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Description
The California Conservation Corps, the oldest & largest conservation corps program in the world, has operated the Backcountry Trails Program for 26 years.
102 Corpsmembers are placed on 6 crews to perform trails maintenance and construction labor in National Forest & National Park wilderness areas throughout CA beginning on 4/18/2005 through 9/22/2005. Applicants are eligible for addition to our alternate list filling vacant positions through 5/30/05. The work is grueling & the days are long & highly structured, running from 5AM until early evening & includes chores, physical training, an 8-hour work day, more chores and nightly curriculum.
The program challenges participants intensely on a daily basis from the Spartan living conditions to the dynamic social situation of an isolated small group to the long hikes at high altitude w/ up to 40+ lbs. of tools & pack. Crew members are paid $1150/month, minus a $300 commissary fee for food. A $2,363.50 education award available from AmeriCorps upon successful completion of the season (900 service hours). Members must be between 18 & 26 years of age, not on probation or parole, and are subject to drug screening.