American Conservation Experience · Nationwide / location varies · posted today
This opportunity will be focused on improving rangeland and restoration of Sage-steppe ecosystems. The member will assist the Eagle Lake and Applegate field offices with various fieldwork throughout the field offices. This position is intensely physically demanding and requires comfortablity with driving for long hours at a time. Fieldwork will be conducted largely in remote backcountry areas of the field offices with multi-day camping trips or "hitches" lasting 4 days. This will be completed with government-provided tools utilizing various travel methods, including hiking, 4x4 driving, and UTV (side-by-side) driving. Duties for this position will likely include, but are not limited to: • Leading and supporting a team dynamic of four members conducting restoration work • Includes supporting team morale and safety, conducting team debriefs, and communicating effectively with ACE and BLM staff • Supporting communication throughout the team from BLM and ACE supervisors • Herbicide application (primarily in spring and early summer) • The 2026 team spent 8-10 weeks applying herbicide • Range inventory (walking and inventorying fences, mapping roads, assessing the condition of stock ponds and troughs, etc.) • Riparian/wetland fence construction and maintenance • Water development maintenance (troughs and water pipelines) • Small-scale juniper removal with reciprocating saws (or chainsaws if desired, and following proper training and certification) • GPS data collection with ESRI Survey 123, Field Maps, and Quick Capture • GIS data quality control with ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro • Riparian/wetland low-tech restoration (primarily in Sept/Oct) • Small-scale vegetation planting and broadcast seeding (primarily in Sept/Oct) • Simple wildlife, vegetation, and livestock monitoring/surveying • Recreation site maintenance • Trail work Opportunities for cross-training and experience with BLM programs like recreation, archaeology, wildlife, botany, forestry, fuels, and others are possible during this project. These opportunities are greatest outside of the normal 4-day work week, but will be made available as logistics allow during the work week. Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate for this position will be an enthusiastic, organized, adaptable, and resourceful young professional interested in pursuing a career in public land management. They will find hard work rewarding, will be comfortable being in a vehicle for long periods of time, will be confident in a backcountry remote setting, and will communicate effectively with their team. They will demonstrate strength in bringing a team together and keeping them focused and safe as they pursue their efforts on public lands. This individual placement is meant to facilitate professional development and promote exposure to land management agencies and networking with professionals. This could include gaining experience in different conservation fields and shadowing different work groups. Schedule: Monday - Thursday, 4-10-hour days, for the duration of the project. Interns will be expected to often camp during the duration of their workweek at or near work sites each week, as weather conditions allow. Time away from work is limited but possible, depending on the schedule.
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