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Are you ready to eat, sleep and breathe the outdoors? As the nation's oldest and largest recreation and conservation organization, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) offers a smorgasbord of exciting outdoor job opportunities for seasonal workers, interns and volunteers. From the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire and Mount Desert Island in Maine to the hiking/canoeing hub of the Delaware Water Gap in New Jersey, seasonal staff have the chance to work in base camps, shelters, huts or roadside visitor centers. Positions include backcountry ridgerunners, caretakers, hut and trail crews and educational instructors, with the average weekly pay ranging from $280 to $400. Interns get more involved in the business end of operations—everything from working on the AMC website to monitoring air quality in the Whites to getting their start in journalism, layout or editing with the AMC Outdoor magazine. Volunteers help maintain more than 1,600 miles of hiking, biking and backcountry ski trails, including 350 miles of the Appalachian Trail as well as lead educational hikes, fill in for hut crews and give public information talks. Specific job descriptions and details about the application process can be found online or send an email to amcemployment@outdoors.org for more information.

Unique AMC outdoor summer job opportunity from July 10th through August 20th!

• Come work and play this summer within the 3,000 square miles of the Beartooth Mountains of Montana and Wyoming, whose highest point, Granite Peak, sits above the clouds at 12,799 feet. AMC's roving August Camp is an advanced nomadic hiking camp serving adults from all over the country. The tent village base camp in the northern half of the Shoshone National Forest is only a stone's throw from the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Crew members are needed to assist with setting up base camp, cooking and all aspects of this hiking-intensive program. A head cook is also needed to manage the kitchen.

If you enjoy the outdoors and want to explore Maine's beautiful places, take a closer look at the Maine Conservation Corps. Whether you're backpacking to remote Appalachian Trail worksites, patrolling trails at Acadia National Park, building mountain bike trails around Portland or constructing a wheelchair path, MCC will provide field team members and leaders with valuable outdoor and trail skills over a 3-9 month period. Benefits include a living allowance ranging from $240 to $475 per week, health insurance, an AmeriCorps education award (if eligible) and training that includes wilderness first aid and chainsaw certification, teambuilding, communication, conflict resolution, leadership, trail rigging, stone working and timber construction. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, at least 18 (20 for leadership positions), physically fit, have the desire to learn and serve, and be motivated to work with people of all ages and backgrounds. For more information contact Brenda Webber or call 207.624.6085.

• Rebuild the Appalachian Trail. Improve hiking trails on Maine's coast. Develop trails with boardwalk bridges in wetland areas. Build great things with great people. Become a field team leader, member or trainee with the Maine Conservation Corps and live the dream.

Outdoor Leaders Wanted For 2008!
The Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (VYCC) seeks highly motivated, well-organized individuals to train and supervise small teams of high school and college-age crew members in conservation work and education programs. As a VYCC Crew Leader, you will build a cohesive team while completing high-priority conservation projects and facilitating educational activities. VYCC crews work on trail construction and watershed restoration projects across the state of Vermont as well as in a number of Vermont State Parks in both day and residential settings. Benefits include a salary of $430 to $500 per week plus the potential for an AmeriCorps education award, room and board (depending on position) and compensated staff training. VYCC leadership positions span from four to ten months in length and have start dates beginning in late March through mid-May. For more information or to apply online, visit www.vycc.org today or give them a call at 800.639.8922 • 802434.3969. The VYCC is proud to be an AmeriCorps program.

• If you're looking for the outdoor adventure of a lifetime while making a significant contribution to young people and our environment, the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps will equip you with the tools to live, work, and travel in the Green Mountains of Vermont.

Learn more about the VYCC field staff experience in their own words.

