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The Monitoring and Stewardship Coordinator will work collaboratively with partners, landowners, and other division staff to ensure the protection of North Carolina’s investment in farmland preservation. This position will oversee the annual monitoring of conservation easements and other Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation (ADFP) Trust Fund funded projects. This position will review monitoring reports and associated documents and will work to resolve issues with potential legal and/or contract violations.
The Wallkill Valley Land Trust (WVLT) has an opening for a full-time Stewardship Assistant. This position works out of the WVLT office located in New Paltz, NY and will support the Coordinator of Land Stewardship to monitor WVLT’s existing and expanding land management needs including monitoring our conservation easements, preparing conditions reports, developing baseline documentation reports for new projects and managing our fee lands, including habitat restoration, and volunteer recruitment and oversight. Assisting with educational programming as needed is also expected.
Reporting to the California Regional Director, the California Water Resource Specialist, works as part of multi-disciplinary team to successfully deliver AFT's outreach, research, policy, and technical assistance programs supporting regenerative agriculture, groundwater recharge, and farmland protection in agricultural regions in California.
American Farmland Trust is the only national organization that takes a holistic approach to agriculture, focusing on the land itself, the agricultural practices used on that land, and the farmers and ranchers who do the work. Since our founding in 1980, AFT has helped permanently protect over 6.5 million acres of agricultural lands, advanced environmentally-sound farming practices on millions of additional acres, and helped thousands of farm families make a go of it (primarily through programs that increase farm viability and/or enhance farmland access).
The Director of Stewardship position is responsible for ensuring that staff and volunteers visit all 219 easements (now 254 properties due to exercised divisions) at least once per year to ensure landowners are in compliance with their easements. This is accomplished by either putting boots on the ground, monitoring remotely, or participating in aerial monitoring. Ideally meeting with each landowner and developing good relationships is optimal.
VHCB seeks a highly capable, self-motivated individual with strong communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to work as part of a team to join our conservation staff. Primary responsibilities include managing VHCB’s conservation stewardship program and GIS mapping. The Stewardship Director will also support project underwriting, measuring and conveying program impact, public outreach and policy development. Qualifications: Prior experience and training in agriculture, natural resources, and/or land conservation, and a commitment to the mission of VHCB required.
Big Sur Land Trust (BSLT) is seeking an experienced, full-time Stewardship Director that is responsible for the stewardship of the natural and cultural resources on BSLT’s preserves and conservation easements, which are some of the most spectacular conserved landscapes of Monterey County. This is an opportunity to work with an extraordinary team that believes in nurturing talent and is committed to a supportive, respectful work environment for a diverse, professional staff.
Under the supervision of the Vice Presidents for Parks & Stewardship and Southeast Land, the Southeast Parks & Stewardship Project Manager will oversee OSI’s growing portfolio of parks and trails projects in the southeastern US. Responsibilities include executing a broad and dynamic range of planning, design, construction oversight, and stewardship functions to advance and implement identified projects. Regional travel is required.
Location: Charleston, South Carolina / other locations in coastal SC negotiable
The Conservation Project Coordinator (CPC) supports administration of land use agreements aimed at protecting agricultural, habitat or other resource values and real estate transactions (conservation easements (CEs), fee title acquisition, etc.). This includes annual monitoring for compliance of conservation agreements, documentation and filing, responding to permitted use requests and building relationships with CE landowners and with potential landowners interested in a CE.
Permit Sonoma seeks two highly-skilled environmental professionals with technical expertise in environmental review and natural resources management related to fire ecology, forestry, vegetation management, and/or wildfire resiliency. Starting salary up to $48.69/hour ($101,621/year), a cash allowance of $600/month, and a competitive total compensation package!* Permit Sonoma is recruiting to fill two Senior Environmental Specialist positions to support their wildfire resiliency efforts under the FEMA Grant Program which is currently funded through May 3, 2025.
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