{"id":17836,"date":"2017-10-04T20:17:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T00:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=17836"},"modified":"2017-10-04T20:19:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T00:19:35","slug":"maryland-conservation-corps-welcomes-35-new-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/10\/04\/maryland-conservation-corps-welcomes-35-new-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Conservation Corps Welcomes 35 New Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Award-winning AmeriCorps Program Engages Young Adults in Natural Resource Projects<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/MCC-2017-2018.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/MCC-2017-2018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17854 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/MCC-2017-2018-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Maryland Conservation Corps, 2017-18\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/MCC-2017-2018-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/MCC-2017-2018-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/MCC-2017-2018-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> recently welcomed 35 new members into the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/mcc.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Conservation Corps<\/a>. This award-winning AmeriCorps program involves young adults aged 17-25 in comprehensive natural resource management projects and substantial conservation and environmental education efforts at public lands and parks throughout the state.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Under the guidance of the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Park Service<\/a>, participants will work ten months in sites, including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/eastern\/assateague.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assateague State Park<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/western\/deepcreek.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deep Creek Lake State Park<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/central\/gunpowder.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gunpowder Falls State Park<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/southern\/merkle.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/central\/patapsco.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patapsco Valley State Park,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/central\/susquehanna.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Susquehanna State Park<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/eastern\/tuckahoe.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuckahoe State Park.<\/a> Members will begin immediately treating hemlock trees in <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/forests\/Pages\/publiclands\/western_savageriverforest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Savage River State Forest<\/a> to guard against the hemlock wooly adelgid, a destructive invasive insect.<\/p>\n<p>Corps members will learn valuable career and life skills while serving Maryland&#8217;s citizens, communities and visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning AmeriCorps Program Engages Young Adults in Natural Resource Projects The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently welcomed 35 new members into the\u00a0Maryland Conservation Corps. This award-winning AmeriCorps program involves young adults aged 17-25 in comprehensive natural resource management projects and substantial conservation and environmental education efforts at public lands and parks throughout the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1965,23,12,13],"tags":[3301,3001,3488,3420,3300,3903,2974,3510,3756,3091,3138],"class_list":["post-17836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","category-land","category-parks","category-wildlife","tag-americorps","tag-assateague-state-park","tag-deep-creek-lake-state-park","tag-gunpowder-falls-state-park","tag-maryland-conservation-corps","tag-merkle-wildlife-sanctuary","tag-patapsco-valley-state-park","tag-savage-river-state-forest","tag-susquehanna-state-park","tag-trees","tag-tuckahoe-state-park"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17836"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17894,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17836\/revisions\/17894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}