{"id":24376,"date":"2018-10-04T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=24376"},"modified":"2018-10-04T10:28:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T14:28:59","slug":"maryland-conservation-corps-welcomes-2018-2019-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/10\/04\/maryland-conservation-corps-welcomes-2018-2019-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Conservation Corps Welcomes 2018-2019 Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Program Brings Young People into Natural Resource Management<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-24378\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Group-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Maryland Conservation Corps Class\" width=\"349\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Group-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Group-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/Group-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0recently welcomed 35 new members to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/mcc.aspx\">Maryland Conservation Corps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, this award-winning AmeriCorps program attracts young adults, aged 17-25, to work in comprehensive natural resource management projects and assist with conservation and environmental education efforts at public lands and parks throughout Maryland.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Under the guidance of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Maryland Park Service<\/a>, participants will work 10 months in public lands including\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/eastern\/assateague.aspx\">Assateague State Park<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/western\/deepcreek.aspx\">Deep Creek Lake State Park<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/central\/gunpowder.aspx\">Gunpowder Falls State Park<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/southern\/merkle.aspx\">Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/central\/patapsco.aspx\">Patapsco Valley State Park,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/central\/susquehanna.aspx\">Susquehanna State Park<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/eastern\/tuckahoe.aspx\">Tuckahoe State Park.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Members will begin immediately treating hemlock trees in <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/pages\/western\/swallowfalls.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swallow Falls State Park<\/a> to guard against the hemlock woolly adelgid, a destructive invasive insect.<\/p>\n<p>Corps members will learn valuable career and life skills while serving Maryland\u2019s citizens, communities and visitors. Upon completing the program next summer, the class will be honored at a graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Program Brings Young People into Natural Resource Management The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0recently welcomed 35 new members to the\u00a0Maryland Conservation Corps. Each year, this award-winning AmeriCorps program attracts young adults, aged 17-25, to work in comprehensive natural resource management projects and assist with conservation and environmental education efforts at public lands and parks throughout Maryland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"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],"tags":[3301,3001,3488,3420,4753,3300,3903,2974,3756,3572,3138],"class_list":["post-24376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","category-land","category-parks","tag-americorps","tag-assateague-state-park","tag-deep-creek-lake-state-park","tag-gunpowder-falls-state-park","tag-hemlock-woolly-adelgid","tag-maryland-conservation-corps","tag-merkle-wildlife-sanctuary","tag-patapsco-valley-state-park","tag-susquehanna-state-park","tag-swallow-falls-state-park","tag-tuckahoe-state-park"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24376","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\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24376"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24437,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24376\/revisions\/24437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}