Washington Conservation Corps (an AmeriCorps program)

Build the path to your future!

Our Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) is an AmeriCorps program that creates future leaders through community involvement and mentorship. We have more than 350 members and experienced staff statewide who restore critical habitat, build trails, and respond to local and national disasters.

Through AmeriCorps, our WCC program provides hands-on experience, field skills, and training opportunities to young adults between 18 and 25 and military veterans. We work in partnership with nonprofit and governmental organizations that apply for WCC crews or individual placement members to complete projects.

December 2024: Applications are now open for the Washington Conservation Corps, an AmeriCorps program for young adults and military veterans interested in the environmental field. Operated through the Washington State Department of Ecology, it support 285 AmeriCorps members annually through field crews and individual placement positions located all around the state.

Members complete projects for over 100 partner organizations, including national forests, national parks, conservation districts, state and local natural resource agencies, tribes and nonprofits. In an average year, WCC members plant over 400,000 native trees and shrubs, improve 3,000 acres of habitat, build and maintain over 400 miles of trails, and respond to local and national disasters as needed.

You can review open positions the the web map and submit an online application.