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Northern Sierra Partnership and Carbon Cooperative Program Assistant
This position is offered through the 2009 Sierra Nevada AmeriCorp Partnership. Please click here for more information about the Sierra Nevada AmeriCorp Partnership.
Program Description: By working with private landowners, government agencies and
community organizations, the Northern Sierra Partnership (NSP) supports the creation of a strategic mosaic of public and private lands that protect species diversity and habitat; maintain a critical mass of working ranches, forests, and tribal lands; provide public benefit in the form of recreation, water quality, and carbon sequestration to the state of California; and improve the social and economic conditions in Northern Sierra communities.
NSP will focus its efforts by collaborating on implementing strategic land transaction projects, development of ecosystem services marketplaces and developing policy initiatives needed to create an enduring and vital social, conservation, and economic framework in the region. The partnership will coordinate fundraising, communications, outreach, and government relations related to partnership-supported projects.
SBC’s Sierra Nevada Carbon Cooperative program is an effort to tie funding for ecosystem services to restoration and conservation activities in the Sierra Nevada. The history of natural resource extraction and commodification in the Sierra Nevada has seen most financial benefits flow out of the region. Developing the infrastructure to capture the value of ecosystem services in the region provides us an opportunity to use the value of these assets to reinvest in the future sustainability of the Sierra Nevada. This position plays a crucial role in meeting that objective.
Service position: The Sierra Business Council seeks an Americorps member to assist us with the development and key deliverables for the Northern Sierra Partnership and the Sierra Nevada Carbon Cooperative.
- Increasing conservation capacity within partnership;
- Conducting public outreach to develop and support an enduring culture of land conservation in the region that maintains the region’s economic heritage; and
- Providing logistical and administrative support for NSP
The Forest Carbon Sequestration component of this position will assist the Project Manager and several regional Land Trusts to measure and monitor carbon sequestration and storage on forestlands. In addition to assisting with the fieldwork, the position will involve outreach, engagement, and education of high school and college groups to help in the monitoring of the forestlands for carbon sequestration. The position will also involve contributing to the development of a forest management plan to manage the land for recreation, carbon sequestration, water quality, wildlife, and other benefits.
Qualifications:
- Strong computer and organizational skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently and with others
- Be an advocate of social responsibility and societal values
- Field experience, particularly with forest ecosystems
- A strong interest in ecology, climate change science and policy, and environmental education
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: Water, Forests, Sustainable Communities, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation, and Developing Collaborative Models of Private Conservation
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