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The Montana Conservation Corps teaches the rewards of service and instills values that carry throughout life. The MCC seeks to achieve its mission by fulfilling complimentary goals of member development: equipping young people with skills and values, project completion and performing service projects which have a lasting and beneficial impact on our natural environment and communities. An inherent strength of the Corps is that these goals enhance each other. Meaningful and challenging projects ensure a setting in which young men and women learn practical skills, develop positive attitudes for service and work, and become knowledgeable about the environment and their community. And there is no better backdrop for this type of learning experience and personal development than the wilds of Montana: 15 million acres throughout nine National Forests, 3.5 million acres throughout 16 Wilderness Areas, and Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. |
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What You Can Do |
Crew
Leaders Serving as a Crew Leader is an experience that will change your life. You will serve as a teacher, project specialist and liaison with the project sponsor. You will be responsible for building community on your crew, for ensuring the safety of your team, and for developing each member's skills. In the end, it is your commitment to serving others—starting with your crew—that yields the most satisfaction, and the greatest fun. After successful completion of an intensive 3-month leader development program, you will be paired with a co-leader. Together, you will develop and manage your crew of four or five corps members during the 24-week project season. After corps members graduate in late October or early November, leaders regroup for final projects and complete their AmeriCorps term of service in the middle of November. Youth Crew Leaders Youth Crew Leaders begin their term of service with a 3-month leadership training program which includes youth supervision, technical project skills, outdoor skills, wilderness first aid, environmental and experiential education, and facilitation of community service and conservation projects for youth. During this time leaders also recruit and hire youth crew members, give presentations at local schools and community groups, participate in community service projects, and help plan and design a five-week educational curriculum to implement with the crews. Once June arrives, leaders meet their first of two crews, both of which consist of four to six teenagers and run four to five weeks in length. Youth Crew Leaders work side-by-side with a co-leader, forming a leadership team that share responsibility in everything from supervising project work, to teaching daily educational activities and overseeing camp-life, to mentoring youth. Corps Members As a Corps Member, you'll serve with a small crew to get things done that benefit Montana and neighboring communities. You'll gain job skills and work habits that will help you find and keep a good job. If you're prepared to invest yourself in a physically and personally demanding experience, then MCC will place in your hands tools to help you make a difference in your world—and in your life. In addition to serving on varied and demanding projects, you'll perform a special role for your crew, including Vehicle Swamper (responsible for vehicle maintenance), Crew Journalist (informs the media of crew projects and keeps a crew history), Tool Swamper (coordinates tool inventories and tool maintenance) or Crew Naturalist (implements field education at camp and project site). |
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Project Work |
Each year, MCC crews maintain and construct backcountry and urban trails, plant trees, stabilize stream banks, fence wildlife habitat, paint and fix up public buildings, develop camping facilities, build community gardens, assist with special events, and more. Over 200 non-profit and governmental agencies use MCC services across Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and the Dakotas. Projects you might get involved with: • Trail
Work: If you've set foot on a Montana trail,
chances are pretty good that you've walked on some
of the trail the MCC has built or
restored. • Historical
Restoration: Whether roofing a historic ranger
station or stabilizing a building in Virginia City,
crews take pride in learning the history of an area
while working to preserve our past. • Biological
Research: Crews work side-by-side with
scientists to help with biological inventories,
forest measurements, fish implants, and data
collection for short or long-term research
projects. • Habitat
Enhancement: You might landscape, seed, remove
weeds, and build campgrounds, picnic areas and
shelters in City, County, State and National Parks
throughout Montana. • Fencing:
Over fifty miles of fence will be built in a single
year, including split rail, jack leg, barbed wire,
buck and pole, and even a privacy fence for a local
housing project. • Conservation
and Watershed Restoration: multiple partners
often join forces to preserve habitat on projects
that range from stream bank stabilization, native
seed collection, to planting trees. • Community
Service: Food banks, senior centers, museums,
schools, and community gardens are just a few of
the agencies that benefit. The MCC will repair and
build 100 structures each year for community
agencies. A Season
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Perks & Rewards |
A Modest Living
Allowance Money for College or
Help with Student Loans Upon successful
completion of your term, you'll receive an
AmeriCorps education award of $4,725 (1,700 hours)
or $2,363 (900 hours) that may be used to pay for
future education costs or to repay qualified
student loans. You have up to seven years after
your term of service has ended to claim the
award. Health
Insurance Child Care
Assistance The Experience of a
Lifetime |
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The Essentials |
Joining MCC is not a job—it is a serious commitment to national service and for participating as an active learner in a crew setting. MCC is looking for
applicants who will: • Put other's
interests before their own • Learn and support
their peer's learning • Complete the
entire term of service • Participate as a
positive member • Work hard while
serving long hours and living outdoors in all
weather • Respect MCC as a
drug and alcohol free work place • Lead by
example Applicants must have at least two years of college, military service, or equivalent work experience; previous experience or training in a leadership role; effective communications skills; and have U.S. citizenship and a valid driver's license. It's also helpful if applications have technical skills (including trail work, construction, and knowledge of power and hand tools) and experience or interest in working with youth and at-risk youth. Leaders are typically in their mid-twenties, while the average age for Corps Members is 21. |
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Your First Move |
MCC accepts applications year-round for all positions. The recruitment process usually begins three months prior to the start date of the specific position opening.
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