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GAIN PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND LAUNCH YOUR NATURAL RESOURCE CAREER! At MCC crews camp while working on physically demanding and essential natural resource and conservation projects on some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the Northern Rockies and Plains.  The Senior Crew Leader helps guide our crew leaders through their technical skills and leadership training, and is an excellent stepping stone into a staff conservation corps or federal agency position.   The Senior Crew Leader will assist staff in planning and implementing training for leaders and members, facilitate and deliver MCC education components to MCC crews in the field, visit crews during the field season to help ensure the successful completion of MCC projects and programming, may be called upon to lead an existing crew when necessary, and provide logistical support to ensure regional operations run smoothly.  Our Senior Crew Leaders are an essential component of our regional...

GAIN PROFESSIONAL JOB SKILLS, CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND LAUNCH YOUR NATURAL RESOURCE CAREER! At MCC, we focus on the growth of our participants , positively impacting our climate and environment, and transferable job skills.  Field Crew Leaders and their crews will camp while working on physically demanding and essential natural resource and conservation projects on some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the Northern Rockies and Plains.  Our crew leaders go through a leadership development program crafted over two decades to enhance their confidence, resilience, and technical capabilities.  Project work could include trail maintenance and construction, habitat restoration, mesic restoration, planting, backcountry work, forest fuels reduction, and more. Learn more about the variety of project work here!  Crew Leaders understand that commitment, flexibility and self-motivation are integral to maintaining the high expectations placed upon them.  They...

Overview World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world's leading conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Program Officer, Climate. Major Function The Senior Program Officer, Climate will support the organization-wide climate strategy by helping to develop evidence-based metrics that are aligned across the organization, with a particular focus on land carbon and engaging in WWF's corporate-facing work on climate change mitigation in the land sector. The Senior Program Officer will be responsible for project management; support in development of carbon metrics; support in implementation of technical methods and tools to support the WWF-US Science-Based Targets work; and engagement in multistakeholder mitigation groups and of business and key stakeholders. Responsibilities Support use of land sector climate emissions tools, science-based targets for land intensive supply chains covering deforestation (possibly degradation). Responsible for...

We are happy to announce that we are accepting applications for the Yale Conservation Scholars - Early Leadership Initiative and the Environmental Fellows Program. Led by Dr. Dorceta Taylor, Program Director and Principal Investigator, the Yale Conservation Scholars – Early Leadership Initiative (YCS- ELI) is a 9-week paid summer opportunity for undergraduates interested in conservation. YCS-ELI is dedicated to creating a diverse environment that uplifts and supports students traditionally underrepresented in the conservation field and who are interested in careers in the sector. Candidates of any identity and background are welcome to apply. The Environmental Fellows Program (EFP) at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) is a 12-week summer fellowship opportunity that seeks to diversify the environmental field by cultivating the career aspirations of master’s and doctoral students from historically underrepresented groups by connecting students to work opportunities in...