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Natural Resource Conservation | California Conservation Corps
Here’s some of what the CCC has accomplished over the years:

Trees – 25 million trees have been planted by Corpsmembers throughout the state
Fish Habitat – 1.6 million+ hours of fish habitat improvement work
Trails – 621 miles of backcountry trails built or maintained in California national parks and forests, with many more miles for trails in city, regional and state parks
Parks – 11 million hours of improving rural and urban parks and recreation areas
Energy Conservation – Thousands of fixtures in schools, libraries, courthouses and government buildings retrofitted with more energy efficient lighting

 
 
 
 

Invasive Species RemovalRemoving invasive species of plants is difficult and physically challenging work the CCC Corpsmembers frequently take on. It fits to the tee our motto of Hard Work, Low Pay, Miserable Conditions and More. The more? A huge protective shot in the arm for California’s creeks, streams and hillsides.More About Invasive Species RemovalPublic Service Conservation WorkPublic service conversation work can take place in the most urban settings or in a county’s most remote backcountry. Corpsmembers tackle everything from building a neighborhood dog park to crushing boulders to restore a desert hiking trail.More About Public Service Conservation WorkRiparian and Watershed RestorationCorpsmembers move huge logs blocking streams, build fish habitats, and snorkel in creeks to find ways to increase California’s populations of salmon and steelhead. The benefits are tremendous not just for fish populations, but for fishermen, Corpsmembers and California’s economy.More About Riparian and Watershed RestorationStatewide Trails ProgramTrail construction and maintenance have been fundamental projects of the California Conservation Corps since the Corps was formed.More About Statewide Trails Program
 
 
 

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Primer on Urban Operations

Mosul joins cities like Stalingrad, Hue, Grozny, and more recently, Aleppo and Raqqa—all destroyed by violent combat.
Published August 23, 2017 by The National Interest.

MWI Podcast: The Future Urban Battlefield
with Dr. Russell Glenn
By John Amble
In this episode of the Modern War Institute podcast, MWI editorial director John Amble speaks to Dr. Russell Glenn, a senior adviser for plans and policy to the deputy chief of staff, G-2, of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command. Dr. Glenn has spent nearly twenty-five years studying the city as a battlefield.
Published August 16, 2017 by Modern War Institute.

So You Think the Army Can Avoid Fighting in Megacities

By John Amble and John Spencer
Over the past few months, MWI has published several articles exploring combat in megacities and examining the Army’s preparation for such an operating environment. The response these articles have produced has brought into the open a debate—ongoing and almost shockingly intense—not about whether the Army is prepared for the unique complexities of dense, urban terrain, but about whether there would ever be a reason for the Army to even consider entering a megacity
Published on August 16, 2017 by the Modern War Institute.

Urban Warfare, Then and Now
From Hue to Mosul, the mechanics of fighting in cities remain much the same.
By Bing West
Bing West is a former assistant secretary of defense and combat Marine. He has written several books about the wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Published in the June 30, 2017 by The Atlantic.

Military Review Articles

Five Operational Lessons from the Battle for Mosul

By Maj. Thomas D. Arnold, U.S. Army
 Maj. Nicolas Fiore, U.S. Army
The battle for Mosul provides a blueprint for future large-scale combat operations in dense urban environments. The authors provide five observations from that battle that should guide the operational approach to the next urban fight.
Published January-February 2019 edition of Military Review, page 56.
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No “Ordinary Crimes” 
An Alternative Approach to Securing Global Hotspots and Dense Urban Areas
Hunting Licenses and Tags

A: Section 472, Title 14, of the CCR states, except as otherwise provided in Section 478, Title 14, of the CCR and Section 485, Title 14, of the CCR, and subsections (a) through (d) below, nongame birds and mammals may not be taken.

The following nongame birds and mammals may be taken at any time of the year and in any number except as prohibited in Chapter 6: English sparrow, starling, coyote, weasels, skunks, opossum, moles and rodents (excluding tree and flying squirrels, and those listed as furbearers, endangered or threatened species).
Fallow, sambar, sika, and axis deer may be taken only concurrently with the general deer season.
Aoudad, mouflon, tahr, and feral goats may be taken all year.
American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) may be taken only under the provisions of Section 485 and by landowners or tenants, or by persons authorized in writing by such landowners or tenants, when American crows are committing or about to commit depredations upon ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance. Persons authorized by landowners or tenants to take American crows shall keep such written authorization in their possession when taking, transporting or possessing American crows. American crows may be taken only on the lands where depredations are occurring or where they constitute a health hazard or nuisance. If required by Federal regulations, landowners or tenants shall obtain a Federal migratory bird depredation permit before taking any American crows or authorizing any other person to take them.
	American crows may be taken under the provisions of this subsection only by firearm, bow and arrow, falconry or by toxicants by the Department of Food and Agriculture for the specific purpose of taking depredating crows. Toxicants can be used for taking crows only under the supervision of employees or officers of the Department of Food and Agriculture or federal or county pest control officers or employees acting in their official capacities and possessing a qualified applicator certificate issued pursuant to Food and Agriculture Code, Sections 14151-14155.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) Forest Health | California Conservation Corps
Click here for more information about CCI projects and how Cap-and-Trade funds are used.
The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund also appropriates money to operate the CCC Energy Corps. To learn more about GGRF Energy Projects visit the Energy Corps webpage.

