[PCA] Recruiting an AmeriCorps Stewardship and Conservation Education Associate with the Hemlock Restoration Initiative (Asheville, NC)

[Thom Green]

The Hemlock Restoration Initiative (HRI) is now accepting applications for
an AmeriCorps Stewardship & Conservation Education Associate through
AmeriCorps Project Conserve (ACPC) for the 2023-2024 service term.

AmeriCorps service with HRI provides an excellent opportunity to interact
with the local environmental conservation and natural resources community,
engage in impactful work with a great team of professionals and members of
the public, and be out in the woods in special places in the Southern
Appalachian mountain region of Western North Carolina.

ACPC members serve an 11-month term from September 5, 2023 to July 31, 2024
with a total service commitment of 1,700 hours. Compensation includes a
$23,070 living stipend (split over the term), a $6,895 educational award,
and additional benefits outlined on the Project Conserve website. This
position is based out of HRI’s office in Asheville, NC.

The Stewardship & Conservation Education Associate will educate, engage,
and empower more community members and groups to participate in hemlock
conservation. The ACPC member will assist HRI in outreach and education
efforts to spread accurate, useful, up-to-date information about hemlocks,
their importance to our ecosystems and economy, and what can be done to
save them. There will be significant face-to-face interaction through
outreach activities, which will include educational presentations,
trainings, demonstrations, hikes, tabling events, and volunteer days.
Additionally, the ACPC member will work with partners (NC state agencies,
USFS, local and regional conservation non-profits, and volunteers) to
protect more hemlock trees from the impacts of the hemlock woolly adelgid.
This will primarily be accomplished using chemical and biological control
methods, but occasionally will involve assisting with other hemlock
restoration strategies as well. The member will work closely with HRI staff
and forestry technicians in the field and office.

Primary duties may include:

   - Conducting educational programs about hemlock conservation, including
   presentations, hikes, trainings, and outreach at public tabling events
   - Sharing HRI and partner activities and accomplishments and other
   HRI-related stories through the HRI website, Instagram, Facebook, and HRI
   newsletters
   - Assisting with HWA management activities including stand assessments
   and HWA chemical and biological control treatments on federal and state
   public lands and private conserved lands
   - Writing and updating treatment plans
   - Biocontrol surveys and data collection
   - Maintenance of equipment and data
   - Email, phone, and in-person communication with partners, volunteers,
   and members of the public

Visit the AmeriCorps Project Conserve website to read the full position
description, learn more about eligibility requirements and compensation,
and apply: https://conservingcarolina.org/americorps/project conserve/
<https://conservingcarolina.org/americorps/projectconserve/>

Applications are due by May 31, 2023. All questions can be directed to HRI
outreach manager Thom Green at info at savehemlocksnc.org.

Thom Green (he/him/his)
Outreach & Landowner Support Manager
Hemlock Restoration Initiative

*A program of WNC Communities*
Office: (828) 252-4783 | Cell: (503) 927-0032 | info at savehemlocksnc.org
SaveHemlocksNC.org <https://savehemlocksnc.org/>
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