Community Programs

Interested in conservation? Looking for a chance to explore the outdoors where you live, make new friends, give back to your community? If you are a high school student and you live in one of these communities, SCA's local programs offer you the chance to do all that and more. Please use the email links on the right to request further information.

We offer two types of Community Programs

Conservation Leadership Corps

As a member of a Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC) you will:

• Volunteer on weekends throughout the school year in the city where you live.
• Build trails, restore river and lakefront environments, and conserve habitats.
• Learn about your environment through field trips, weekend camping excursions, and
• Give back to your community through service projects.

And, we will encourage you to join an SCA summer back or frontcountry crew the next summer, to experience the outdoors away from home.

Summer Community Crews

As a six- to seven-week summer Community Crew member, you will:

• Commute each day to and from a central meeting place where you meet with your leader before heading out to work.
• Complete trail maintenance and site restoration projects in national, regional, and state parks.
• Learn about your local environment through field trips led by your Crew Leader.
• Plan and go on a recreational camping trip where you will learn outdoor skills, and visit local parks.

Community Crews consist of two leaders and six members or two leaders and 10 members. In Boston and Stamford we use the 2:10 model; participants are either compensated for their work or receive credit for community service hours.