‘Youth Conservation Corps’ summer conservation program started 50 years ago, in 1974. For half a century 50 years YCC’s summer program participants have safeguarded the future of Lake County’s green spaces and helped increase access for all. We are proud of these roots, and all the branches and leaves that have grown from them, both in our open spaces, and in our youth participants.

Every summer, crews of local young people improve our open spaces AND earn stipends and college scholarships while working in the Lake County Forest Preserves.