As we step into 2025 with guts and gusto, we’re revisiting our ten most impactful SCA stories of 2024.
From our Women’s Fire Crew preventing wildland fires in Alaska to planting trees with gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman in Chicago, our SCA crew members had the opportunity to participate in memorable experiences that remind us how vital it is to support the next generation of conservationists.
Urban Green crew members from Houston and Atlanta at Grand Teton National Park. (Photo Credit: Student Conservation Association)
In March, our Urban Green crew members from Houston and Atlanta trekked to Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park to learn and serve.
Yellowstone National Park. (Photo credit: Dreamstime)
In celebration of the National Park Service’s 108th birthday on Aug. 25, learn more about the national parks where SCA crews are making an impact.
Gold medalist Aly Raisman at the SCA’s tree planting event at Chicago’s Proksa Park. (Photo credit: Student Conservation Association)
In April, our tree planting event at Chicago’s Proksa Park brought together more than 70 volunteers to plant 30 new trees, including Aerie Real Foundation Ambassador and gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman.
Energy-generating windmills speckle American farmland. (Photo credit: Dreamstime)
To bring awareness to National Clean Energy Action Month in October, we shared a list of 10 actions you can take to lower your carbon footprint.
MLK Day of Service at Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Student Conservation Association)
To honor the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the SCA partnered with the Friends of Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and Casey Trees in Washington, D.C., to host a clean-up event at one of the most biodiverse natural areas in the nation’s capital, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.
A black and white photo of the 24th Mounted Infantry, Yosemite. (Photo credit: National Park Service)
During Black History Month, we highlighted several historic sites where SCA crew members have worked to help bring the essential stories of Black heritage to life.
The SCA Olympic National Park Backcountry Trail Team gathers around a campfire. (Photo credit: Student Conservation Association)
Discover how the SCA’s Olympic National Park Backcountry Trail Team continues our founder Liz Putnam’s trailblazing work at the only temperate rainforest in the contiguous United States, where she first enlisted student volunteers in 1957.
U.S. Forest Service Crew Supervisor Liz Skelly instructs the SCA’s 2024 Women’s Fire and Fuels Crew at fire training in Georgia. (Photo credit: Student Conservation Association)
Go inside the world of the 2024 Women’s Fire and Fuels Crew as they gain hands-on experience in fire suppression, prescribed burn and fuel reduction through a life-changing partnership with U.S. Forest Service.
A lone Brown bat clings to a white fabric perch. (Photo credit: Dreamstime)
Read more about how these adorable furry flyers have an outsized impact on our environment and SCA Interns are taking action to protect them.
An SCA crew at North Cascades National Park in 1986. (Photo credit: Student Conservation Association)
Our No. 1 most popular post of 2024 offers a touch of nostalgia and a look back at SCA crews through the decades. Can you spot SCA founder Liz Putnam in the first Olympic Crew photo from 1957?
SCA Alum Anna Tripp in her National Park Service uniform. (Photo Credit: Anna Tripp)
Alum Spotlight: Tommy Sheridan
SCA Alum Tommy Sheridan. (Photo credit: Tommy Sheridan)
