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Position : Summer Conservation Crew Member
Start / End dates : 05 / 27 / 2024 08 / 09 / 2024
Status : Seasonal, Full-time, Camping Program
Location : Durango, CO or Salida, CO
Stipend : $600 / week ($400 / week living stipend $200 / week housing stipend)
Ages : 18 30
Benefits : $1,459.26, 300-hour AmeriCorps Education Award (Value may change depending on term of service), Food provided while in the field, uniform shirts, personal protective equipment.
Wilderness First Aid & CPR / AED certification.
About the Position
As an AmeriCorps program participant with the Southwest Conservation Corps, your office is the great outdoors! Each crew consists of 6 members and 2 leaders.
Crews work and camp for 8 days at a time in either front country (access to your crew vehicle and trailer), in town (working with the county or municipality), or backcountry (hiking all your supplies in with backpacks) locations.
use, maintain and repair hand and power tools as necessary.
Projects may include trail construction & maintenance, habitat improvement, hazardous fuels reduction, re-vegetation, weeding, herbicide treatment, fencing, facility maintenance, and local environmental service projects.
Crews may also complete technical and / or specialized projects depending on project partner needs, including disaster relief if the opportunity arises.
Schedules consist of 10-hour days that are typically 8-days on and 6 off. There is a possibility you could work 4 days on and 3 days off, or a variation of schedules requiring all AmeriCorps crew members to show flexibility in scheduling .
All crews will go through a 5-day (unpaid) volunteer orientation (May 27th May 31st, 2024). This will include Wilderness First Aid training.
Food and a space to camp is provided for this training.
Required Skills
We will be running the following crews during the 2024 season. We will speak to the work that each of these crews completes during the interview and will discuss your preferences at that time.
Crew members will go through S-212 chainsaw training and will earn their United States Forest Service A-faller chainsaw certification upon completion.
Crosscut Crew (Durango) Crew works in remote Wilderness areas, clearing down trees from trails with a two-person crosscut saw.
Crew members will go through crosscut saw training and receive a federally recognized certification upon completion.
Affinity Crews - The goal of our affinity crews is to have a place where those with identities that have historically and systemically been underrepresented in the conservation field, and their allies can come together and build an equitable community.
The Womens , Queer, Leaders of Color Affinity Crews seek to create a safe, non-judgmental, and inclusive space for all regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual identity or expression.
We value respect of names, pronouns, orientation, gender, race, ethnicity, philosophies, confidentiality, boundaries, and culture.
Women’s Chainsaw Crew (Durango & Salida) An affinity crew for Women (both trans cis) as well as non-binary individuals with project work focusing on sustainable forestry, fuels reduction, or invasive species removal (with the potential to use herbicide).
Crew members will go through S-212 chainsaw training and will earn their United States Forest Service A-faller chainsaw certification upon completion.
Queer Crew (Durango) An affinity crew for LGBTQAI2S individuals. This crew work on a variety of projects, in both front country and backcountry settings.
This will allow crew members to gain experience in and understanding of several aspects of conservation work. Leaders of Color Conservation Crew (Salida) An affinity crew for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) community members in both a backcountry and front country setting, focusing on trails and a variety of conservation work.
This will allow crew members to gain experience in and understanding of several aspects of conservation work.
Required Skills & Experience
Qualifications :
Participant Essential Eligibility Requirements
Essential eligibility requirements for the program must be met. If you are unable to meet certain requirements, we may be able to assist you with some modification unless it alters the fundamental nature of the program, compromises the health and safety of participants or staff, or places an undue financial or administrative burden on the organization.
Participant and Expedition Behavior
Risk Management and Judgement
Environmental Ethics & Outdoor Skills
Substance Free
In accordance with a drug free program, alcohol and drugs are prohibited while participating in AmeriCorps and SCC activities, and while on organization property.
At SCC, equity is a core value. To put power behind this statement, we prioritize and encourage opportunities for Black, Indigenous, Queer, Trans, and Women of Color (QTBIPOC).
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact our staff for inquiries and submit an application on our website.
Staff contacts :
Kristen Barrett, SCC Four Corners (Durango) Adult Program Manager :
Brittany LeTendre, SCC Los Valles (Salida) Adult Program Manager :
Last updated : 2024-02-27
Full Time
Civic & Environmental Advocacy
$25k-30k (estimate)
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conservationlegacy.org
TAMARRON, CO
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HARRY BRUELL
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Civic & Environmental Advocacy