NORTHWEST JOBS

With a base camp at the Mt. Adams Center, AmeriCorps Outdoors is a special 5-month program designed for outdoor adventurers seeking an environmental immersion in the Pacific Northwest. Beneath the shadow of 12,320-foot Mt. Adams is where you'll receive an orientation and training before setting out to restore and protect some of the most pristine wild lands in Oregon and Washington. You'll join a field team of fun loving, like-minded group of peers and learn new skills, enjoy backcountry adventures, and most importantly engage in positive environmental action. Teams tackle projects such as trail and bridge construction to enhance recreational access, planting trees and removing non-native species to improve wildlife and fish habitats, and educating youth in and about the natural world. Benefits include a $3,144 living stipend, a $2,362 AmeriCorps education award, all expenses paid (lodging, meals, outdoor living skills training, certifications) and a weeklong natural history journey to off-the-beaten-path destinations. Whether you're ready to explore a career in natural resources, live-work-play in pristine backcountry locations or acquire new outdoor adventure or job skills, AmeriCorps Outdoors needs you! Thirty Field Team Member positions are available from May 19th to October 24th. To begin the application process, email your resume to Stephanie Ludlow or call 509.395.3465 for more information.

Top Ten Reasons to Join AmeriCorps Outdoors at the Mt. Adams Center

	Work outside in beautiful places
	Explore the Pacific Northwest
	Secure money for school and defer current loans
	Earn a modest living stipend and health insurance
	Make professional connections
	Pick your next adventure: rock climbing, canoeing, hiking, kayaking, fishing, backpacking
	Develop marketable skills
	Meet new friends motivated by adventure and driven by ideals
	Figure out the next step in life
	Make a difference by protecting and restoring America's public lands

Imagine working and camping in remote areas throughout the Pacific Northwest and getting paid for it! Known as the only fully mobile conservation corps, the Northwest Youth Corps offers spring, summer and fall education and job training programs for high-school-age youth in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and northern California. A crew of ten participants and two adult staff work side-by-side on projects stressing environmental education and development of basic job skills. Participants, together with field staff, will meet challenges, solve problems and make new friends. Staff earn an average of $4,700 to $5,600 per season (about $73 to $85 per day), plus meals; youth participants earn a stipend plus tent lodging. In addition to the youth programs, NYC offers an adult Leadership Development Program (LDP) for those with minimal outdoor experience or looking to further their skills. LDP participants earn a stipend, meals, lodging and an AmeriCorps education award. More information and applications can be found online, by calling (541) 349-5055 or emailing youth jobs or staff/LDP jobs. Spring opportunities begin in mid-February and early April; summer positions begin in May and June; and fall positions start in early September.

• Northwest Youth Corps is about accepting challenge, getting in shape and being outdoors. It is a life where boots, sleeping bags, mosquito repellent and dips in icy cold lakes replace the usual comforts of home—time where building a campfire, pitching a tent and cooking in a dutch oven becomes second nature.

SOUTHWEST JOBS

Here in the rugged terrain of the Four Corners, where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet, local teens and young adults have the opportunity to join Canyon Country Youth Corps for a healthy dose of service, conservation, education, leadership and adventure. Crew leaders are responsible for the supervision and training of crews primarily of Navajo descent: providing job and life skills, taking part in group living and educational experiences and leading service projects, from fire fuels reduction (chainsaw thinning), trail maintenance and construction to conservation and habitat restoration related work. Positions are available during the spring and fall for 8 weeks, during the summer for 4 weeks, with opportunities to work multiple terms. New for 2008 is a 6-month Sustainable Forestry Team that will work mostly in southeast Utah and up to five states during the course of the program (3 weeks of intensive wildland firefighter and chainsaw training is provided). Benefits include a weekly stipend of $375 to $550, paid intensive training, food, and base-camp lodging on days off. If you are at least 21 and have certification in first aid/CPR (WFR preferred), leadership experience, and previous work experience with youth in an outdoor setting, apply today! Applications accepted until positions are filled.

• The Canyon County Youth Corps is looking for adventurous and physically fit people with the desire to work hard and make a real and lasting difference. The Four Corners region boasts the highest concentration of national parks in the country and offers the opportunity to live and work with Native American youth.

