Title: Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps - Pot Creek Interpretive Team Leader Individual Placement
Stipend: $685.00/week
Dates: 05/20/2024/08/30/2024
Term: 14 weeks
Reports To: US Forest Service
Location: Peñasco, NM 87553
Status: Seasonal, full time
AmeriCorps award: N/A
Applications Due April 01, 2024
Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps’ Mission:
It is the mission of the Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps to lead our nations back to cultural and ecological wellbeing. The Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps is specifically designed to engage Native American youth and young adults with offices in Acoma, Albuquerque, Gallup, Zuni, and Hopi. Along with Southwest Conservation Corps office locations in Durango, Four Corners, and Salida. *Ancestral Lands serves local tribal communities in the regions we operate. Applicants from tribal communities near Pott Creek Cultural site highly encouraged to apply *
United States Forest Service Mission:
The mission of the USDA Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations.
The Heritage Resources Program supports the US Forest Service’s mission to care for the land and serve the people through relationship building with partners and public users, sustainable recreation, and active restoration of the National Forests and Grasslands of the Southwest.
The Heritage Resources Program specifically advocates for material cultural resources, ethnographic resources, and areas of Tribal concern on US Forest Service lands, as well as upholds and adheres to laws and directives pertinent to Heritage Resources on federal public lands.
Program Overview
Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps Leaders perform many roles and are the key to our program’s success. The position is multi-faceted and demanding, but with opportunity for enormous rewards. Successful candidates will demonstrate resourcefulness, effective communication skills, excellent judgement, maturity, initiative, professionalism, and the desire to devote themselves to a crew experience where the needs of others are placed above oneself. This IP Leadership position requires, mentorship, patience, technical aptitude, focus on efficiency, and a high level of comfort in the outdoors. Crew Leaders are ultimately responsible for the day-to-day successes and short-comings of the crew.
This internship opportunity funds three Pueblo interns to be present at the Pot Creek Cultural Site, Carson National Forest, Camino Real Ranger District, New Mexico during the peak summer tourism season. The three interns will consist of one (1) leader, and two (2) members. This intern program lays the groundwork for a long-term partnership between the Carson National Forest and its affiliated Tiwa-speaking Pueblos to co-manage the popular sustainable recreation site on the Camino Real Ranger District.
The goals of this program include:
Essential functions and responsibilities:
The ALCC Leadership Individual Placement will oversee and implement the following tasks:
Interpretation of cultural heritage and archaeology (training provided by Forest archaeologists and Tribal partners). Participation in ongoing Forest restoration work. Execution of routine trails maintenance work and other on-site duties. Training in traditional cultural lifeways (educational sessions conducted by Tribal partners) and northern Rio Grande archaeology (educational sessions conducted by Forest archaeologists).