UCC News

The Utah Conservation Corps, an AmeriCorps program within the Utah State University Center for Community Engagement, has received $610,000 in funding through the Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation’s Outdoor Recreation Initiative.

FireBREAK is a collaborative local campaign that aims to reduce the chances of a catastrophic fire in the Moab Valley by conducting fuels reduction projects, especially along Mill and Pack creeks, and engaging the community.

LOGAN, Utah — Last month the Utah Conservation Corps partnered with Bridgerland Audubon and Logan City to treat invasive weeds at Denzil Stewart Nature Park.

The Utah Conservation Corps has been awarded $106,000 by the National Park Foundation to complete wildfire mitigation and habitat restoration projects at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Harvest Rescue is a community engagement club dedicated to harvesting fruits and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste, and then distributing to people in need.

Would you dig weeds for 10 hours a day? That’s a hard pass for many, but it’s what a lot of 20-somethings sign up for with the Utah Conservation Corps.

MOAB, Utah - UCC Crews worked with Rim to Rim Restoration to mitigate fire and flood concerns along Pack and Mill creeks, as well as the Matheson wetlands.

LOGAN, Utah — The Utah Conservation Corps has received a grant from Utah Department of Agriculture and Food to remove noxious weeds and restore habitat in Logan.

The UCC has been awarded support from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food’s Utah Pollinator Habitat Program. The grant includes approximately 300 upland plants that will be used in the Utah Conservation Corps’ Urban Community Farm.

Students got their hands dirty for a good cause during the Native Utah Seed Planting workshop on April 14, the first of many hands-on activities hosted at Utah State University as a part of the annual Earth Week celebration.

A group of Aggies, including several UCC AmeriCorps Individual Placement membrs, shared their work to engage students in sustainability at the recent Intermountain Sustainability Summit at Weber State University.

Utah Conservation Corps has received accreditation from the Corps Center of Excellence, the national accrediting body for service and conservation corps.

LOGAN, Utah —Utah Conservation Corps Executive Director Sean Damitz has been appointed to the Corps Council, a leadership body of representatives from AmeriCorps organizations across the United States.

UCC Americorps Individual Placement Mercy Smith (Sustainability Engagement Lead for '25-'26) explains how True Blue Reuse and Repair promotes community and sustainability.

Every year from July to October, groups of sustainability and community-oriented volunteers gather together to take part in a local harvest rescue aimed at reducing food waste and bolstering food access.

The Utah Conservation Corps based at Utah State University has been awarded a $351,058 grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to expand the work of USU Extension in serving rural Utah counties.

LOGAN, Utah - UCC will receive a 2024 Project of the Year Award from The Corps Network in recognition of the Wuda Ogwa project that is being completed with leadership from the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.

PRESTON, Idaho — Restoration of the Bear River Massacre site is underway Monday as some 400,000 invasive trees will be removed. It's all part of a process that the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone calls "a healing of the land".

GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALANTE—Ducking and weaving around branches and avoiding patches of prickly pear cactus, all under a glaring sun in midday heat climbing towards 100° Fahrenheit, the crew scanned the thick vegetation along the Escalante River deep within...

ST. GEORGE — When Eva Moeltner began her summer with the Utah Conservation Corps, she had never used a chainsaw before. After months of work clearing brush and felling timber in Utah’s backcountry, Moeltner can now wield a chainsaw as easily as she can ex...

The Bureau of Land Management hosted the Utah Conservation Corps this summer for two weeks. During that time, they improved two popular trails near Cody, preserving the landscape and safety of outdoor enthusiasts.

National Podcast The World and Everything in It recently featured UCC’s Director and AmeriCorps Director in a discussion about how a new National Corps might leverage the Corps model to better meet national and world needs in conservation of our planet’s ...

LOGAN — Beginning in 1933 with a camp in American Fork Canyon, the Civilian Conservation Corps spent close to a decade molding and rehabilitating Utah's public lands in ways that left a meaningful impact in Utah's outdoors.

Utah Conservation Corps is Utah State University’s field conservation program focused on creating a new generation of conservation leaders. The program is celebrating 20 years of hands-on service in Utah’s parks and public lands.

The Utah Conservation Corps (UCC) at Utah State University is responding to Hurricanes Laura and Delta that have impacted the Lake Charles area of Louisiana over the past two months. The Disaster Services Unit of AmeriCorps has requested that the UCC depl...