Field News Recap- July 2025
Oregon:
young adult camping crews
Red Crew (YA 16) began July at Lone Pine Campground with the Roseburg Bureau of Land Management (BLM), where they completed campground maintenance and trail log-out work. In their second and third weeks of the month, they moved to the Mount Hood National Forest to focus on log-out projects, then traveled to the Nez Perce–Clearwater National Forest to continue trail maintenance, brushing, and addressing loose rock.
Yellow Crew (YA 17) started the month with Oregon Parks and Recreation District staff at L.L. Stub Stewart State Park, rehabilitating trails and maintaining park facilities. Their next two weeks took them to the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area with the Burns District Bureau of Land Management, where they cleared back vegetation and improved trail conditions. In their fourth week, they partnered with The Nature Conservancy at Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, constructing 0.3 miles of fence across the preserve to manage habitat for native species. They closed the month at Trout Creek with the Powder Basin Watershed Council, installing Beaver Dam Analogs (BDAs) to improve stream health and riparian habitat.
Orange Crew (YA 18) spent the first three weeks in the Mount Hood National Forest, where they worked on feeder trails to the Timberline Trail, including Pinnacle Ridge and Elk Cove, improving both burned and unburned sections. They then partnered with Trout Unlimited at Deerhorn Creek to construct BDAs in support of habitat restoration.
Blue Crew (YA 19) began the month in the Drift Creek Wilderness with the Siuslaw National Forest, completing trail brushing and tread repair. In the second week of July, they worked in the Smith River area to continue brushing and tread repairs. The crew then moved to the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness with the U.S. Forest Service to complete trail maintenance and brushing projects. They ended the month at Dean Creek and Hinsdale Garden with the Coos Bay BLM, where they focused on weeding and lopping.
youth camping crews
Red Crew (YCC 6) partnered with the Powder Basin Watershed Council at Trout Creek, constructing Beaver Dam Analogs (BDAs), installing post-assisted log structures, and building fencing to support riparian recovery. They also worked with the Oregon Parks and Recreation District at Elijah Bristow on trail maintenance projects, including removal old culverts to improve water drainage.
Yellow Crew (YCC 7) began at Table Rock Wilderness with the Bureau of Land Management – Cascades Field Office, where they completed brush clearing, trail delineation, and trail repairs. They then joined the Powder Basin Watershed Council at Trout Creek to construct BDAs and perform riparian habitat restoration.
Blue Crew (YCC 8) spent their first week in the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area with the Burns District Bureau of Land Management, performing trail maintenance and clearing back vegetation. In the following weeks, they worked with the Northwest Oregon Bureau of Land Management on weed treatment and invasive removal at Gale Creek, and at Fishermen’s Bend Recreation Site, pulling non-native invasive weeds.
youth community crews
Red Crew (YCom PDX 3) began July on a homeowner association property near Spring Mountain with Friends of Trees, performing daylighting, mulching, and removing invasive blackberry and teasel. They continued their work at Kindness Farm, a first-generation immigrant- and refugee-run farm, where they prepared growing space and supported sustainable agricultural practices. Their third week was spent at Dharma Rain Zen Center, removing invasive plants and restoring native vegetation. They ended the month at the Oregon Conservation Center and Sandy River Preserve with The Nature Conservancy, focusing on landscaping, facility upkeep, and invasive vegetation removal.
Yellow Crew (YCom PDX 4) started the month at Nadaka Nature Park with the City of Gresham, removing invasive vegetation. They then worked at a five-acre community garden at Bybee Lakes Hope Center, tending planting beds and preparing soil for crops. In their third week, they returned to Nadaka Nature Park with Friends of Trees to pull ivy and prepare the site for future plantings. Their final July project was at Gateway Green Park, where they tended older plantings and performed vegetation maintenance.
Brown Crew (YCom EUG 5) partnered with the City of Springfield on invasive species removal along the Mill Race Path during their first two weeks. For the remainder of the month, they worked at Rocky Point, continuing invasive plant removal to maintain and restore public green spaces.
Blue Crew (YCom UCF) partnered with the City of Eugene, maintaining trees that were recently planted as part of restoration projects. Their projects included invasive plant removal and maintenance around native plantings. Later in the month, they partnered with the Bureau of Land Management at Checkermallow Access, clipping and removing invasive vegetation to improve habitat conditions.
Red Crew (YCom UCF) started July with the Dorena Genetic Resource Center with the U.S. Forest Service, where they supported Port Orford Cedar breeding and nursery tasks such as transplanting, pruning, and greenhouse work. In the next couple weeks, they joined the Eugene Parks and Recreation District on invasive plant removal projects around the city. They closed July at a six-acre project area on Marcola Road with the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) and the McKenzie Watershed Council, removing Himalayan blackberry and other invasive species to restore habitat.
Washington:
young adult crews
Red Crew (YA 20) began the month in North Cascades National Park, where they worked on the Newhalem trail system to complete front country campground trail maintenance, brushing, and retreadding projects. Midway through July, they moved to the Siuslaw National Forest to brush and maintain the Rainforest Trail #1310, before finishing the month at the Cape Perpetua Recreation Area with the Siuslaw National Forest, brushing trails including Amanda’s, Saint Perpetua, and Cook’s Ridge.
