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[Image Description: Four MCC members wade across a river. In the background, there are hillsides covered in gold from the quaking aspens, and deep green pine trees.]

Welcome to the MCC Blog!

 

If you want to be in the know about what’s going on at our organization, you’ve come to the right place. This blog features our member's stories, straight from the field. Be sure to check back regularly to read the latest updates.

 

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The Latest Blog Articles:



 

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

A poem

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

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