California Conservaton Corps
QUICK CHECK ANSWERS:
1. Employment and development of youth; protection 	
and enhancement of the state's natural resources.	
2. 1976.
3. Hard work, low pay, miserable conditions, more.
4. a) Student's choice of 4 job duties listed.
 b) Nine months.
5. W	ork in the outdoors, get a paycheck, decide on a 	
career, further their education.	
6 a) Corpsmember achievement.  
 b) Corpsmember completed COMET.  
 c) Specialist in a program area.  
 d) Crew Leader.  
 e) Crew Leader II.  
 f) CCC staff.
7. Any 5 such as: 	tool use and safety, first aid and CPR, 	
chain saw work, firefighting, leadership training, 
cooking, career planning, and environmental 
awareness.	
8. Teamwork, punctuality, self-discipline.
9. a) Stream clearance and habitat improvement to 	
restore salmon and steelhead fish.	
 b) Hired by agencies to install water saving irriga	-	
tion, plumbing, grass replacement.	
 c) Work and share information with other countries.
10. a) Six.  
 b) Five months.  
 c) Two to twenty miles.  
 d) Any 4 such as: 	clear logs and brush, build new 	
trails, clean waterbars, reroute trails around fragile 
areas, repair damaged meadows, build and repair 
bridges, build waterbars and retaining walls out of 
rock, wood, and other native materials.	  	
 e) 30 miles from the nearest road, store, phone, or 	
electricity.  	
 f) By mules or helicopter.  
 g) Environment, fauna and flora identification, natu	-	
ral history, wilderness survival. 	
 h) For room and board.	
11. Any 4 such as: 	between the ages of 18 	
and 25, not on probation or parole, free 
of convictions for violent or serious drug 
crime, California resident, willing to work 
hard, able to succcessfully pass fingerprint 
and background check, drug test, and 
physical exam. 	
12. Visit website: http://www.ccc.ca.gov
13. a) Student's opinion.  
 b) Reason for answer.