USFWS- Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge- Maintenance Individual Placement-AmeriCorps

• Location Conservation Legacy,Albuquerque, NM, 87105,United States
• Job Category Conservation , Ameri Corps, Maintenance
• Employee Type Ameri Corps

Description

7851 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105

• Start Date:
  
  11/02/2026
• End Date: 10/15/2027
• Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 1700-hour service term (50 weeks)

Our vision is to lead our Nations back to ecological and cultural well-being by engaging underrepresented Indigenous youth and young adults in conservation service programs that reconnect participants to the land, their cultural heritage, and their traditions. We work to remove barriers to participation, education, and employment by partnering with local community organizations, agencies, and institutes of higher learning to create paid service and career training opportunities, personal and professional development, and pathways to postsecondary education and employment.

* Ancestral Lands serves local tribal communities in the regions we operate. 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.

Native American applicants are encouraged to apply.

The mission of Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) is to carry out the mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), which is to work with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. In addition, it must further carry out the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWR System) and follow and incorporate the 8 Standards of Excellence for Community Engagement.

The Refuge’s vision is to use an innovative and collaborative approach to connect people with wildlife, plants, and the land by providing equitable and just ways to deepen personal relationships with nature. The Refuge balances healthy natural habitat management with opportunities for education, visitor engagement, youth employment, community involvement, and stewardship.

Valle de Oro NWR was established in 2012 and is in the South Valley, 7 miles south of downtown Albuquerque. Valle de Oro NWR is built from the grassroots community movements led by the passionate people of Mountain View and involving partners and members of the local community. The Refuge is a designated Urban NWR slated to be converted from a former dairy farm into natural, native habitats of the Middle Rio Grande Valley to be an oasis – a safe place – for both wildlife and people.

At this Refuge, a diverse group of staff, partners, and the community are collaboratively building a refuge from the ground up, keeping in mind wildlife, people, and more.

The Refuge is seeking a positive and adaptive individual to be a Maintenance Individual Placement (Intern) to serve as support for the Refuge’s Maintenance Program from October 2026 to October 2027. This individual will contribute to short- and long-term resource protection, infrastructure/facility maintenance and management, vehicle/equipment maintenance, habitat restoration maintenance, and other visitor amenities maintenance on/for the Refuge, especially as it continues to be built from the ground up.

This position will be 100 percent with the Maintenance Program yet with…