Salazar, Vilsack Announce Important Step in Establishing 21st Century Conservation Service Corps

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack have announced an important step in the creation of a 21st Century Conservation Service Corps (21CSC), an organization called for in President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Report. Secretaries Salazar and Vilsack named members of a newly-established federal advisory committee that will provide recommendations on how to build on the important ongoing work of local, state, federal and non-profit youth conservation corps that engage young Americans in hands-on service and job training experiences on public lands and open spaces.