by Rich Collins | Aug 22, 2013 | Youth Conservation Corps (YCC)
It is hard to believe that just 8 short weeks ago we were kicking off our 8th Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) season. We had some veteran crew leaders and one returning crew member, but the rest were looking at their first experience with AWWA… In that time a...
by Rich Collins | Aug 14, 2013 | Youth Conservation Corps (YCC)
We will be having our annual meeting and YCC tour on Friday August 16th from 9:30-12. We will be meeting at the Acton Town Hall 9:30 to go over some quick business and then leaving for a tour to see a handful of the 101 BMPs that the crew put in this year across 7...
by Rich Collins | Jul 11, 2013 | Youth Conservation Corps (YCC)
Well, in a matter of what feels like 3 days, we have completed 3 weeks of erosion control projects on our local lakes. The AWWA YCC has been busy installing Best Management Practices (BMPs) on lakes in Wakefield and Acton. This quick blog is just to give you an...
by Rich Collins | Jun 26, 2013 | Youth Conservation Corps (YCC)
On Monday, the AWWA Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) kicked off its 8th season of erosion control landscaping. The past 7 seasons have been a great success with the installation of 476 Best Management Practices (BMPs) on 123 properties across 10 lakes. These projects...
by Rich Collins | Jun 20, 2013 | AWWA News
On June 19th, if you were driving down Route 153 by Province Lake around 1 o’clock, you may have seen about a dozen people standing on the border between Maine and New Hampshire. At first glance, with the weather being so lovely, these folks could have been...