River Partners College Corp OpportunityAt — River Partners of Stanislaus County
Since 1998, River Partners has transformed nearly 20,000 acres of flood imperiled land that could not sustainably support agriculture into restored native habitat. By farming native habitat, we give new life to river landscapes. River Partners innovated the use of agricultural techniques combined with ecological science to re-introduce critical habitat in California, establishing self-sustaining forests from seeds in just three years. Acres we’ve restored capture over 1 million metric tons of greenhouse gases. Volunteers work on our Science Team to support, implement, and monitor habitat restoration projects. This position provides great opportunities to learn about large scale horticultural restoration, preventing extinctions, riparian ecology, GIS applications. Students will spend time assisting in the office and hiking outdoors, collecting and analyzing plant and wildlife data within our adaptive management framework to improve future habitat restoration projects. A self-directed, riparian restoration research project is supported.
By the end of this training students will have learned: Teamwork and individual goal setting. Depth of knowledge of horticultural restoration, species extinctions, riparian ecology. Collecting and reviewing geolocated data to support understanding of ecological outcomes of restoration and adaptive management. Practice writing for conservation management audience. Analyzing ecological data. Creating and manipulating maps and associated data.
Training will be provided throughout the student placement with the organization. A focused integration period initiating with their start at the organization will include training and orientation with multiple departments in the organization. On-going training will be undertaken as new tasks or projects are introduced to the student, focused on the work plan.
Lift up to 25 lbs; regulary stand, walk, sit and crouch; work in environment with moderate noise and outdoor weather conditions.
Supplemental questions, resume/cover letter, and interview
| Hours | Duration |
|---|---|
| 450 | hours per academic year |