Summer 2016 Series: Why You Should Support the #21CSC

Every Wednesday between June 15th and August 31st, we’ll release a new shareable image depicting a reason why it’s important to support the 21CSC initiative. Post these images on your social channels to let people know why the 21CSC is a good idea.   

August 10th – REASON #9 to Support the 21CSC: This isn’t a new idea. Corps have a long history – we know they work.  

Conservation Corps are not a “new idea” – they’ve been around for over 80 years. In 2016, two members of the 21CSC – LA Conservation Corps and California Conservation Corps – are respectively celebrating their 30th and 40th anniversaries. Next year, another member of the 21CSC – the Student Conservation Association – will celebrate it’s 60th anniversary! Corps have proven to be invaluable partners of America’s resource management agencies. Earlier this summer, the National Park Service testified before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands on behalf of the 21CSC Act; after decades of successful partnerships with Corps, our federal resource management agencies know that expanded Corps operations would be a good thing for America’s parks and other natural spaces.

In the above picture, a Student Conservation Association crew in Great Smoky Mountains National Park – 1973.