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AmeriCorps members with Arizona Conservation Corps, a program of Conservation Legacy, make improvements on the Manning Camp Trail at Saguaro National Park.
(Photo courtesy of the Corps Network/InsideClimate News)
Amy Kuo saw firsthand how powerful it can be to tackle the big problems of our times in small ways when she was on a California Conservation Corps work crew a few years ago in the sweltering summer heat deep in a forest outside of Los Angeles. Kuo, now a legislative analyst for the corps, recalls slogging upstream, sometimes waist deep in water or poison oak, hauling gasoline, chain saws and other heavy gear to clear fallen trees and debris blocking the riverbed.
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AmeriCorps members with Arizona Conservation Corps, a program of Conservation Legacy, make improvements on the Manning Camp Trail at Saguaro National Park. Photo courtesy of the Corps Network
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Amy Kuo saw firsthand how powerful it can be to tackle the big problems of our times in small ways when she was on a California Conservation Corps work crew a few years ago in the sweltering summer heat deep in a forest outside of Los Angeles. Kuo, now a legislative analyst for the corps, recalls slogging upstream, sometimes waist deep in water or poison oak, hauling gasoline, chainsaws and other heavy gear to clear fallen trees