Jayson is a longtime resident of Petaluma who first heard about CCNB through his work with the Sonoma County Youth Ecology Corps. CCNB is one of several nonprofits empowering youth through this project; Jayson joined a County Parks crew through Bounty Farms, a program...
The Board of Directors of Conservation Corps North Bay (CCNB), the oldest local nonprofit youth conservation corps in the United States, has selected Angel Minor as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. Angel joined CCNB in 2017 as Chief Operating Officer...
Fire Fuel Reduction with Homeowners’ Associations Our crews have been working with two local homeowners’ associations (HOA’s) to create defensible space around homes and reduce fire fuel. At the Oak Forest HOA properties in Oakmont, crews created 30 feet of...
Angel first heard about CCNB when he was working with Youth Connections in Santa Rosa but was motivated to join when he was detained in Los Guilicos Juvenile Hall. When he was incarcerated for his son’s fourth birthday and his own birthday, he knew he had to make a...
Christian came to CCNB after hearing about the internship opportunities we offer with various county agencies, which are intended to be a pathway to county employment. Since becoming a corpsmember Christian worked on our Career Pathways Program / Internship crew with...
Starting in late March eight CCNB corpsmembers worked in partnership with the City of Santa Rosa to complete a variety of projects on the Santa Rosa Creek. Restoring the native creek habitat is central to our work in Santa Rosa, and over the course of two intense...
Jonae was at a crossroads. She had given high school a fair chance but found that it wasn’t for her, and as more time went on, it was becoming harder for her to stay motivated to explore what she might want to do – to find her purpose. Then a friend told her about...
Before coming to CCNB, Patrick didn’t give much thought to the environment, saying “nature was just a bunch of trees to me.” But after spending most of the past three years at CCNB, and successfully graduating from the program in October 2017, he has a different...
CCNB’s Ecology Intern Crew, which is comprised of corpsmembers with formal education in ecology, forestry, and other natural sciences to assist with habitat monitoring, ecological studies, public education, and other tasks that require a high level of scientific...
