This summer we plan to highlight several of the participants in the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps. To view all Faces of the 21CSC stories, please click here. The following story was provided by Utah Conservation Corps, a 21CSC program operator.

Jessica Gibbons is the AmeriCorps crew leader for the Utah Conservation Corps (UCC) bike crew. Originally from the Midwest, graduated from Central Michigan University with a degree in Biology and Environmental Science.

Jessica learned about the UCC and the Corps movement a few summers ago through a person she worked with from Green Corps Chicago. She joined the UCC as a crew member in August 2014 and completed the fall season removing Russian olive as part of the multi-corps Escalante River Watershed Project. She stayed on for the winter season that was highlighted by a project in Bryce Canyon National Park completing corridor work felling trees for multi-use path. Continue reading →