[SOS-PCA] Job Opportunity: Rare Plant and Pollinator Intern, Taos, NM

[Lindquist, Anna E]

Rare Plant and Pollinator Intern - 226 Cruz Alta Road Taos, NM, Taos, NM - Conservation Legacy (silkroad.com)<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjobs.silkroad.com%2FConservationLegacy%2FCareers%2Fjobs%2F2889&data=04%7C01%7Calindquist%40blm.gov%7Cffe42a1bb02d4bae258608d97cacff57%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637677904726599043%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=xR5P3UBDG2EwGkRmFkgq2vwLqztAhwHsiVo9HBQ%2BSCU%3D&reserved=0>

Summary: Conservation Corps New Mexico (CCNM): Conservation Corps New Mexico, a program of Conservation Legacy, aims to continue the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930's. CCNM is focused on connecting youth, young adults, and recent era military veterans with conservation service work projects on public lands. CCNM operates programs across southern New Mexico and western Texas that engage individuals and strengthen communities through service and conservation. The CCNM Individual Placement Program is managed from the CCNM office in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

 Position Summary: The Rare Plant and Pollinator Intern position’s purpose is to assist the Bureau of Land Management’s Ecologist/Botanist with rare plant and pollinator monitoring, surveying, NEPA, and other field work. Essential

Responsibilities and Functions:
• Conduct rare plant surveys for proposed actions, following a standardized protocol
• Conduct surveys for milkweed and monarch monitoring, following a standardized protocol
• Serve as a crew leader with a team of volunteers
• Assist in NEPA language for environmental assessments and permit review processes
• Analyze the effects of management activities on natural resources for environmental assessments
• Assist in developing a citizen science program for pollinator monitoring
• Utilize Collector, Survey123, Field Maps, and QuickCapture for data collection
• Conduct surveys on western bumble bee habitat, following the Bumble Bee Watch protocol
• Assist in bat acoustic monitoring Minimum

Skills: Qualifications:
• Applicants must have a background in plant identification and be able to use a dichotomous key.
• Be between the ages of 18 and 25, there is some flexibility to accept members up to age 30.
• Have US Citizenship or Legal Permanent Residency status. • Have a high school diploma or GED.
 • Must be eligible to receive an AmeriCorps Education Award. • Must be able to hike long distances for multiple days a week.
• Applicants must have strong project management, written and oral skills and be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and ArcGIS online, Survey 123, Quick Captures
• Applicants should demonstrate strong organizational skills, have experience working as part of a team, be able to work well with others in a professional setting, and be self-motivated and able to work independently with limited supervision after the initial training period.
• Applicants must have great attention to detail and be capable of problem solving. • Applicants should have a general understanding of federal land resource management policies (e.g., multiple use management).
• Applicants must pass a DOI security background check and should possess a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.


Anna Lindquist

Seeds of Success National Curator

Bureau of Land Management (Contractor)

Work #: 208-373-3822

Pronouns: she/her/hers


Seeds of Success<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection>

National Seed Strategy<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy>

Plant Conservation Alliance<https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy/pca>

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