Biological Science Technician Individual Placement-AmeriCorps

• Job Category Conservation , Ameri Corps
• Industry Fish & Wildlife Service, Biological Science Technician
• Employee Type Ameri Corps

• Start Date:
  
  1/18/27
• End Date: 5/21/27
• Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 675 Hours
• 18 weeks

Ameri Corps
is the federal agency for national service and
volunteerism
. Ameri Corps provides opportunities for Americans of all backgrounds to serve their country, address the nation’s most pressing challenges, and improve lives and communities. Environmental stewardship programs help conserve natural habitats, improve energy efficiency, and protect clean air and water among other environmental efforts.

As part of Conservation Legacy and an Ameri Corps program, CCNM 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 projects on public lands. CCNM operates programs across New Mexico and western Texas/Oklahoma that engage individuals and strengthen communities through service and conservation.

The CCNM Las Cruces office manages the Individual Placement Program.

These Individual Placements are unique development Ameri Corps positions. Participants are paired with a local supervisor and gain technical, hands‑on experience in the work of these organizations or agencies. Site supervisors commit to facilitate career development; introduce participants to numerous pathways within the conservation field; create meaningful learning opportunities; and provide technical, hands‑on experience in the work of these organizations or agencies.

The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)- National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management and, where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans. Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge is unique in that it was set aside “to preserve and enhance the integrity and the natural character of the ecosystems of the property by creating a wildlife refuge managed as nearly as possible in its natural state.”

The refuge is not managed for specific wildlife species but instead focuses on letting natural processes such as flood and fire to prevail.

The selected candidate for this individual placement will support refuge staff with wetland water management for wintering waterbirds, oryx surveys, waterfowl counts, invasive species fence out projects, invasive plant removal, permitting and environmental compliance work, willow planting and wetland restoration, desert vegetation surveys, and endangered tortoise releases.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone beginning their career in wildlife conservation. There will be many opportunities to develop important technical skills such as study design, data organization, report writing, construction and equipment maintenance, GIS use, plant and animal identification, and numerous survey methods. The participant will also have opportunities to collaborate with various departments and network with professionals in the conservation field.

• Wetland water management - learn from the refuge biologist how to flood moist soil units in the winter to mimic the natural flood regime of the river and create habitat and food for waterbirds.
• Open and clean out screw gates
• Adapt management
• Slowly fill units to provide access to food
• Draw down to concentrate invertebrates
• Close off water according to…