Partner with Northwest Youth Corps

Mission Alignment

Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) and Idaho Conservation Corps (ICC) workforce solutions offer a variety of options for land and water management agencies, including 10-person youth crews that are ready to take on large-scale projects, 5-person young adult crews skilled in using chainsaws and power tools, and individual placements prepared to join your team for the season. To find out how we can best meet your needs, contact us today!

Northwest Youth Corps and Idaho Conservation Corps operate in partnership with various project sponsors across the region including the USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service, state parks and recreation, department of forestry, county parks departments, city park departments, electric/water companies, other non-profits, and private land managers.

Interested in partnering with nyc?

Hannia Candelario

Conservation Corps Director
HanniaC@nwyouthcorps.org
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Why Partner with NYC?

-Provides turnkey solutions to accomplish your priority projects

-Engage the next generation and future workforce

-NYC and Partner Mission Alignment

Conservation Crews

Crews are residential (front country to remote backcountry) and are comprised of: young adults 19-25 years of age (who are trained to operate power equipment); or youth (16-19) who serve in larger crews capable of larger scale projects. This is a work experience which provides each member a stipend, and the crews work hard! NYC crews are almost entirely turn-key, arriving with their own tools, insurance, vehicle, equipment, and trained leadership. NYC staff develop detailed project specifications for each crew to meet our partner’s specific requirements.  

Our crews are capable of undertaking a wide range of projects:

  • Fuels Reduction and other saw work 
  • Buck out and other crosscut work
  • Trail Construction/Maintenance
  •  Trail Structures (turnpikes, puncheons, bridges, rock work, steps, retaining walls etc.)
  • Invasive Species Removal
  • Site restoration, planting and seeding
  •  Fencing (buck and pole, barbed wire)
  • Facilities Maintenance/preservation
  •  Developed Recreation/Campground Maintenance

Conservation Internships

NYC places over 100 paraprofessional interns per year in Idaho, Northern California, Oregon and Washington in a wide variety of positions with federal land management agencies, state agencies, municipalities, and non-profits.

Intern Positions include working with:

  • Natural Resources Management – trails, invasives, etc.
  •  Structures – historical buildings, bridges
  • Community engagement/outreach
  • Education/interpretation
  • Special Uses (permitting)
  •  HR and federal hiring outreach
  •  Surveying – wildlife, accessibility, trail mapping, boundaries
  • Landscape architecture
  • Visitor services
  • And more…

NYC manages most aspects of administration including recruitment, hiring, onboarding, HR, reimbursements, and mentorship. We also bring match dollars to almost all projects. Many interns who serve through NYC are eligible for hiring authorities and interns receive specialized training on navigating the federal hiring system (USAJobs, resume building, etc.).

Let’s discuss how NYC can best meet your needs

Hannia Candelario

Conservation Corps Director
HanniaC@nwyouthcorps.org

Partnership videos

“Working with NYC crews continues to be a highlight of our summer season. Each year brings a new suite of diverse, enthusiastic, inspiring young people who get so much crucial work done for us, while giving us the opportunity to share the culture and values of the NPS with them. We almost always end up recruiting someone from one of the NYC crews to continue on with us as an intern or seasonal employee. NYC crews not only allow us to accomplish our stewardship goals, but also enable us to extend our recruitment reach to a much larger group of folks than we would otherwise be able to reach.
Carla Cole
Carla ColeStewardship Director, Lewis and Clark NHP
“The proverb “many hands make light work” has been used since ancient times to help encourage collaboration and cooperation and get things done. Northwest Youth Corps proved this proverb true once again for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in summer 2022. This time an all-female crew invested two solid weeks of hard work upgrading trails and grounds around our historic Cant Ranch, which was long overdue and urgently needed. These many hands accomplished in two weeks what would have taken all summer for our understaffed maintenance crews to complete. We are very grateful for their hard work and look forward to continued collaboration next year. Thank you NWYC!”
Roy M. Zipp
Roy M. ZippSuperintendent, John Day Fossil Beds NM
“There is magic that happens for this park when working with the Northwest Youth Corps. The Corps staff bring us material and financial resources we sometimes might not otherwise receive. But even more importantly, they bring us their members, who come to our park with a great work ethic, eagerness to learn, and an excitement to do the work that keeps this place so special. Lewis and Clark National Historical Park serves as this place of learning and exploration and the NWYC members provide a strong sense of enthusiasm that is also contagious for the park staff. In the end, the work accomplished is wonderful but the experiences gained by these young stewards will serve our public lands for years to come.”
Jon Burpee
Jon BurpeeSuperintendent, Lewis and Clark NHP
“I’ve appreciated NYC’s partnership over the years in helping us to provide a high level of service to the nearly 2 million visitors that come to enjoy Mt. Rainier on an annual basis. The experience had by visitors and experience gained by youth really makes it a win-win situation. It was so much fun to see the looks on the faces of everyone on the crew change from skepticism (“He wants us to do what? That’s impossible!”) to pride and accomplishment (“Wow, look what we were able to do together!”) over the course of the project. I hope, if nothing else, every corps member learned about the possibilities that are opened up through the combination of teamwork, positivity and effort. Both the crews, and NWYC and NPS, make a bigger positive impact by working together!”
James MontgomeryNorth Trails Field Supervisor, Mount Rainier National Park
“This past summer Northwest Youth Corp Interns have engaged with thousands of visitors, connecting them with Southern Idaho’s geology, history, fossils, plants, and animals. Kathryn-NYC Intern with Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve; provided 20 ranger-led guided hikes to visitors of all ages. Monica, Intern with Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, gave over a dozen ranger talks to 200 visitors total. Both internships provided not only expertise to the participants but allowed multiple opportunities for visitors to connect to their public lands. Kathryn helped map lava tube caves, repair a historic cabin made by the CCC, and learned about mapping and historic structure repair. Monica helped establish protocols at the new visitor center at Thousand Springs. This building is a new partnership with Idaho Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service.”
Sandra Gladish Intern Supervisor, Southern Idaho National Parks and Historic Sites

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