Habitat Restoration Conservation Corps

Renton WA

Description

Work Outdoors, Get Hand-On Experience, Earn $ for College & Build Your Resume ***Final Week For Fall Crew - Schedule your interview now WASHINGTON CONSERVATION CORPS (WCC) - AmeriCorps - WCC AmeriCorps members serve on a six-person crew to perform habitat enhancement and salmon recovery projects throughout King County. Projects involve installing native plants along creeks, streams and rivers, controlling invasive weeds, improving wetlands, building fish habitat, fencing stream buffers, installing irrigation systems and watering plantings. Be prepared to get dirty! WCC members serve outdoors in streams and wetlands in all types of weather. Projects are physically demanding but the experiences are invaluable, the outcomes are rewarding, and the friendships are priceless. Uniforms, gloves, & all safety gear will be provided. WCC provides the perfect opportunity to learn by doing, as members get hands-on experience in the environmental field. Learn Pacific Northwest native plants, noxious weeds, salmon ecology and habitat restoration techniques. Learn to use power tools like brush cutters, field mowers, plant augers, winches, and chainsaws. In addition to excellent on-the-job training, WCC members attend a series of paid elective trainings throughout the year. Courses offered range from Wilderness First Responder, Wildland Firefighting, and Hazardous Materials Response to Ethnobotany, Swiftwater Rescue, and Watershed Restoration. Must be 18-25 years old to apply. (Age restrictions do not apply to Gulf War era II reservists, dependents, & veterans.) Members earn $2,506 per month and an AmeriCorps Education Award of $6,495 (scholarship)after completing an 11- month term of service (1,700 hours). Training & health insurance are provided. Educational loan forbearance is available. (Salmon, restoration, conservation, field work, community service, landscaping, climate change, ecology, native plants, streams, green jobs, stormwater, green jobs, wetlands, biology, environmental science, studies, horticulture, noxious weeds, landscape architecture, fish habitat, fisheries, vegetation, orca, wildlife monitoring, geology, no experience necessary)