Tag: Conservation Corps

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August 14, 2026

More Than a Summer Job: Forest Preserves Experience Celebrates Its 11th Graduating Class

Press Release: Nearly 90 HACC Youth Graduate from Summer Jobs Program in the Forest Preserves of Cook County

Press Release: Forest Preserves of Cook County Expands Conservation Corps Thanks to Inaugural Grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Press Release: Seventy-Five HACC Youth Graduate from Summer Jobs Program in the Forest Preserves of Cook County

A group of CCLC crew members learn about restoration tools.

High School Students, Recent Grads Learn and Earn in the Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps

Press Release: Nearly 100 HACC Youth Graduate from Summer Jobs Program in the Forest Preserves of Cook County

Ebony Taylor talks to Kristine Sumanis with the Forest Preserves of Cook County during the Conservation Corps Career Fair

Career Fair Links Conservation Corps to Environmental Employers

Youth in Nature

August 31, 2020

Youth in Nature

Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps crew members work on constructing a boardwalk

December 5, 2019

Where Youth Learn to Love Nature

A group from the Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps doing restoration work

Conservation Corps Programs Recognized with National, Regional Awards

a group of Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps members.

September 1, 2017

Conservation Corps Educates, Inspires Youth

a group of graduates of the Forest Preserves Experience Conservation Corps program

Forest Preserves Experience Provides Job-Readiness Training for Cook County Youth

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