Tag: ycc
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Youth Conservation Corps Through My Camera Roll
The following was written and photographed by Elizabeth Menjivar, an intern in King County’s 6-week Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program last summer. The 24 interns participated in workshops to deepen their connection with nature, went on field trips to meet professionals engaged in conservation work, and engaged in thoughtful conversations about environmental justice. Digital cameras…
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Youth Conservation Corps Grows in 2025
We have a new cohort of Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) interns! 22 students – almost doubled from last year. For the first time since its inception in 2021, YCC will have two cohorts, one based in White Center and the other in Skyway.
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Creative Writings from the Youth Conservation Corps: Part 3
King County Parks runs a Youth Conservation Corps program, employing local high school students as interns each summer. The 2023 cohort reflected on their relationships with nature through various writing forms. The writings, filled with heartfelt stories, poems, and essays, capture the students’ connections to nature and their personal growth.
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Creative Writings from the Youth Conservation Corps: Part 2
King County Parks runs a Youth Conservation Corps program, employing local high school students as interns each summer. The 2023 cohort reflected on their relationships with nature through various writing forms. The writings, filled with heartfelt stories, poems, and essays, capture the students’ connections to nature and their personal growth.
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Creative Writings from the Youth Conservation Corps: Part 1
King County Parks runs a Youth Conservation Corps program, employing local high school students as interns each summer. The 2023 cohort reflected on their relationships with nature through various writing forms. The writings, filled with heartfelt stories, poems, and essays, capture the students’ connections to nature and their personal growth.
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Youth Conservation Corps: Present and Future Environmental Leaders
Parks summer intern Michael Lu spent time learning about the King County Parks Youth Conservation Corps and wrote up his thoughts for our blog: This summer, I had the pleasure of following around the King County Parks Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) to take pictures and document their work. The YCC is a rotating group of…
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What I Learned This Summer: Go Touch Some Grass
This is a blog post that one of your Youth Conservation Corps interns, Mindy (she/her) from Renton, WA, wrote during the program this summer. What does it mean to “touch grass?” “Touch Grass, or Touch Some Grass, is a popular online insult and alternative way of telling someone to ‘go outside,’ implying they’re spending too…
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Meet the King County Parks Youth Conservation Corps!
This summer, King County Parks welcomed its first Youth Conservation Corps for a 7-week paid internship. This brand-new program is an opportunity for local high school students to explore environmental career pathways through hands-on workshops and restoration projects. High schoolers completed applications and interviewed for the 10 open positions. The YCC worked Monday through Friday,…