Title: Aquatics Technician

Start/End Date: 6/05/2023 – 11/05/2023

Stipend: $687/week paid on a bi-weekly basis

Term: 24 weeks

Reports To: BLM Royal Gorge Field Office Aquatics Biologist

Location: Canon City, CO

Status: 900-hour AmeriCorps Service Term

Benefits: AmeriCorps Education Award of $3,247.50 after successful completion

**Applications are by Invitation Only**

Southwest Conservation Corps’ Mission

It is the mission of the Southwest Conservation Corps to empower individuals to positively impact their lives, their communities, and the environment.

Program Overview:

The BLM Aquatics Program covers a wide range of resources, including fisheries, riparian and hydrology. The program aims to project, enhance, and restore resources. There will be a combination of field work and administrative tasks. The internship will offer opportunities to work with outside partners and other programs within the BLM regularly.

The projects that will be worked on diverse but will include, monitoring of riparian areas, waterways, assist with fish sampling and stocking, monitor for noxious weeds, maintain tools, repair and install infrastructure and work on various projects/tasks related to fisheries, riparian, hydrology, weeds programs

Essential roles and responsibilities include:

• Assist Fisheries Biologist with aquatic wildlife monitoring and sampling, monitoring of riparian areas, monitoring noxious weeds, ditch maintenance, riparian restoration projects, weed projects, reclamation projects, hydrologic monitoring, fisheries projects

Housing Provided: No

Requirements:

• Valid Driver’s license
• U.S. Citizenship
  • Permanent Resident Card, INS form I-551
  • Alien Registration Card, INS form I-551
  • A passport indicating that the INS has approved it as temporary evidence of lawful admission for permanent residence
  • A departure record (INS 194) indication that the INS has approved it as temporary evidence of lawful admission for permanent residence

This program is available to all, without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, genetic information, and military service. Where a significant portion of the population eligible to be served needs services or information in a language other than English, the recipient shall take reasonable steps to provide written material of the type ordinarily available to the public in appropriate languages.