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.

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.

July 19, 1995

City Youths Nurse Birds to Health

Earth Conservation Corps caretakers share their experiences caring for baby bald eagles as part of a project to help eaglets return to the wild.

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 on Kingman Island with a group of volunteers.

June 26, 1999

On the River

Earth Conservation Corps members, including Donnell Whiteside, share personal stories from their lives and of how the corps' program impacted them.

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.

November 11, 2000

An Eco-Friendly Roof is Installed

ECC installs a pump house green roof, the first in the Washington D.C. area, that can retain stormwater runoff and reduce the urban heat island phenomenon.

May 17, 2001

Damon Whitehead Champions D.C.'s Often Overlooked River

Salmon Corps, an environmental service organization by ECC for Native Americans, receives the nation's highest honor for volunteer service.

October 26, 2003

Endgangered in Anacostia

Diamond Teague, a 19-year-old African American from Anacostia who completed a service program with Earth Conservation Corps, was murdered on October 9, 2003.

April, 2004

The Efforts of Bob Nixon & corps members

Alongside Bob Nixon, corps members restore the Anacostia River, reintroduce the bald eagles, participate in community service, and change their lives.

November 4, 2005

Life from a Dead River

Corps members, including LaShuantya Moore and Rodney Stotts, share the impact ECC and Bob Nixon have had on their lives.

December 1, 2011

Reversing a Century of Neglect on the Anacostia

ECC fights for the environment and community surrounding Kingman and Heritage Islands against a proposed amusement park while restoring Anacostia River.

January 30, 2014

Mission Blue is released

Bob Nixon produces and directs the film Mission Blue about legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle's personal mission to save the ocean.

July 24, 2015

'This is the Hill We're Gonna Die on'

Bob Nixon fights for conservation-minded economic development to help the youth and Anacostia River flourish.