CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois jobs program will employ more than 2,500 teenagers and young adults in state and local parks.
Gov. Pat Quinn promoted the Illinois Conservation
Corps on Tuesday. The governor says the program involves more than 100
employers including park districts, state parks and nature centers.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is
managing the program.
Local governments and nonprofits will receive
grants to employ 16- to 19-year-olds in youth-focused educational, recreational
and conservation programs.
And the Department of Natural Resources will employ
18- to 25-year-olds as seasonal conservation workers. Those workers will help
clear brush, build trails and clean up litter in state parks.
More information is at the website
jobs.Illinois.gov.
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2011 The Associated Press.