Orange Crew (YA 21) spent most of the month on the Nooksack Cirque Trail in the Mt. Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest, where they completed brushing and tread work along a 3.5-mile stretch of trail. They ended July at Evan’s Creek Off-Highway Vehicle Area, installing and repairing trail structures to improve safety and access for recreation users.
Yellow Crew (YA 22) began their season working with the Siuslaw National Forest at Tyree Campground and Goosepasture Off-Highway Vehicle staging area, where they performed invasive plant removal. They then partnered with the Payette National Forest to support forest inventory projects, collecting data on tree diameter and species to assist with forest management. To close the month, they returned to North Cascades National Park for additional brushing work before heading to Mount Rainier National Park, where they brushed and repaired sections of the Wonderland Trail.
youth camping crews
Blue Crew (YCC 12) partnered with Backcountry Horsemen of Washington at the Humptulips River to perform trail brushing and tread repair on the hiker trails, then moved to Quinault with the U.S. Forest Service to brush debris from trails and clear out drainage ditches. They wrapped up the month in Elbe working with the Washington Department of Natural Resources to perform maintenance on segments of the Lower Elkspur Trail.
Red Crew (YCC 13) partnered with the Washington Department of Natural Resources in Elbe to widen trails, then moved to the Capitol State Forest for two weeks of trail work, and finally finished their session in Yacolt Burn State Forest to work on trail brushing and campground maintenance.
Orange Crew (YCC 14) partnered with Lewis and Clark National Historical Park in July for a variety of projects, including removing invasive plants and old wire fencing.
Yellow Crew (YCC 15) partnered with Backcountry Horsemen of Washington in Olympic National Forest to clear trails and install signs, then went backcountry in Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forest for more trail brushing. They then performed trail tread repair in the Little Wenatchee drainage in Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forest, and finished their session with Entiat Ranger District to perform developed recreation maintenance at Fields Point Landing.
youth community crews
Grey Crew (YCom UCF 8) and Red Crew (YCom UCF 12) partnered with the South End Neighborhood Council (SENCo) at the 72nd and D Mural Garden in Tacoma. Their work included cutting back overgrowth, carefully removing invasive plants while protecting landscaping, clearing and mulching a strip along the mural wall, and spreading wood chips to improve the site for public use.
Blue Crew (YCom UCF 11) partnered with Harvest Pierce County at Pocket Farm in Tacoma. The crew removed invasive weeds, tended native plantings, spread woodchips, and helped restore the urban agriculture site by cutting back overgrowth, planting, and maintaining irrigation. Their work supported habitat health while improving the farm for community use.
Red Crew (YCom UCF 12) partnered with Parks Tacoma to perform invasive species removal at China Lake Park, including blackberry, ivy, bindweed, and herb Robert.
Idaho Conservation Corps:
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) began July in the Boise National Forest – Cascade Ranger District, where they completed forest thinning. In the second and third weeks of the month, they continued thinning work, then moved to the Payette National Forest – New Meadows and McCall Ranger Districts to conduct forest data surveys. They ended the month with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Mill Creek, where they focused on invasive plant removal and trail maintenance.
Orange Crew (YA 26) worked with the Payette National Forest – New Meadows and McCall Ranger Districts to perform forest data surveys. They then partnered with the Nez Perce–Clearwater National Forest, clearing trails by bucking logs. To close July, they joined the Caribou-Targhee National Forest – Ashton and Island Park Ranger Districts for trail maintenance.
Blue Crew (YA 27) started the month with the Payette National Forest – New Meadows and McCall Ranger Districts, where they conducted forest data surveys. For the next three weeks, they partnered with the Idaho Falls Bureau of Land Management to spray herbicide for invasive species management east of Idaho Falls. They finished July back with the Payette National Forest conducting more forest data surveys.
youth camping crews
All ICC crews are currently wearing yellow hard hats despite the crew names due to a supplier shortage.
Blue Crew (YCC 1) began July with a project on Idaho Power mitigation lands near Glenns Ferry, removing invasive plants and installing fencing. They then joined the Boise National Forest – Emmett Ranger District and Mountain Home Ranger Districts to build firelines in preparation for future prescribed burns.
Red Crew (YCC 2) partnered with the Boise National Forest – Cascade Ranger District to build Beaver Dam Analogs (BDAs). They later moved to the Hood National Forest, where they performed trail brushing and tread repair.
Orange Crew (YCC 3) started with the Boise National Forest – Cascade Ranger District conducting fish surveys. They then joined the Powder Basin Watershed Council to construct BDAs for habitat restoration, before finishing the month with the Idaho Panhandle National Forest on trail brushing projects along the St. Joe River.
youth community crews
All ICC crews are currently wearing yellow hard hats despite the crew names due to a supplier shortage.
Both Yellow Crew (YCCom 13) and Blue Crew (YCCom 14) honed their tree identification skills while updating the College of Idaho’s Tree Inventory in Caldwell. They used clinometers, diameter tapes, and tablets to collect and input data about 578 trees that will be used to guide future planting and tree maintenance decisions, as well as quantify the many benefits its healthy urban forest provides.
Later in the month, both crews reestablished mulch rings at Cassia Park in Boise. They removed encroaching grass and weeds and added wheelbarrows of mulch around each tree in the park, which helps reduce competition for water and nutrients, minimizes evaporation, adds organic matter back to the soil, and reduces damage by weedeaters.
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