Public Outreach Coordinator AmeriCorps Member
Environmental Literacy Corps AmeriCorps Program:
The Environmental Literacy Corps (ELC) AmeriCorps program helps build resilience and address environmental issues in Arizona’s communities through education, outreach, and volunteer coordination projects. Members work with host sites such as public land management agencies, city and county governments, nonprofit organizations, and education institutions to help advance these goals across Arizona.
Host Site Information:
Friends of the Rio de Flag's mission is to protect and rehabilitate the Rio de Flag’s stream system as a unique asset for our native plants and wildlife, our water quality, groundwater recharge, flood control, and outdoor recreation.
Position Title: Public Outreach Coordinator & Field Technician
Slot Type:
Quarter Time AmeriCorps Slot Type - 450 total hours
12 hours per week for 38 total weeks
8/17/26 - 5/9/2027
Reports To: Paul Beier
Location: Rio de Flag watershed in and around Flagstaff, Arizona
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
- Work with Friends of the Rio de Flag and City staff to develop plans for 1 or more of the tasks listed below, then implement the plan by engaging with the best partners.
- Map where riparian plants (willows, box-elders, cottonwoods, sedges, rushes) occur in Flagstaff stream courses. Flagstaff’s "riparian plants" map depicts miles of "riparian plants" that have not a single riparian plant, and fails to map areas with riparian plants.
- Riparian plants are important because the (a) provide shady, cool, moist places for people to enjoy. (b) support many amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and invertebrates, and (c) are corridors for travel by individual animals and gene flow for some species.
- In 4-8 stream reaches in the City, (a) gather data on growth of willows, box-elders, cottonwoods, and herbaceous plants (Sedges, rushes), (b) gather data on stream flow (from JEFMap data, supplemented by our cameras in some locations), and (c) relate plant growth to stream flow. As climate changes, this relationship can help inform how water flow is managed.
- Monitor changes in soil moisture and temperature in 4 Flagstaff stream segments (each ¼ mile long) for several years and quantify how soil moisture relates to growth of riparian trees (willows, box elders, Arizona cherry, and cottonwoods) in those same stream segments over those years.
- The Flood Control Project planned by the City of Flagstaff and the US Army Corps of Engineers will reduce soil moisture in 1 of the 4 stream segments (lower Sinclair Wash), but will not affect the other 3 segments. By collecting data for & gt; 2 years before and & gt; 3 years after the Flood Control Project is constructed, we will learn if and how the Flood Control Project decreases soil moisture in the Sinclair Wash stream segment. We will quantify how the soil moisture affects growth of willows, box elders, Arizona cherry, and cottonwoods in the same 4 stream segments during the same years.
- Manage our website, in particular by updating entries in the Friends of the Rio de Flag’s self-guided tour of the natural and human history of Flagstaff’s water features.
Member Benefits:
- Bi-weekly pre-tax living stipend while in service: $378.95
- Segal AmeriCorps Education award after successfully completing service: $1,956.35
- Student loan forbearance and interest repayment for qualifying federal student loans
- Professional development opportunities and training
Qualified individuals with disabilities and those from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals upon request.
For more information, contact:
AmeriCorps@nau.edu | 928-523-6395
To Apply: https://in.nau.edu/center-for-service-and-volunteerism/apply-americorps/