IN THIS ISSUE:
- NWF EcoLeader Spotlight: Christina Rinas, Former NWF Fellow
- Jobs and Opportunities
- Take Action: Tell Your Senators to Step up for Manatees
- Happenings: Get Outdoors and Come Clean for Earth!
NWF ECOLEADER SPOTLIGHT
Christina Rinas
2013 NWF Campus Ecology Fellow
Alaska Pacific University
Project: Through her NWF Fellowship, Christina studied vegetation changes in the alpine tundra of the Chugach Mountains in south central Alaska, specifically inventorying, assessing, and documenting shrub expansion into alpine tundra. The results of this study help to inform natural resource managers about changing alpine wildlife habitat. You can the research summaries by clicking on the links below:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12737/abstract
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.13207/full
What she’s up to now: After finishing her MS in Alaska, Christina worked for the National Park Service for a couple of years. She is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec where she is studying lichens and mosses. For her MS research she studied how woody vegetation is expanding upslope in the mountains of Alaska. Similar changes have also been observed in temperate forests. She is curious to see how these changes relate to the composition of lichens and mosses that grow on trees.
Christina on her Fellowship: My participation as an NWF fellow gave me the opportunity to connect with other people who are also interested in science and sustainability. Also, being a former NWF fellow shows potential employers that I am serious about my work and research.
Read Christina’s full interview in our EcoLeader Top 50 Inspirations series, HERE.
What are YOU up to? We love to hear all of the exciting and inspiring things NWF alumni are investing their time in. Let us know (cochranc@nwf.org) and you could be featured in the “Alumni Spotlight.”
JOBS/OPPORTUNITIES
Be sure to check out the NWF EcoLeaders Career Center for even more career and professional development resources including career sector outlooks, employer interviews, webinar archives and more! www.nwfecoleaders.org/careercenter
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Community Engagement Coordinator, National Wildlife Federation
Cleveland, OH; Detroit, MI; Gary, IN
The primary roles of the Community Engagement Coordinator position are to collaborate with and support the Great Lakes Regional Center’s Community Engagement team to support healthier habitats and communities, promoting access to nature for all and fostering climate resilient communities. The Community Engagement Coordinator will work alongside local partners with anchor institutions (e.g., houses of worship, early childhood centers, K-12 schools) engaging the broader community through workshops, garden tours, and other events focused on dissemination of best managed practices (BMPs) with the aim of extending high-quality natural spaces throughout neighborhoods and communities.
Sr Coordinator, Forestry, National Wildlife Federation
Mt. Pleasant, SC; Chapel Hill, NC; Birmingham, AL; Atlanta, GA; Canton, MS; Austin, TX; New Orleans, LA
To support our mission, we are seeking a Senior Coordinator to join our Southeast Forestry Private Lands Program within NWF’s South Central Region. The Southeast Private Lands Forestry Program works to balance the ecological and economic needs of private landowners in the Southeast with an emphasis on landscapes that benefit high-quality wildlife habitat, such as longleaf pine.
Communications Coordinator, National Wildlife Federation
Denver, CO
The Communications Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the development of and implementing a communications strategy for the RMRC, initially focused on ECHO and Tribal Partnerships. These strategies will raise awareness about RMRC’s work and foster broader and deeper collaborations with organizations and intermediaries, educators and caregivers, schools and universities, museums, libraries, parks professionals, and community-centered organizations that elevate marginalized (e.g., Black, Indigenous, other People of Color, and/or lower income) communities.
*View additional job opportunities with National Wildlife Federation HERE
*View additional job opportunities with National Wildlife Federation’s state affiliate organizations HERE
TAKE ACTION
Tell Your Senators to Step Up for Manatees
The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act can help species of conservation concern like manatees by giving state and tribal wildlife agencies the resources they need to take collaborative conservation actions early, before a species nears the brink of extinction.
Urge your senators to fully support and help pass the Recovering America's Wildlife Act.
HAPPENINGS
Register for Climate Justice Event
At Power Shift Network, we make it a point to create space for folks to connect, learn, and build together. The Power Shift Network 2023 Convergence is going to be an extraordinary moment for young people to come together and learn how to create change while faced with the climate crisis. We want to invite you and/or young people in your life, to be a part of that effort! We’re going to bring together thousands of young people to Bvlbancha (NOLA) to make the world our generation wants to see possible.
Get Outdoors and Come Clean for Earth!
The National Wildlife Federation and Johnson Outdoors have teamed up to inspire people to get outdoors and take simple conservation action to help clean up our planet.
We’re calling on outdoor lovers everywhere to come together to take the Clean Earth Challenge! Join with friends, family, neighbors, classmates and co-workers in a community effort to help make our planet a healthier, happier place.
Our goal is to collect one million pieces of trash and debris that litter our beautiful land, oceans and waterways. This pollution has a devastating effect on the health of our ecosystems, wildlife and the planet. By taking the Clean Earth Challenge, you can help improve the health of our environment.
MORE JOBS/OPPORTUNITIES
Watershed Education Intern, The Watershed Institute
Pennington, NJ
The Watershed Institute is seeking candidates to fill two Education Intern positions. The internship provides training and experience in a wide range of environmental education activities. The Education Interns work collaboratively with the education team, and reports to the Education Director. The Watershed Center, located in Pennington NJ, is LEED Platinum Certified and includes exhibit halls, classrooms and a lab, and is surrounded by an outdoor classroom of 980-acres of fields, forests, a pond and streams The Watershed Institute is committed to building a culturally diverse organization and strongly encourages applications from people of color.
Stewardship Technician, Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District
Sonoma County, CA
We are currently recruiting for two full-time Stewardship Technicians to monitor and document conditions on Ag + Open Space's conservation easements. This position is assigned to Ag + Open Space’s Stewardship Program, and is an excellent opportunity to join a mission-driven organization with a passion for protecting lands that contribute to Sonoma County’s scenic beauty, local agriculture, native habitats and recreational lands.
Land Protection Manager at Virginia Coast Reserve (Field Office), The Nature Conservancy
Nassawadox, VA
Coordinates and implements a comprehensive program on the Eastern Shore of Virginia (ESVA) to protect and manage prioritized natural areas, habitat and marsh migration zones using the full range of protection tools, including gift, easement, purchase, lease, registry, and conservation brokerage. They will be required to orchestrate and/or play an active role in complex cooperative projects with federal, state, and local government agencies as well as with private sector non-profit conservation organizations and other partners as appropriate. They will coordinate the monitoring of fee lands and conservation easements on the ESVA and work as part of a professional, multi-disciplinary local team and within the Virginia Chapter.
Regional Stewardship Lead - Oregon Desert Land Trust
Burns, OR
The Regional Stewardship Lead has three primary responsibilities: (1) Coordinating restoration and management activities on Trout Creek Ranch, a significant conservation holding in southeast Oregon; (2) Coordinating stewardship of ODLT's conservation interests—including fee lands and conservation easements; and (3) Supporting regional efforts and partnerships (e.g., SageCon, Intermountain West Joint Venture) that protect and amplify ODLT's on-the-ground investments.
Law Clerk, The Climate Reality Project
Washington, DC
The Law Clerk will be a key member of our Legal Department, dedicated to the common goal of tackling the climate crisis. They champion this goal through the development of creative solutions to complex legal problems in support of innovative and strategic initiatives to achieve Climate Reality’s mission.
Look for the next Young Professionals Listserv issue coming in January 2023!
