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The Latest Blog Articles:
How our crew adjusted to our first backcountry hitch
Reestablishing Hiking Accessibility to Bear Trap Canyon Trail North
A song parody of “All Too Well” by Taylor Swift about our very first hitch.
Feeling connected while making connections
Crew #7 returns to the Black Hills of South Dakota for Hitch #2 to continue building more BDAs!
Super crew SUPER FUN
A Week in Isolation
Poems from Grist Road
Restoration of a fan favorite trail in Yellowstone
Tata Todd training our crew for the saws
Out in central Montana, removing Russian Olive trees from the Upper Missouri River basin.
Re-establishing the Face of the Mountain Trail
Splashing in the pools of our own creation
A beefy squirrel visits Crew 5
MCC crew 2 conquered elevation sickness
Please! Watch for clay holes!
This is the story of our first encounter with a grizzly bear on hitch.
An imaginative story behind the finding of a rusty Model A toy car in the Kootenai Forest.
Building fences, teamwork, and leadership.
How can we be leaders while working in a team?
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