Spend your summer in the beautiful Colorado Mountains!
Mile High Youth Corps provides diverse service opportunities to achieve a common goal: environmental conservation. Both the AmeriCorps Leadership and Conservation Program as well as the Rockclimbers and Trailblazers Crews is a perfect opportunity for youth to improve their leadership skills and give back to the local community… all while getting paid for working on fun, team-based projects around Denver. Applications are currently being accepted for three different programs beginning in the near future, with conservation projects including trail building, fire mitigation and landscaping. Corpsmembers (ages 18-24) will also participate in a variety of education, training and personal development activities. In general, Corpsmembers will serve 32-40 hours/week (M-TH) and benefits include an AmeriCorps education award. For more information email youthjobs@mhyc.net, call the Youth Jobs Hotline at 303.433.1206 (option 1, x333) or fill out the online application at www.milehighyouthcorps.org.

UPCOMING TERMS & BENEFITS • May 27th to August 15th (Earn a stipend of $2,886 paid in bi-weekly installments and an AmeriCorps education award of $1,250 after 450 hours of service) • August 25th to November 21st (Earn a stipend of $2,886 paid in bi-weekly installments and an AmeriCorps education award of $1,250 after 450 hours of service)

• Offering a variety of year-round and summer employment opportunities for youth, Mile High Youth Corps programs involve team-based work on outdoor projects that improve neighborhoods, protect the environment and help the disadvantaged.

Are you looking for a place where majestic mountains, flowing streams, expansive ranchlands and quaint neighborhoods are the norm? The Montana Conservation Corps is looking for you to serve Montana communities and natural lands while giving back to the environment. Field Crew Members serve on project sites in small work teams and participate in the PLACE educational curriculum beginning in late May and early June and continue through October 31st. You will delve into the meaning of service while collaborating with professional land managers; solve critical habitat challenges caused by fencing, erosion, invasive plants and forest fire; create safe trails and access to some of the nation's premier wilderness areas, national parks and forests; support community-based nonprofit organizations through volunteer service; and assist low-income families by weatherizing their homes to conserve energy. Benefits include a $1,000 monthly living stipend, a $35 weekly food allowance, an AmeriCorps education award, health insurance and extensive training. As a member of the MCC, your home is a tent for much of the time, with meals shared around camp with fellow crew members. If you thrive in a team atmosphere and have a thirst for teaching and learning in an outdoor environment, take the next step by filling out an application.

• Serving with the Montana Conservation Corps is rewarding and always challenging. The rigors of swinging heavy hand tools will exhaust your body and tax your spirit. Working out a conflict among crew members takes personal initiative. Teaching a class before your peers requires a willingness to put yourself on the line. If you're eager to invest yourself in a physically and personally demanding service experience, then MCC will place in your hands resources to help you improve your world and your life.

The Mountain Alliance of Conservation Corps seeks Sustainable Forestry Team Members in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.

Spend a season or a year working and camping in some of the Southwest's premier natural areas while contributing to its natural heritage. As part of a Sustainable Forestry Team, you will gain valuable field experience while working on projects for a variety of local and state agencies. Benefits include a modest living stipend, an Americorps education award, extensive training in fire response, chainsaw certification, disaster relief, and wilderness first aid, and the chance to work in a variety of settings throughout the Southwest. Crew Leader and Crew Member positions are available for varying lengths of time with five of the West's most successful corps programs, including the Canyon Country Youth Corps, Coconino Rural Environment Corps, Nevada Conservation Corps, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps and Southwest Conservation Corps. For more information please visit www.mountaincorps.org.

• If you have a passion for conservation, experience in the outdoors, a desire to live and work outside for extended periods of time, join a Sustainable Forestry Team and gain valuable field experience and training while working alongside conservation corps throughout the southwest U.S.

Work outdoors in amazing places. Complete exciting and meaningful conservation projects on public lands in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Get paid for your work. The Southwest Conservation Corps offers meaningful employment year-round, with opportunities ranging from eight weeks up to a year depending on crew type. Projects include technical trail construction and maintenance, wildfire management and mitigation, and wildlife habitat and campground improvement, with current job openings available throughout the year for residential crews, backcountry crews, frontcountry crews, Continental Divide trail crews and fire career training. Benefits include a stipend ranging from $250 to $540/week, room and board while in the field, an AmeriCorps education award to qualifying individuals and valuable training and field experience. If you are positive, motivated, hard working, willing to work and participate as part of a team, and able to camp in all types of weather conditions, complete an application today. Specific questions can be directed to the contacts below.

