<div dir="ltr"><div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div>Primary duties may include:<br><ul><li>Conducting
educational programs about hemlock conservation, including
presentations, hikes, trainings, and outreach at public tabling events</li><li>Sharing
HRI and partner activities and accomplishments and other HRI-related
stories through the HRI website, Instagram, Facebook, and HRI
newsletters</li><li>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</li><li>Writing and updating treatment plans</li><li>Biocontrol surveys and data collection</li><li>Maintenance of equipment and data</li><li>Email, phone, and in-person communication with partners, volunteers, and members of the public</li></ul><div>Visit
the AmeriCorps Project Conserve website to read the full position
description, learn more about eligibility requirements and compensation,
and apply: <a href="https://conservingcarolina.org/americorps/projectconserve/" target="_blank">https://conservingcarolina.org/americorps/project conserve/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Applications are due by May 31, 2023. All questions can be directed to HRI outreach manager Thom Green at <a href="mailto:info@savehemlocksnc.org" target="_blank">info@savehemlocksnc.org</a>.</div><div><br></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2">Thom Green (he/him/his)<br></font></div><div><font size="2">Outreach & Landowner Support Manager<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Hemlock Restoration Initiative</font></div><div><i><font size="2">A program of WNC Communities<br></font></i></div><div><i><font size="2"></font></i></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><font size="2">Office: (828) 252-4783 | </font>Cell: (503) 927-0032 | <a href="mailto:info@savehemlocksnc.org" target="_blank">info@savehemlocksnc.org</a><br><a href="https://savehemlocksnc.org/" target="_blank">SaveHemlocksNC.org</a><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zw-6yY2XlPnXPiAo9IOENzVeL8IMs6sIRVwbB43wN2HpvXuiLZishLnIMWg1X9MnCVhHj9vQU" width="200" height="42"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>