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The Latest Blog Articles:
A summer of new friendships and leadership building, MCC paved the way for amazing experiences
Rocks, Football, and Ice Cream
Allowing teenagers to experience different career opportunities within the National Park Service
Crew five's recent saw training in Yellowstone
Revisiting sites where we had previously applied herbicide.
GY’s WRT crew embraces the hard times during the summer season with an unmatched playlist!
Project Accomplishments in Shoshone National Forest
Jessica's spooky encounter while scouting for BDAs
A poem about why we as people do MCC
Sophia describes leaving behind Moose Creek for unknown territory
Maybe it's about the friends you made along the way
Appreciating creature comforts and natural beauty around Bridger, MT.
How to have a birthday party in the middle of hitch
The night my crew leaders saved us from the big bad wolf.
Spraying invasive weeds in Yellowstone
Carolyn shares a week of daily haikus written on hitch.
My crew's time on the historic Peterson Sidehill Trail in the Swan Mountains.
Reflecting on two hitches spent at Sun Prairie.
When asked why she chose to do an immersion season, Naomi's response was 'why not?'!
In this line of work, there are some givens: hard physical labor, heat, and all the bug bites you can imagine.
Reflecting on the balance between conservation and agriculture
Crew 4 travels back to the Lewis and Clark National Forest to clear corridor.
The stunning colors dotting the mountains reminded us to be grateful to be alive in the present.
I left my 9 to 5 to find a better connection with the world around me.
Working Hard Inspires Others to Do The Same
MCC went to the Twin Falls BLM District in Idaho for a Fire Mitigation Project
A Hitch In the Bridger Mountain Range
Erin’s friends and family can’t believe she chose this life—but she wouldn’t have it any other way.
A flying and hiking adventure that took the WRT Krassel crews through a Narina-esque landscape
A humbling experience and reminder that the weather dictates a lot...
Snowstorm on Big Mountain
A brief description of the work and camp life of twelve of the greatest enemies of doug fir.
Jade describes their crew's first hitch building BDAs
Trail Building in Big Horn, Wyoming
Maintaining and repairing The Beaten Path through the Beartooths
The first Hitch together as the Moose Creek Ranger Station Immersion Crew!
The Ups and Downs of the First Hitch
Exploration of what there is to be gained by working in naturally beautiful locations
Describing our first hitch and some of the fun we had learning how to be a Crew.
Out in the wilderness with hand tools, grit, and a crew at her side, Casey rediscovered the powerful truth that you really can do anything.
In the mountains of Nez Perce, with sore legs, brush saws, and belly laughs, Jordan’s crew chased the shade and found grit and joy along the way.
Mari reflects on finding community with MCC.
Mortar and landing scaping done on the cabin, and the journal entry written in the cabin's journal
David recounts a hitch where nothing went according to plan.
A week spent on The Beaten Path
Conservation and Education
Back from the first hitch, John recounts crew 4 and 6's journey in the Beartooth Mountains.
Conservation starts in your (literal) backyard.
Starting off the season with excitement to find personal fulfillment in the change being made by MCC's Wildlands Restoration Teams!
