforts at Trout Creek. Their project focused on installing Beaver Dam Analogs (BDAs) and building fencing to support stream health and riparian habitat recovery.

Yellow Crew (YCC 7) partnered with the Northwest Oregon District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) near Mill City to remove invasive plant species that have spread in the aftermath of the 2020 Beachie Creek Fire. Their efforts support long-term forest recovery and native vegetation regeneration.

Blue Crew (YCC 8) traveled to Steens Mountain to work with the Burns District BLM on trail rehabilitation. They focused on improving overgrown and eroding trails to support public access and reduce environmental impact.

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youth community crews

June 21 - july 26

Red Crew (YCom 3 – Portland) spent their first week partnering with Friends of Trees on a homeowner association property along Windswept Waters Drive. Their work included daylighting, mulching, and removing invasive blackberry and teasel to support the health of newly planted native vegetation.

Yellow Crew (YCom 4 – Portland) partnered with the City of Gresham at Nadaka Nature Park, where they performed vegetation management using loppers, pruners, and shovels to clear overgrowth and maintain public green space.

Brown Crew (YCom 5 – Eugene) began the session with an invasive species removal project at the Springfield Mill Race, partnering with the City of Springfield.

Blue Crew (YCom UCF 6) and Red Crew (YCom UCF 7) both partnered with Pure Water Partners on a property off Highbanks Road. The crews focused on invasive vegetation management, specifically treating Himalayan blackberry and other non-native species. They also contributed to a carbon research project by assisting with plant identification and collecting field data. This project emphasized how to identify, document, and effectively manage invasive vegetation in sensitive restoration areas.

Washington:

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young adult crews

june 4 - august 15

Red Crew (YA 20) kicked off the season maintaining trails at Scouts Loop and Lower Elkspur in partnership with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR) – South Puget Sound Region. They then continued maintenance at Sadie Creek Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) and Foothills Trails in the Olympic Region, using a mix of hand tools and chainsaws.

Orange Crew (YA 21) launched in Ahtanum State Forest doing trail maintenance (before and after photo above). They then traveled near Yakima for the second week to build post-and-rail fencing to manage public access and protect sensitive areas. In week two, they began repairing over three miles of fencing at Chopaka Mountain Natural Area Preserve, which was continued into the beginning of July.

Yellow Crew (YA 22) focused on trail and tread work in high-traffic forest recreation areas in central and western Washington, supporting WA DNR efforts to maintain safe, multi-use trail systems.

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youth camping crews

june 21 - july 26

Blue Crew (YCC 12) maintained sections of the Low Elkspur Trail system in partnership with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR), completing brushing, corridor clearing, and basic tread maintenance.

Red Crew (YCC 13) and White Crew (YCC 14) teamed up in Reiter Foothills Forest to stabilize trail structures and repair fencing across several Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) routes.

Yellow Crew (YCC 15) completed brushing and tread improvement on trails near Ashford, WA, clearing overgrowth and ensuring safe access for hikers and riders.

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june 23 - july 25

Red Crew (YCom S2S 9) began the season at Mima Falls Trailhead in Capitol State Forest. Their work included brushing equestrian and mountain bike trails, updating signage, and collaborating with education and enforcement wardens in nearby campgrounds.

Crew (YCom UCF 8) partnered with the Port of Tacoma at the Lower Clear Creek Habitat Site, a 16-acre National Resource Damage Assessment mitigation area. The crew removed ivy and blackberry along the wetland edges to support salmonid habitat improvements.

Blue Crew (YCom UCF 11) worked at Colibrí Farm in Tacoma with Harvest Pierce County, removing invasive and noxious weeds across a 1.5-acre project site. Their tasks also included prepping areas for native planting, woodchip spreading, brush removal, irrigation setup, and general vegetation management.

Red Crew (YCom UCF 12) kicked off their season at Tacoma Community College, focusing on invasive species management in a 7,200 sq ft cedar tree research area. The crew cleared scotch broom and blackberry across the 55-acre campus nature zone, adding mulch to key areas and improving ecological conditions for native plants.

Idaho Conservation Corps:

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young adult camping crews

june 4 - august 15

All ICC crews are currently wearing yellow hard hats despite the crew names due to a supplier shortage. 

Red Crew (YA 25) spent two weeks in Halfway, Oregon with Pine Valley Firewise conducting fuels reduction on private land. In their third week, they worked with the Boise National Forest at Clear Creek Meadow on forest thinning in a sensitive floodplain area.

Orange Crew (YA 26) began the session at Mill Creek with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, clearing woody debris and improving riparian areas. In week two, they worked at Hyatt Hidden Lakes Reserve in Boise removing invasive plants from this urban natural space.

Blue Crew (YA 27) contributed to fuel break maintenance and vegetation management in southern Idaho, reducing wildfire risk and improving ecological resilience.

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youth camping crews

may 31 - july 5

All ICC crews are currently wearing yellow hard hats despite the crew names due to a supplier shortage. 

Blue Crew (YCC 1) spent the first two weeks at Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Idaho, installing and repairing more than seven miles of fencing to protect wetland habitat from cattle intrusion. They then went on to partner with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WA DNR) on their next two weeks of projects. The first being constructing mountain bike trails at the Naneum Ridge State Forest, then installing weed control fabric and planting small plugs of native grasses and sedges into bare ground.

Red Crew (YCC 2) spent their first two weeks with the Fremont-Winema National Forest in southeast Oregon, completing conifer thinning in aspen-meadow habitats to support wildlife restoration. Their third week took them to Washington’s Lacamas Prairie and Washougal Oaks Natural Areas with WA DNR for invasive plant species removal and fencing repair. In the last week of June, the crew installed post-and-rail fencing at White’s Ridge Trailhead near Yakima with Washington DNR, supporting habitat protection and recreation management.

Orange Crew (YCC 3) began the month building post-and-rail fencing at White’s Ridge Trailhead with WA DNR. In week two, they completed a mountain bike trail construction project in Naneum Ridge State Forest near Ellensburg, WA. For the final two weeks of June, they worked at Douglas Falls removing invasive species and maintaining trails in a forested area also managed by WA DNR.

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youth community crews

june 2- july 3

Details to come.

Internship Programs
Macie: Cultural Resources Intern

Meet Macie!

This summer, Cultural Resources AmeriCorps Member Macie is supporting collections management and fossil preservation at Hagerman Fossil Beds in Idaho.

This month, Cultural Resources AmeriCorps Member Macie continued her internship at Hagerman Fossil Beds in Idaho, supporting collections management and fossil preservation. She recently completed prep work on a giant camel skull and joined a geology hike at Craters of the Moon to better understand the landscapes connected to her collections work. These hands-on experiences are helping her deepen her knowledge of the region’s geologic history while continuing her core work reorganizing and preserving fossil specimens for long-term research and care.
Athena: Natural Resources Management Intern

Meet Athena!

Athena, a Natural Resources Management AmeriCorps Member at Nez Perce National Historical Park, recently joined fellow intern Sara and partners from the Washington Bee Atlas for a native bee survey at Whitman Mission National Historic Site. The team worked to identify and document pollinators as part of a broader effort to support native bee populations and monitor ecosystem health across public lands.

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