Community Conservation Manager, Palmer Land Conservancy

The position builds on Palmer’s multi-year efforts around conserving a critical mass of irrigated farmland in specific farming communities in the Lower Arkansas Valley, which include Pueblo, St. Charles Mesa, Vineland and Avondale. In the wake of the municipal acquisition of one-third of the water on the Bessemer Ditch, the Bessemer Farmland Conservation Project seeks to maintain a critical mass of productive agricultural lands while simultaneously providing for Pueblo’s municipal water needs. Palmer’s approach is a multi-faceted, community-based solution reliant upon voluntary methods of water and land conservation. Conservation easements, water exchanges, farmland acquisitions and other land protection methods will be utilized to continue to conserve critical irrigated farmland in the region.

The CCM will serve as the face of Palmer Land Conservancy in the Pueblo community and will be the first employee based in the organization’s soon-to-be-opened Pueblo office. The position will support the Conservation Director in advancing all aspects the Bessemer Project, while also proactively building Palmer’s local presence in Pueblo County.