Youth Media Arts
February 12, 1990
Forest of Dreams
President George H.W. Bush launches the Earth Conservation Corps.
September 29, 1990
Welcoming Bonnie Guiton
Guiton, former Special Adviser to the President for Consumer Affairs and Director of the U.S. Officer of Consumer Affairs, joins Earth Conservation Corps as President and Chief Executive Officer.
February 23, 1991
SC to Test Youth Conservation Program
South Carolina becomes the first state to have an industry-sponsored conservation program for the youth.
July 13, 1992
D.C. Members Fix Rural Trout Stream
A half-dozen corps members spent 10 days repairing structures along a creek reserved for fly fishing.
July 19, 1995
Volunteers participate in Anacostia River Clean-Up
Earth Conservation Corps worked with 10 volunteers to pull 4,000 tires and tons of oversized trash from the Anacostia River.
May 19, 1993
Volunteers participate in Anacostia River Clean-Up
Earth Conservation Corps worked with 10 volunteers to pull 4,000 tires and tons of oversized trash from the Anacostia River.
Summer 1996
Urban Eangles on the Way
Founder & Board Co-Chair Bob Nixon and members moved four Great Lakes eaglets into new homes as part of a five-year program to bring bald eagles back to D.C.
Returning Eagles to D.C.
The 8-week-old chicks have moved into new digs here - a riverfront nest in a tall poplar tree.
"Fifty years is too long for our nation's bird not to be nesting in our nation's capital," said Nixon.
July 7, 1997
Baby Eagles, Troubled Teens Test Their Wings in Washington
Earth Conservation Corps members work together to care for new eaglets.
July 18, 1998
Planting Wildflowers is a Crime?
Bob Nixon is arrested for scattering wildflower seeds in Kingman island with a group of volunteers.
June 13, 2000
Salmon Corps awarded the President's Service Award
Salmon Corps, an environmental service organization by ECC for Native Americans, receives the nation's highest honor for volunteer service.
May 17, 2001
Damon Whitehead Champions D.C.'s Often Overlooked River
Whitehead, an Anacostia Riverkeeper, advocates for the Anacostia River with support from ECC
June 13, 2000
Salmon Corps awarded the President's Service Award
Salmon Corps, an environmental service organization by ECC for Native Americans, receives the nation's highest honor for volunteer service.