MCC Member Benefits and Training

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Benefits for members participating in the Maryland Conservation Corps program include:​

  • Health care benefits
  • Low-cost park housing
  • Valuable professional and networking opportunities
  • Professional skills development to prepare participants to enter natural resource conservation or park operations and management careers
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MCC members receive extensive skill development training opportunities, which may include:

  • Basic ​First Aid and CPR/AED
  • 40-hour Wildland Fire Fighting certification
  • Environmental Education and Interpretation
  • Chainsaw Skills and Safety
  • Leave N​o Trace ethics
  • Trail maintenance, monitoring and construction
  • Canoe Trip Leading by certified instructors
  • ​Foundation for Search Operations training

"I love the variety of work we do and the different skills I would have never learned without MCC. "

-- MCC Member 2024-2025


"What I enjoy most​ about MCC is learning from experts in a vast array of subject matters followed by the opportunity to apply and demonstrate the important skills we learn."

-- MCC Member 2024-2025