Company
Wildlands Conservancy
Location
Emmaus, PA
Close Date
05/31/2025
Details
For 52 years, Wildlands Conservancy has been the Lehigh River Watershed’s leading land trust. Our mission is to protect and restore critical areas and waterways and educate the community to create a legacy of a healthy, sustainable environment for future generations. As a part of a dynamic team, you will support the conservancy in the stewardship and management of our numerous nature preserves and conservation easements throughout eastern PA. For additional information on Wildlands Conservancy, please visit our website at www.wildlandspa.org.
In this role you will:
- Be involved with extensive forest/habitat restoration on Conservancy preserves;
- assist with young forest and early successional habitat restoration;
- identify and manage invasive plant species, planting/fostering native trees and shrubs;
- build and maintain trails on Conservancy preserves;
- conduct biological inventories;
- represent Wildlands Conservancy to Preserve visitors;
- complete small construction projects (signs, boardwalks, etc.); and
- minor facilities maintenance.
To be successful you will need:
- The ability to conduct physical labor in an outdoor setting and in all types of weather;
- the experience of safely using power and hand tools;
- the ability to work independently;
- completed a minimum of two years of college level work in some aspect of environmental science;
- the ability to complete assignments, sometimes with minimum instruction, and to adhere to prescribed routines and procedures;
- to possess a general awareness of current issues facing natural resource protection;
- to possess capability to work in an atmosphere of frequent interruptions;
- have the ability to interpret various types of maps;
- ability to keep organized records;
- ability to lift 50 lbs;
- ability to hike 5 miles; and
- a valid driver’s license and functioning personal vehicle.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – It is our Nature
Our employees’ and board of directors’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, race, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, veteran status, and other characteristics is what makes us unique.
We welcome and invite people to be who they are.
If you have these qualifications, are energetic, passionate, and want to expand your knowledge of our natural environment, please submit your resume and cover letter telling us why you are the person to join our high performing team. humanresources@wildlandspa.org
Salary $12/Hour
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Contact Name
Renee Guzenski