This exciting new program is designed for you!  Apply today and learn about the importance of trees, how to care for them and be part of a team that will plant over 1500 trees on tribal land.

Trees play a significant role in history, tradition and culture. Just as importantly, trees improve physical and mental wellbeing. They beautify where we live, they offer shade, provide heat mitigation and improve air quality to name just a few benefits.

The objective of the program is to train participants to attain skills in arboriculture (the study and care of trees), which will benefit both the individual and the tribe as a whole. This program will nurture a passion in the youth who take part and help them become invested in their land and its future.

The curriculum outline includes learning about the traditional and cultural significance of trees, hands-on training in tree care and maintenance, tree planting as well as instruction in safety, tree identification, tool usage work readiness skills and more.

• Paid Training
• Community
• Approved training and curriculum
• Help the earth
• Safety Equipment Provided
• Freedom to learn in the outdoors
• Helpful instructors
• Able to give back to the land

Get paid $16 an hour to become part of the Colorado Youth Tribal Youth Conservation Corps.    Meet every Wednesday from 2-6 at the Cocopah Community Center and one weekend or vacation week.  Transportation available to/from each Reservation site.  Receive safety equipment and plant trees all over the reservation.  

• Must be between the ages of 14-19
• Must be a registered member of an Indian Tribe
• Must commit to 8 weeks of the Conservation Corps
• Open to new experiences
• Ability to be outside
• Must have Parent/Guardian permission

• Paid an educational stipend for participation monthly ($16 per hour, 4 hours per week plus 1 long program)
• Required to attend and participate in all classes (in classroom, field trips and tree planting sites)
• Opportunity to continue into the next cohort in the fall

ACTC will be offering 5 cohorts of this program. (2 each year)  The first program will be March 18-May 6, 2026.  This first program will be 8 weeks and the following 4 will be 16 weeks.  

"I have learned so many valuable things from everyone that will stick with me for the rest of my life."-Jalyn, student

This program is brought to you by the Arizona Community Tree Council, the Cocopah Indian Tribe, the American Forests and the United States Department of Agriculture.  Funding for this project provided by the Inflation Reduction Act and the USDA Forest Service, in partnership with the American Forests.  These institutions are equal opportunity providers.