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Employment and Service Opportunities with GEM Environmental
GEM Corps
Workforce Development Program
COP Research Assistant
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The City of Prescott and GEM Environmental are seeking an individual interested in researching control methods for managing noxious and invasive weeds and presenting their findings to the City of Prescott’s City Council. The City uses many control methods for managing noxious and invasive weeds, including chemical herbicides. This research assistant will be tasked with learning about current control methods used by The City and researching these methods and possible alternatives. They will complete a cost analysis which shows the costs of current methods being used and the cost of alternative methods. The research assistant will investigate potential grant opportunities that the city might utilize to fund a transition to alternative control methods. At the end of their term, the research assistant will present their findings to the City Council and make recommendations for moving forward. This position is offered through GEM Environmental NFP in partnership with the City of Prescott where participants will be serving through GEM Corps as an AmeriCorps Research Assistant.
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AML Team Leader
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The Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program is tasked with identifying, categorizing, mapping, and monitoring abandoned mine features throughout the state of New Mexico. The participant will serve on a team that identifies and records abandoned mine features on public lands in New Mexico. Mining features will be recorded using Global Positioning System (GPS) tools with ArcGIS software where data are then downloaded to a master ArcGIS file and processed in a geodatabase. Most survey work is done on foot in terrain that is often steep and extremely rugged. Crews identify and map mining related features in a survey of a mineral district where they methodically traverse the area searching for features such as audits, shafts, trenches, structures, prospects, and waste/ overburden dumps. This AmeriCorps position is offered through GEM Corps where participants will work with a GEM Staff Scientist as Geographer's Assistants.
The Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program is tasked with identifying, categorizing, mapping, and monitoring abandoned mine features throughout the state of New Mexico. The participant will serve on a team that identifies and records abandoned mine features on public lands in New Mexico. Mining features will be recorded using Global Positioning System (GPS) tools with ArcGIS software where data are then downloaded to a master ArcGIS file and processed in a geodatabase. Most survey work is done on foot in terrain that is often steep and extremely rugged. Crews identify and map mining related features in a survey of a mineral district where they methodically traverse the area searching for features such as audits, shafts, trenches, structures, prospects, and waste/ overburden dumps. This AmeriCorps position is offered through GEM Corps where participants will work with a GEM Staff Scientist as Geographer's Assistants.
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Youth Conservation Internships (YCI) BLM-AZ
Range Technician Intern
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2 Internship positions created in cooperation with the BLM for participants to work in the Hassayampa Field Office (HFO) or Auga Fria National Monument. Interns should possess a desire to learn botany, biology, and/or have an interest in livestock management.
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Range Technician Intern
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2 Internship positions created in cooperation with the BLM for participants to work in the Lower Sonoran Field Office (LSFO) or the Sonoran Desert National Monument. Interns should possess a desire to learn botany, biology, and/or have an interest in livestock management.
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Maintenance Interns
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2 Internship positions created in cooperation with the BLM for participants to work with the Phoenix District Office (PDO) Force Accounts to assist with Recreation and Deferred Maintenance projects for the Support Services Branch such as livestock and wildlife catchments or building / fixing fences, pipelines, and water storage facilities. Interns should posses some knowledge of construction practices and be able to work outdoors in intemperate environments.
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