Conservation Corps Crew Member

Spend a summer in the Rockies with the Rocky Mountain Conservancy as a Conservation Corps Crew Member!

This immersive ten-week program provides members with community and career building opportunities in stunning landscapes in and around Rocky Mountain National Park. This is an AmeriCorps program for ages 18-30.

This is a residential program; participants will be housed in bunk houses, private residences, or tents throughout the season. Depending on crew location, crews may spend anywhere from 30% to 100% of their season living in tents. Please note certain activities such as food shopping, meal prep, eating meals, cleaning your bunk/tent/room, and evening activities do not count toward your term hours.

Crews work in the following locations

• Arapaho National Forests (Sulphur Ranger District)
• Rocky Mountain National Park
• Roosevelt National Forest (Boulder and Canyon Lakes Ranger Districts)

Crew members will work with four to five of their peers and one crew leader to complete conservation, wildfire mitigation and/or historic preservation projects throughout public lands in Northern Colorado. Projects can include, but are not limited to, trail maintenance, wilderness patrols, trail construction, habitat restoration, historic structure stabilization and restoration, clearing trails of obstruction as wildfire mitigation and basic carpentry. Projects are completed alongside National Park Service and USDA Forest Service staff.

Additionally, crew members will participate in orientation and training activities, educational programs, shadowing opportunities and career development workshops. These will review safety protocols, Leave No Trace principles, backcountry preparedness, natural and cultural history topics, resume workshopping, USAJobs overview, and a review of AmeriCorps policies, expectations, and requirements.

AmeriCorps Crew Members must be able to serve effectively on a team comprised of their peers, helping fellow members achieve personal and program success through the principles of teamwork and service-learning. Crew Members must be responsive to instructions and feedback delivered by the Crew Leader, Program Staff, and project hosts from land management agencies such as the NPS and USFS. 

Requirements:

• Must be a US Citizen, US National, or Lawful Permanent Resident of the US
• Must pass the National Sex Offender Public Registry and applicable State and Federal
• background checks
• Must successfully complete physician’s review, if requested
• Must be between the ages of 18-30

Essential Service Functions: Ability to perform the *Essential Service Functions 40 hours per week

• Long (10 hour) days of shoveling, digging, and swinging heavy tools repetitively
• Heavy lifting of up to 50 pounds
• Walking and working on steep or uneven terrain
• Carrying a 40lb backpack up to 10 miles
• Working in extremes weather conditions
• Working, eating, and camping outdoors in all weather conditions