AmeriCorps NCCC crew praised for trail, invasive species and park work in Prescott

A National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) crew called Water 6 presented to the council on March 11, summarizing several weeks of service in Prescott.

The crew leader, Elias, told council the team — made up of young adults aged roughly 18–26 — has worked on invasive-species removal, wildfire-prevention work, erosion control, trail maintenance and outdoor-classroom improvements at locations including Acre Park, Peavine Trail, Willow Lake, Watson Lake and the community nature center. City staff and council members praised the crew for removing roughly 86,000 pounds of vegetation noted in the crew’s materials (Elias said that number had risen to about 100,000 pounds since the slide was prepared) and for improving trails and erosion-control features such as gabion baskets and rock dams.

Recreation staff said the crew’s work included planting water basins and a facelift at the local adult center, building accessible trail features, constructing bat boxes and helping with public events such as Nature Ninos. Council members thanked the team and asked members of the public to note the crew’s contributions in their neighborhoods.

Quote "The amount of work and valuable project work that you've done is just quite remarkable... All the reduction in fuel load and other things that you've been working on are gonna be very much appreciated once we hit one of our more risky wildfire seasons," a council member said during remarks to the crew.

Ending Council members posed for group photos with the crew and asked staff to continue support for similar service projects in future seasons.