GrizzlyCorps Fellow

The Sierra Institute for Community and Environment's  GrizzlyCorps is an AmeriCorps program dedicated to promoting community resilience, regenerative agriculture, and ecological forestry in farm and forest communities.

Our Mission

• Promoting healthy and sustainable forests and watersheds by investing in the well-being of rural communities and strengthening their participation in natural resource decision-making and programs.

Our Approach

• Recognizing the direct relationship rural communities have with forest landscapes, Sierra Institute has advanced integrative programs that support rural environmental, economic, and community health at local, regional, and national levels for the past twenty-five years.

Position Overview

GrizzlyCorps is recruiting one Fellow to serve with Sierra Institute for Community and Environment for the 2020-2021 Service Year. The service year will run from September 9, 2020 through August 4, 2021.

The GrizzlyCorps Fellow works to engage communities in collaborative Forest and Watershed Management.  In addition to natural resource education programming, the member will work with Sierra Institute’s Watershed Coordinator, USFS staff, NGO partners, and other stakeholders within the South Lassen Watersheds Group to develop citizen science projects as part of a multi-party monitoring program. Read More Here.

Key Job Duties

• The GrizzlyCorps Member will work with staff, local teachers, and natural resource professionals to develop integrative natural resource educational programming linked to community well-being;
• Assist with the development of education modules focused on classroom and field-based learning of natural resource management;
• Assist with day and overnight field trips collecting ecological data with high school students;
• Assist with classroom and field-based learning activities;
• Support high school interns in the school production garden and with the restoration of native plant propagation projects; and
• Support other fieldwork as needed.

Note: There may also be opportunities to increase understanding of ecological data management and statistical analysis if desired.

To Apply

• First, click here to fill out an Online Application. 
• Then, please click "Apply" below to email your resume, cover letter, and the contact information for your references as one pdf to with the position title you are applying for in the subject line.
• Any questions about the fellowship may be directed to Eliza Munger or for more specifics on the position with Sierra Institute call (530) 284-1022

This is an equal opportunity position. The Sierra Institute for Community and Environment does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.