AmeriCorps Green Visions: wanted: 500 young people to work in nature and get paid for it By Lisa Johnson • Dec 18, 2019 Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa Back in the '30s, during the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps provided natural-resource jobs to out-of-work young men so they could support their families. Green Visions: volunteers volunteer to create housing for volunteers By Lisa Johnson • Jan 31, 2018