The Montana Watershed Coordination Council, Montana Conservation Corps, and Montana Association of Conservation District are announcing the AmeriCorps Big Sky Watershed Team. This program will potentially partner AmeriCorps volunteers with grassroots natural resource organizations across the state. For a fraction of the typical cost, you’ll be able to add the functional equivalent of a high-skill, full-time employee to expand the scope, reach, and effectiveness of your organization.
These AmeriCorps members will serve for 1700 hours (~11 months) and can help your organization in any number of ways. Depending on your specific needs, this could either include your water monitoring program or expansion into other natural resource issues. Members can grant write and fundraise, recruit and train new volunteers, perform community outreach and communications work, or develop and execute new educational programs.
The Big Sky Watershed Team can potentially be ready to place volunteers with community organizations in the fall of 2011. If you are interested in hosting an AmeriCorps volunteer within your organization, we would like to talk to you to learn more about how this new program can help you execute more on-the-ground natural resource projects.
Please contact Rabi Vandergon, who is helping develop the program, at either 406-444-0504 or Rvandergon@mt.gov.
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