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Rural Action AORC Watersheds
 
 
 
These competitive summer AmeriCorps positions with Rural Action's Watershed team offer: --300-hour, 12 week term (perfect for college students and graduating seniors), --A living allowance of $4,716 --An education award of $1,565.08 --Mileage, training, and equipment budget totaling $354 This team will focus on carrying out preservation of the Hague Nature Preserve. Including tree plantings, invasive species removal, monitoring, trail building and more! Member benefits include a living allowance above the national amount, an Education Award, and mileage, training, and equipment budgets. https://ruralaction.org/our-work/leadership-and-service/appalachian-ohio-restore-corps/ Applications are accepted and positions are filled on a rolling basis. Apply Now! Rural Action is a membership-based non-profit organization promoting social, economic and environmental justice in Appalachian Ohio. Rural Action employs an integrated strategy of economic renewal to build social capacity and civic democracy building on local assets to create long-term solutions for problems. AORC's main outcomes are improved waterways, better managed public and private natural resources, a system of public education around the region's assets and natural history that connects to a ladder of tourism and restoration development opportunities. Members assist in natural resource restoration in the region through activities including: education, volunteer mobilization, and events such as cleanups, watershed and historical tours and building local stewardship toward natural resources. Other activities include environmental training for residents and youth through school-based and community activities such as day camps, library programs, and after-school activities.
 
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Member Duties : These summer AmeriCorps members will spend a short term (serving full time during the summer) with full-term and half-term AmeriCorps members to help promote watershed rehabilitation and water quality improvement through planning, implementation, and evaluation of outreach and education events including family outdoor days, canoe floats, watershed tours, and presentations at area events and Assist with chemical and biological stream monitoring efforts for additional monitoring projects.
 
Program Benefits : Stipend ,  Education award upon successful completion of service ,  Training ,  Living Allowance . 
 
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Car recommended ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Environment ,  Community Outreach . 
 
Skills :
Environment ,  Leadership ,  Team Work ,  General Skills ,  Conflict Resolution . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps State / National
Program
Rural Action AORC Watersheds
Program Start/End Date
05/12/2025  -   08/23/2025
Work Schedule Summer
Education level
High school diploma/GED
Age Requirement
Minimum:  17    Maximum:  99
Program Locations OHIO  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  01/21/2025  To  05/05/2025 
Contact Johna Metcalf
9030 Hocking Hills Dr
The Plains   OH   45780
7406774047
johna@ruralaction.org
Listing ID 116464

       

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