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Help protect the Los Padres
National Forest!
Los Padres ForestWatch is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
protecting and restoring the Los Padres National Forest using
community involvement, innovative fieldwork, scientific collaboration, and legal advocacy.
We're currently accepting
applications for:
Conservation Coordinator
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here to
view the pdf version of this announcement.
Los Padres ForestWatch, a
nonprofit conservation organization based in Santa Barbara,
California, is seeking a Conservation Coordinator to join our
expanding team. Now in our sixth year, ForestWatch is the only
organization focused on protecting wildlife and wild places in
the Los Padres National Forest, the Carrizo Plain National
Monument, and other public lands along California’s central
coast. The Conservation Coordinator will help us build on our
successful track record of land conservation in our region.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
The Conservation Coordinator is a new position that involves a
combination of conservation advocacy, field work, community
outreach, and volunteer coordination. Specific responsibilities
include:
1. Advocate for protection of wild places along
California’s Central Coast.
• Write concise and accurate fact sheets, opinion pieces,
internet and newsletter articles, and email action alerts, and
communicate effectively with the media.
• Review development proposals and environmental documents and
prepare written and/or oral comments on land use activities that
may impact natural resources.
• Maintain positive working relationships with agency officials
and decision-makers.
• Analyze information from land management agencies and present
it to the public in an understandable and usable format.
2. Cultivate and engage conservation allies to build broad
public support for protecting key wild places in the Los Padres
National Forest.
• Build and maintain relationships with diverse forest user
groups – including mountain bikers, rock climbers, hunters,
anglers, and horseback riders – who may share our interest in
protecting wild places.
• Foster relationships with private landowners in and around the
National Forest.
• Encourage stakeholders to write letters and participate in
land use decisions.
3. Collect field data, monitor land uses, coordinate
volunteers, organize environmental restoration projects, and
communicate with the public.
• Monitor land use activities (i.e. oil drilling, mining,
logging, livestock grazing, vegetation clearing), collect field
data, and communicate findings and conclusions to land managers
and decision-makers.
• Develop and implement environmental restoration projects using
volunteers.
• Attend public events and staff informational booths to enlist
new supporters.
Other Requirements
We’re seeking someone who’s highly motivated, a quick learner,
able to work independently and juggle multiple priorities and
tasks, has excellent communication skills, and exceptional
writing and research skills. Applicants should have a
demonstrated passion for protecting wild places, along with a
robust sense of humor. A bachelor’s degree in environmental
studies, science, communications, public relations, political
science, or related field is desired, but applicants with
equivalent work experience will also be considered.
This position requires occasional work on evenings and weekends,
traveling in remote areas (sometimes on dirt roads requiring
four-wheel drive), and work in the field (including hiking
several miles, removing barbed wire fencing, and other moderate
physical labor). In addition, experience with GPS units and
knowledge of ArcGIS and Google Earth is a plus.
Compensation
ForestWatch offers a competitive nonprofit salary in a
stimulating, rewarding work environment, as well as health
benefits and a generous paid vacation policy.
To Apply
This position is available immediately. Applications will be
accepted on a rolling basis through February 28 or until the
position is filled.
Please submit via email a cover letter describing your
qualifications for this position, resume, writing sample, and
the names and contact information of three references to
info@LPFW.org
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here to
view the pdf version of this announcement.
Conservation Intern
- Spring or Summer 2010
We're seeking a highly-motivated Conservation Intern based
in the Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, or Ventura areas.
DESCRIPTION: Conduct research
to support our cutting-edge efforts to protect the Los Padres
National Forest. Assist with field work, inventories, and data
collection. Research information and help us prepare comment
letters and administrative appeals to various land management
agencies. Request information from, and communicate with,
federal, state, and local agencies. Possibility of GIS mapping.
QUALIFICATIONS: Creative,
motivated, dedicated, and good-humored college or graduate
students. Requires strong research and writing skills.
Background in environmental studies, biology, or related
coursework and/or experience preferred. GIS mapping skills a
plus.
HOW TO APPLY: Send a cover
letter, resume, a writing sample (5-10 pages), and list of
relevant coursework to ForestWatch, Attn: Conservation
Internship, P.O. Box 831, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0831, or
via email to
with "Conservation Internship" in the subject line.
There is no deadline. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling
basis, and the position will remain open until filled. This is a
volunteer position; we can help secure stipends, work-study, or
other alternate funding.
Legal
Intern - Spring or Summer 2010
We're
seeking a highly-motivated Legal Intern to work out of our Santa
Barbara office.
DESCRIPTION: Assist with
preparation of comment letters, legal reports, and
administrative appeals under such laws as the Endangered Species
Act, the National Forest Management Act, the National
Environmental Policy Act, and the Clean Water Act to eliminate
threats to public lands.
DUTIES: Conduct legal research
to support our cutting-edge efforts to protect public lands.
Assist with preparation of comment letters and administrative
appeals to various land management agencies.
QUALIFICATIONS: Creative,
motivated, dedicated, and good-humored 1L or 2L law students. Requires
strong legal research and writing skills. Background in
environmental studies, biology, or related coursework and/or
experience preferred.
HOW TO APPLY: Send a cover
letter, resume, a legal writing sample, and list of relevant
coursework to Los Padres ForestWatch, Attn: Legal Internship,
P.O. Box 831, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0831, or via email
to
with "Legal Internship" in the subject line.
There is no deadline. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling
basis, and the position will remain open until filled.
GIS
Intern - Spring or Summer 2010
We're seeking a highly-motivated GIS Intern based
in the Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, or Ventura areas.
DESCRIPTION: Prepare maps and
data to support our efforts to protect the Los Padres National
Forest. Create maps using ArcGIS and Google Earth Pro. Assist with field work, inventories, and data
collection. Request information from, and communicate with,
federal, state, and local agencies.
QUALIFICATIONS: Creative,
motivated, dedicated, and good-humored college or graduate
students. Requires previous coursework in ArcGIS, and knowledge
of or ability to learn Google Earth Pro.
Background in environmental studies, biology, or related
coursework and/or experience preferred.
HOW TO APPLY: Send a cover
letter, resume, a writing sample (5-10 pages), and list of
relevant coursework to ForestWatch, Attn: GIS
Internship, P.O. Box 831, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0831, or
via email to
with "GIS Internship" in the subject line.
There is no deadline. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling
basis, and the position will remain open until filled. This is a
volunteer position; we can help secure stipends, work-study, or
other alternate funding.
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