Lopez Island Conservation Corps

05/24/2023

I'm Happy to announce that Lopez Island has a full YCC Crew for the 2023 summer season. Thank you to all of those who put in applications. The answers to the questions were insightful and though provoking and I am looking forward to a great summer with all of our awesome crew members!

05/15/2023

https://sanjuans.org/2023/05/04/gathering-of-the-eagles-canoe-journey/

Please help support the Gathering of the Eagles Canoe Journey!

Friends is honored to collect donations for this extraordinary inter-island tribal canoe journey, “Esqaplh etse Kwelengsen, Gathering of Eagles.” All are welcome at this grassroots journey following the ancestral highways of the Lhaq’temish, Lummi, people, beginning May 21 and running through ...

03/16/2022

Youth Conservation Corps Applications are open!

Do you know a 12-18 yrs old who is interested in spending the summer outside and learning about environmental stewardship? Encourage them to apply for our summer 2022 program!

Click here to learn more and apply: https://www.sanjuanislandscd.org/ycc

The Youth Conservation Corps provides conservation and stewardship summer programs for youth ages 12-18. The summer program runs for 8 weeks June-August. There is one 5 -15 person crew led by 2 adult field guides per island on Orcas, Lopez, and San Juan Island.

03/03/2022

Interested in field work and environmental education? The San Juan Islands Conservation District is hiring 4-6 Field Crew Leaders for our 2022 Youth Conservation Corps summer season.

POSITION: Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Crew Leader
WORK SCHEDULE: Seasonal temporary, ~35 hours per week
LOCATION: San Juan Island, Lopez Island, and Orcas Island
TIME PERIOD: June 20th - August 19th, 2022
WAGE: $18.00 - 21.00 hourly, based on experience
# OF POSITIONS AVAILABLE: 6

View our full job description on our website: https://www.sanjuanislandscd.org/job-posting-1

07/13/2021

In search of Lopez Island beach stewards!

Agate Beach, Blackie Brady County Park, Fisherman Bay Preserve (The Spit), Iceberg Point, and Odlin County Park are all looking for stewards to help keep the beaches clean. Can you help?

DETAILS HERE: https://plasticfreesalishsea.org/adopt-a-beach/

05/05/2021

Support Orcas Island Youth Conservation Corps through GiveOrcas!

DONATE TODAY: https://oicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create?grant_id=16359

May 5th: Benjamin Franklin Game Day! Today, May 5th, until 11:59pm, a grantee with the most $100-donors will get a $1000 bonus from OICF.

05/04/2021

Support your local youth forest stewards!

This summer, our Orcas Island crew will be learning about community wildfire protection and field ecology through hands-on field work. To learn more and donate to support this project, visit: https://oicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create?grant_id=16359

Orcas Island Youth Conservation Corps will "Engage Local youth in Forest Stewardship Activities. www.giveorcas.org

04/13/2021

2021 YCC Enrollment is OPEN! Click on the "Sign Up" button above to access the application.

12/09/2020

Our 2020 YCC Season Report is Complete. Check out the impact our local youth achieved during a global pandemic!

San Juan Islands Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) 2020 Season Report Introduction 2020 marks the 4th year of the county-wide Youth Conservation Corps Program (YCC) operated through the San Juan Islands Conservation District. The YCC Program currently includes three island crews ori...

09/03/2020

Check out this article sharing the achievements accomplished through our expanded partnership between the San Juan Islands YCC and WTA this year. Great work everyone, we aren’t just surviving we are thriving!

Navigating a pandemic has forced all of us to approach work in a new way. If you can do your job online, tech makes it relatively easy, but in-person work is a puzzle: how do you offer quality connections and complete trail projects when physical distance is the number one way to support public heal...