Building an Effective Crew: Expectations, Goals & Debriefing
Overview Hearing
MN House Environment and Natural
Resources Finance Division
Jan 29, 2019
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Conservation Corps Minnesota
Mission:The Conservation Corps provides hands-onenvironmental stewardship and service-learningopportunities to youth and young adults whileaccomplishing natural resource management,conservation and emergency response work.
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Rich history dates to the 1930’s
Formerly a part of the Department of Natural
Resources, the Conservation Corps has a
decades long legacy of building Minnesota’s trails
and campsites, managing public lands, and
developing natural resources professionals.
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What We Do
• Improve access to outdoor recreation: build and maintain
trails, boardwalks, campsites, facilities, structures.
• Habitat Restoration on public lands: invasive species,
prescribed-burns, native trees and plants.
• Restore and protect water quality: waterways, shorelines,
buffers, rain gardens, debris, pollutants.
• Respond to natural disasters: support relief and recovery
efforts regionally and nationally
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Programs at-a-glance 2018
Young Adults served -- age 18-25
• 325 AmeriCorps members – field crews across the state
• 18 Individual Placements – single placement positions in state agencies
• 30 Summer Apprenticeships- summer placements in SWCDs
• 49 Youth Leaders – young adults serve as youth leaders for summer and
afterschool
Youth served – age 15-18
• 255 Youth participants – earn stipend, restore resources, gain job skills
• 137 Summer Youth Corps – rural residential 4-week (x 2) youth corps
• 118 Youth Outdoors (50 Spring; 25 summer; 43 Fall) – urban high school
students in job training, science learning, outdoor service-learning
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Program Results
Performance Measures 2016 2017 2018**
# of youth and young adults engaged in jobs
skills training, education and natural resource
and conservation work
586 647 580
Hours of education / training provided to
young people
63,771 63,264 55,266
Acres of habitat restored 48,700 38,380 32,639
Miles of trail restored 1,704 1,360 1,517
% of young people who gained workforce
readiness skills
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% of young people who gained an
appreciation for natural resource stewardship
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Financial000s 2019** 2018* 2017 2016
Revenue $10,050 $9,377 $9,796 $9,401
➢ Federal 13% 12% 12.5% 13%
➢ State 12% 11% 10% 9%
➢ Indiv & Pvt Fndn 2% 1% 2.5% 3%
➢ Fee-for-Service 73% 76% 75% 75%
Expense $10,023 $9,633 $10,459 $9,003
➢ Staff 28% 26% 24% 23%
➢ Pgm. Participant 43% 43% 43% 45%
➢ Direct Program 17% 19% 21% 19%
➢ Mgmt/Admin 12% 12% 12% 13%
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Opportunities and Challenges
• Long-standing and Loyal Partners – State and Federal agencies, SWCDs, Municipalities, Ed. institutions, Non-profits– Over 350 project hosts
– 99 % of which report interest in partnering with the Corps again
• Growing Demand for services – More opportunity than capacity
• Increasing recruiting challenges - Attracting corps members
• Economic realities - Robust job market, minimum wage, need to improve value proposition, increase service rates.
• Societal externalities – Changing demographics and cultural norms and perspectives towards nature and conservation
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Mark Murphy, Executive [email protected]
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