FOUR CORNERS Eli Herb (970) 259-8607, x1

TUCSON ARIZONA Carl Case (520) 884-5550, x1

ALAMOSA COLORADO Heather MacSlarrow (719) 580-5972

• Camp together. Work together. Learn together. Residential crews with the Southwest Conservation Corps blend team building with vital conservation projects in beautiful Southwest locales.

MULTI-STATE JOBS more

Looking for a way to gain experience in the environmental field while making a difference? Teach kids about forest ecology and experience wildland journeys. Lead a summer crew on the Pacific Crest Trail. Facilitate service-learning adventure programs in the Cascades. Create and deliver educational interpretive programs in Oregon State Parks. Connect volunteers with their community and the environment. Spend six months to a year with the Northwest Service Academy and you'll gain the hands-on and leadership skills needed to inspire change and land your dream job. With centers located in Trout Lake, Washington (Mt. Adams Center) and Portland, Oregon (Lower Columbia Center), NWSA members engage in hands-on watershed restoration, environmental education, trail construction, resource conservation and volunteer mobilization projects throughout the Pacific Northwest. Beyond the tangible benefits, you'll have the chance to learn from and network with top professionals in the field, gain technical project skills, take on challenges utilizing cutting edge technology and more! Benefits include a living stipend ranging from $500 to $1,200 per month, insurance, basic medical, a $2,362 to $4,725 AmeriCorps education award, loan forbearance, childcare allowance and many training opportunities.

NWSA HOT NEWS View open AmeriCorps Individual Placement, Field Team and Leadership job opportunities beginning in May and June, sortable by location, type, and alphabetically by position title or sponsor title.

• Are you looking to work in the environmental field, live and serve with fellow team members in the outdoors, learn new skills and enjoy backcountry adventures in Oregon, Washington or Wisconsin? Spend six months to a year with the Northwest Service Academy and inspire change.

JOIN THE MANY SCA CORPS VOLUNTEERS WHO KNOW THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE!

At SCA Corps sites, members don't just follow the pros. They become the pros. And they don't work alone. Corps are teams. As a member, you'll live and work with like-minded individuals who share a connection to the land and the people who live there. Corps members spend 3-10 months of their time devoted to critical environmental issues such as wildfire management and education, trail restoration and maintenance, environmental education, and invasive species eradication. This is a great opportunity to give back while you learn from the land on the land. And you'll be entitled to these benefits:

•	Valuable training and certifications
•	Professional and personal connections that will last a lifetime
•	Paid travel to and from most sites
•	A biweekly living allowance and free housing
•	Free or low-cost health insurance
•	Loan forbearance on qualified student loans
•	Possible academic credit
•	AmeriCorps education award ranging from $1,000—$4,725 upon completion of service for eligible interns

Want to learn more? Explore an overview of the Student Conservation Association or explore open SCA conservation corps job opportunities.

• Thousands have joined SCA to launch a conservation career, advance their studies, or gain hands-on experience. But all had one thing in common: a genuine desire to conserve our natural world. Your skills, your knowledge, and your commitment can make a difference and SCA offers you virtually limitless opportunities to live the values you so strongly believe in.

AUSTRALIA CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS more

From boardwalk construction on the Great Ocean Road to penguin surveys in Tasmania, you can participate in projects that help to conserve Australia's beauty and wildlife. Spend 4-6 weeks working with a team of Aussies and other international volunteers on a variety of environmental conservation projects around Australia. Each InterExchange Conservation Volunteers in Australia project lasts 1-2 weeks; then you will travel to another project location. Projects range from tree planting and endangered flora and fauna surveys to erosion control and construction of walking trails. Accommodations and meals are provided, but bring a sleeping bag, and your love of the great outdoors!

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