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Application Deadline: March 15, 2021 Service Term Dates: June 1 – November 12, 2021   General Description: Live, learn and explore Maine’s conservation pockets with Maine Conservation Corps (MCC). As an individual placement member, you can make in impact within an organization and the community through achieving specific Host Site goals as unique as each placement.  Environmental Stewards (ES) accomplish a wide variety of conservation projects ranging from water quality monitoring, habitat restoration, mobilizing volunteers to maintain hiking trails, banding and gathering data on songbirds, restoring eelgrass, teaching school kids about shellfisheries, mapping invasive species, and more. Gain experience and an adventure while making a difference.   This is a general description of MCC ES positions but does not capture the objectives of each host site.   Location: Individual sites will be posted on the MCC website as they are recruited. Applicants will be...

General Description Live, serve, and explore Maine’s wilderness, coast and mountains with Maine Conservation Corps (MCC).  Members serve in teams of three to six, using traditional construction and maintenance skills to enhance hiking, biking, skiing, and other types of recreational trails throughout the state.  Learn how to highline a 500-pound boulder to construct a stone staircase, build timber structures, or open access to treasured natural areas.  You’ll make a difference in local communities, while connecting to nature, peers and yourself.  Build a path, while finding yours.    Location: 54 Independence Drive, Augusta, ME 04330 Training typically takes place in the Augusta area; field projects are conducted throughout Maine.   Start Date:  June 1, 2021   End Date:   October 1, 2021   Time Requirement: Full time, 40 hours a week, 7:00am – 4:30pm, for 9 days (Monday – Tuesday), followed by 5 days off OR Monday – Friday with weekends off. It is typical to...

Live, serve, and explore Maine’s wilderness, coast and mountains with Maine Conservation Corps (MCC). Get paid for 6 weeks of leadership and technical skills training and then practice those skills while serving and supporting a team leader in managing a crew to enhance hiking, biking, skiing, and other types of recreational trails throughout the state. Gain training and experience in leadership while learning how to highline a 500-pound boulder to construct a stone staircase, build timber structures, or open access to treasured natural areas.  You’ll make a difference in the lives of your team and local communities, while connecting to nature, peers and yourself.  Build a path, while finding yours.    Location:   MCC Office: 54 Independence Drive, Augusta, ME 04330 Training typically takes place in the Augusta area; field projects occur throughout Maine.   Start Date:  April 20, 2021   End Date:   October 1, 2021   Time requirements: Full time, 40+ hours a...