“Don’t mind that sound,” said Liz Putnam. “It’s only my bird clock chirping away.”

Late last month, the recorded call of a yellow warbler signaled the...

by David Kurapka

Like so many SCA alumni I was deeply moved by Sarah’s reflections on how her SCA experience prepared her for being isolated...

Since 2018, SCA has engaged local young adults in GulfCorps, a program in which members restore coastal habitats damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill...

This 50th Earth Day is unlike any other and Katie Wareham is celebrating in similarly unique fashion: she’s exiting a self-imposed 14-day quarantine.

But before we...

March 16^th marked Zack Rowatt’s and Erica Watkins’ first day as interpretive interns at Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve. That’s also the day the...

by Kevin Hamilton, SCA VP for Communications

On April 21, 2009 – barely three months after his inauguration – Barack Obama planted native trees with SCA...

In February, we introduced SCA interns – and twins – Megan and Katie Woods, who are researching underplayed yet essential moments from Boston’s past at...

SCA interns – and sisters – Megan and Katie Woods are researching rarely recognized yet essential moments in US history at the National Parks of...

Few if any calendars make note of it, and Hallmark has no greeting card for it, but February is National Youth Leadership Month. A time...

SCA volunteers are known for their contributions to America’s parks and forests, but often less recognized is the extraordinary influence site supervisors have on these...

by Miles Starr Radin, SCA Intern

“Are we gonna see a gorilla?!” one student asks as she steps off the bus. For most, it is their...

Amber Flowers is a bat monitoring intern at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. With Halloween on the horizon, we just had to ask what...

by Tony Gurzick

Do you have a vocation? Not just a job you have or a role you play in your life but a true calling?

I...

Lou Lunte has spent his career in the environmental field and for the past 30 years has been deputy state director of The Nature Conservancy...

It’s hard to know where to look when assessing SCA’s GulfCorps. Do you focus on the team’s lengthy list of accomplishments? The number of young...

Special events (both real and virtual), a nationwide series of service projects, and the inaugural SCA Giving Day will mark the first annual SCA...

Research performed by SCA interns and alumni is paying off – and garnering a lot of attention.

• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service credits three
...

At first, it may sound counter-intuitive. I mean, to forge a more inclusive conservation community, does it really make sense to exclude roughly 50% of...