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Title | Dolores River Basin Wildlands Coordinator |
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IMPORTANT: This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders. Other applicants need not apply.
The Wilderness Society (TWS) is a national non-profit conservation organization dedicated to protecting America’s wild landscapes. Founded in 1935, TWS has over 450,000 members, 170 staff and an annual budget of $25 million. We seek an experienced field representative to implement a multi-year public advocacy campaign to defend and secure protections for the wildlands, wildlife habitat and wild rivers across the Dolores River Basin of southwest Colorado. This TWS representative would join a strong, multi-organization coalition working together to protect and improve the management of public and private lands across the region. The Wildlands Coordinator will work with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Forest Service, state wildlife agencies, local elected officials, congressional staff, other conservation and recreation groups, local citizens, and other TWS staff to develop and pursue an environmentally sound and economically sustainable management vision for the region. The Coordinator will initially focus on leading TWS and coalition participation in several pending federal land management planning processes to secure administrative protections for key waters and wildlands, including by drafting joint comments, applying emerging scientific and economic research, and promoting strategic involvement of the conservation community, diverse allies and the public. In addition, the Coordinator will play a coordinating role in drafting comments and responding to proposed agency projects and policies to defend wildlands in the region from deleterious activities such as oil and gas development, off-road vehicles and other threats, and help support other groups in addressing uranium mining. Finally, the Coordinator will work with TWS and partners in the Dolores River Basin Coalition to help develop and implement overall campaign strategy, conduct outreach to land managers, elected officials, and the media, and ultimately to build support for permanent legislative protection of key wildlands and waters within the Lower and Upper Dolores River Basin. ResponsibilitiesThe Dolores River Basin Wildlands Coordinator will play a lead role for The Wilderness Society in the conservation community’s Dolores River Basin Campaign by:
QualificationsExperience: Minimum of two years of practical experience in the West (western Colorado or the Dolores River Basin region strongly preferred) influencing conservation issues in the public policy arena, such as direct wilderness advocacy, working on agency federal planning processes, or dealing directly with grassroots organizations, conservation groups, federal, state and/or local agencies in a position which aids in the development, interpretation or implementation of public resource policy. Education: Master’s degree in wildlife or environmental field preferred, or comparable work experience in natural resource management or related field. Knowledge and Skills
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The Wilderness Society is an equal opportunity employer and diversity is a core value. The Wilderness Society offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Please submit résumé, cover letter, writing sample, and references via email to denver_recruit@tws.org. |