 

Work Examples

 

2021
The Inland Empire Center in San Bernardino, in collaboration with CAL FIRE, American Forests, and the Mojave Desert Resource Conservation District, helped plant 70,000 seedlings in the San Bernardino Mountains. Supported by $200,000 in California Climate Investments funding, through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, the project’s goal was to re-plant an area in and around the Eaton Scout Reservation in Cedar Glen. The project is the result of interagency coordination and collaboration and helped invest in Corpsmembers from underserved areas by exposing them to the mountains, educating them about tree planting and reforestation.

 
 
 

 

 
 

2020
In May of 2020, crews from the Fortuna Center spent 3,857 hours completing a 16-acre shaded fuel break in the McKay Community Forest near Eureka in Humboldt County.  Crews removed live and dead ladder fuels up to eight feet in height and chipped over 1,000 cubic yards of vegetation.  This area is in the wildland-urban interface and considered to be a high fire danger.

 
 
 

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2019
In Fresno County, the California Conservation Corps’ Fresno Center spent 4,480 hours near the town of Auberry. Crews removed live and dead vegetation, brush, trees up to eight inches in diameter, and ladder fuels up to eight feet high. More than 1,400 cubic yards of debris was assembled into slash piles for burning by CAL FIRE. Corpsmembers created a 200-foot-wide fuel break along Acorn and Sugarloaf Roads near the rim of the San Joaquin River Canyon.

 
 
 

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2018
Crews from the Monterey Bay Center completed a GGRF project in November 2018 to reduce fire fuel hazards in DeLaveaga Park. This area is the highest fire hazard severity zone in Santa Cruz County. An elementary school is located less than a mile away and dense trees and brush line the backyards of homes in this wildland-urban interface.

 
 
 

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California Forest Improvement Program - California Grants Portal
Reforestation, Site Preparation, Trees and Planting, Tree Shelters, Stand Improvement, Pre-commercial Thinning or Release, Pruning, Follow-up (includes mechanical, herbicide and/or slash disposal follow-up), Forestland conservation practices / fish and wildlife habitat improvement
Broadcast/controlled/cultural burning is not eligible for CFIP cost share. 
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Landowners must own at least 20 acres of forestland but not more than 5,000 acres of forestland in California. The 20-acre minimum does not apply to forestland zoned timber production zone. Forestland means land at least 10 percent occupied by trees of any size that are native to California. Developed areas such as structures, landscaping, and gardens shall not be excluded from the 20-acre minimum property size and shall be included. 

Matching Funding Requirement:
Landowners less than 500 acres can receive 90% funding. Landowners greater than 500 acres receive 75% funding, unless the property has been substantially damaged due to fire, flood, insects, in which case they will receive 90% funding

Important Dates

	Application deadline	

	The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.	

Ongoing

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	The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.	

7/12/2022 -3/31/2026

	Period of performance	

	The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.	

	7/12/2022 -6/30/2026	

Funding Details

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	The total projected dollar amount of the grant.	

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	Expected number of awards	

	A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.	

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NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test -
Author Jamie GrohPosted on May 7, 2024May 7, 2024Categories Boeing, Boeing Crew Flight Test, Commercial Crew, Commercial Crew Program, Commercial Spaceflight, Crew Flight Test, Expedition 71, International Space Station, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, NASA Astronauts, United Launch AllianceTags Atlas V, Boeing, Butch Wilmore, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, CCSFS, CFT, SLC-41, Space Launch Complex 41, Starliner, Suni Williams 

NASA, Boeing to Update Media on Starliner Crew Flight Test Tonight 

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41  on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
NASA, Boeing, and United Launch Alliance will host a news conference at 10:30 p.m. EDT to discuss Monday’s scrubbed launch attempt of the agency’s Crew Flight Test due to a faulty oxygen relief valve observation on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Centaur second stage. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams exited the Starliner spacecraft at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and returned to astronaut crew quarters.
NASA will provide news conference coverage on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.
The following will participate in the news conference:

Ken Bowersox, associate administrator, NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate
Steve Stich, manager, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program
Dana Weigel, manager, International Space Station Program at NASA
Mark Nappi, vice president and program manager, Commercial Crew Program, Boeing
Tory Bruno, president and CEO, United Launch Alliance

