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Field Leader - Idaho Trail Corps

The Student Conservation Association · US

Position Summary SCA’s Idaho AmeriCorps Residential Program is designed to meet the environmental conservation, natural resource protection, community stewar...

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Position Summary SCA’s Idaho AmeriCorps Residential Program is designed to meet the environmental conservation, natural resource protection, community stewardship, and workforce development needs of public land managers in Idaho and the surrounding communities. 14 corps members and 3 project leaders will spend the season based at the Indianola Ranger Station, located in North Fork ID, and work on public land management projects in crews of 5 or 6 people. Crews will spend significant amounts of time in basecamp settings and remote locations. 2026 projects include fence construction, trail maintenance, fuels reduction and thinning, developed recreation management, watershed restoration and more. Location: North Fork, ID: Schedule: June 1, 2026 - September 26, 2026 Key Duties and Responsibilities: As an SCA Project Leader you will serve as a teacher, supervisor, and role model for your crew. Facilitate team operations: food planning/purchasing, tools, equipment, and vehicles for backcountry and front country hitches lasting 8 – 10 days. Actively manage group dynamics and corps members’ well-being in remote environments and at the Indianola program base. Actively manage project/member...