Learn more about NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test by following the mission blog, the commercial crew blog, @commercial_crew on X, and commercial crew on Facebook.
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Campground and Park Hosts
The park has four host campsites, each with a picnic table, fire ring, and water, electrical and sewer hookups.For questions (no applications will be accepted via email) about Camp Host opportunities please email Ranger Buckley at Ericka.Buckley@parks.ca.gov.To apply for a Camp Host position, complete a Volunteers in Parks Program (VIPP) application form (available for download in the right tool bar of this page) and attach a picture of you with your RV/trailer/vehicle.  Mail the form and picture to:
Ranger Buckley10 Refugio Beach RoadGoleta, CA 93117
Only mailed applications will be considered. 
Richardson Grove State Park(Year Round)  This park has up to 4 camp host sites/positions available.  One is located in Huckleberry Campground (site #1) with full hook-ups.  Three are located in the non-public service area, overlooking the Eel River, all with water, electric and sewer hook-ups (new in 2021).  Camp host positions available in visitor services campground operations AND/OR visitor center operations.  Duties include camp checks, camper registration, firewood sales, and occasional light maintenance, AND/OR staffing the Visitor Center.  The park includes 172 developed campsites (at full operation July 1- Labor Day) located along the scenic South Fork of the Eel River, surrounded by towering coast redwoods, an historic visitor center, miles of hiking trails and excellent swimming and fishing opportunities, depending on the season.  For more information or to apply, please contact Ranger Andrea Mapes at (707) 247-3318 or andrea.mapes@parks.ca.gov for campground operation positions –OR- Sophia Eckert at director@humboldtredwoods.org.
Saddleback Butte State Park(Available year round) The park is 20 minutes east of Lancaster, in the beautiful western Mojave Desert amongst Joshua Trees and desert shrubs, with 40 developed campsites and a visitor center. The host site has full hook-ups, a shade ramada, picnic table, fire ring with barbeque, and a mature Joshua Tree. The position is for three to six months with about five hours of work per day; duties include visitor assistance, staffing of the visitor center, and light maintenance.
California Fish and Wildlife Journal - Contents

Experimental scavenging preference for the adult white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. Michael L. Domeier

California Fish and Game 95(2). Spring 2009.

Panel trapping and reversible immobilization of wild Roosevelt elk with Telazol® and medetomidine. Rober J. Schaefer, Ben Gonzales, and Fred Schmalenburger
Reconstructing the San Gabriel Mountains bighorn sheep population. Stephen A. Holl and Vernon C. Bleich
Chinook salmon length/fecundity: a regression model for the Mokelumne River, California. Robert C. Kaufman, Ann G. Houck, Michelle Workman, and Joseph J. Cech, Jr.
The number of census days needed to detect blunt-nosed leopard lizards, Gambelia sila. David J. Germano

California Fish and Game 95(1). Winter 2009.

A new perspective and methods for pheasant management. Chester M. Hart, Steven J. Brueggemann, and Chad A. Fein
Utilization by fishes of the Alviso Island ponds and adjacent waters in South San Francisco Bay following restoration to tidal influence. Michael K. Saiki and Francine H. Mejia
A comparison of catch rate between a traditional, basket-style hoop net and a rigid, conical-style hoop net used in the California recreational lobster fishery. Douglas J. Neilson, Travis Buck, and Robert Read
Northern range extension of the leopard shark, Triakis semifasciata. Deborah A. Farrer

2008

California Fish and Game 94(4). Fall 2008.

Evaluating GPS collar error: a critical evaluation of Televilt Posrec-Science™ collars and a method for screening location data. Jeffrey T. Villepique, Vernon C. Bleich, Becky M. Pierce, Thomas R. Stephenson, Randall A. Botta, and R. Terry Bowyer
Aerial implementation monitoring of green tree retention in clearcuts on northern California private timperlands. Joe Croteau and Brett Furnas
Pacific harbor seal census in California during May-July 2002 and 2004.
NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test -
Author Danielle SempsrottPosted on May 17, 2024May 17, 2024Categories Boeing, Boeing Crew Flight Test, Commercial Crew, Commercial Crew Program, Commercial Spaceflight, Crew Flight Test, Expedition 71, International Space Station, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, NASA Astronauts, United Launch AllianceTags Atlas V, Boeing, Butch Wilmore, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, CCSFS, CFT, Crew Flight Test, Expedition 71, International Space Station, NASA, NASA astronauts, SLC-41, Space Launch Complex 41, Starliner, Suni Williams, ULA, United Launch Alliance 

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Eyes Next Launch Opportunity 

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard is seen as it is rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, Saturday, May 4, 2024 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) teams continue working remaining open tasks in preparation for the agency’s Boeing Crew Flight Test to the International Space Station. The teams now are targeting a launch date of no earlier than 4:43 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 21, to complete additional testing.
On May 11, the ULA team successfully replaced a pressure regulation valve on the liquid oxygen tank on the Atlas V rocket’s Centaur upper stage. The team also performed re-pressurization and system purges, and tested the new valve, which performed normally.
Starliner teams are working to resolve a small helium leak detected in the spacecraft’s service module traced to a flange on a single reaction control system thruster. Helium is used in spacecraft thruster systems to allow the thrusters to fire and is not combustible or toxic.
NASA and Boeing are developing spacecraft testing and operational solutions to address the issue. As a part of the testing, Boeing will bring the propulsion system up to flight pressurization just as it does prior to launch, and then allow the helium system to vent naturally to validate existing data and strengthen flight rationale.
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