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The Great Basin Institute (GBI), in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU), is recruiting (6) crew members to serve as part of the 2024 Generation Green Summer Youth Crew.
Although surrounded by nature's beauty, many young adults in the Lake Tahoe area are disconnected with the outdoor environment. Generation Green is an innovative work-study program of the US Forest Service and the Great Basin Institute. This program provides job opportunities while building work ethics, job skills, leadership, and teamwork experience. Young adults are shown a variety of jobs found in the natural resource fields and connect with US Forest Service and GBI staff mentors. Local high school students throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin are building their futures and life-long love of the environment during this eight-week program.

The job is physically arduous with work being done outdoors every day. Job responsibilities include recreational projects such as trail building, noxious weeds removal, talking to the public about the basin, painting picnic tables, and cleaning campgrounds. Resource projects can include wildlife surveys, soil monitoring, historic site maintenance, forest care and maintenance, and other miscellaneous work or educational events that arise. There will be two backpacking trips during this summer service. While on tour, you will camp at the project site, sharing in campsite responsibilities, cooking meals with fellow crew members, and participating in group discussions and learning activities. This shared responsibility and crew bonding is an important part of the crew member development strategy that has contributed not only to the success of the program, but also to the formation of friendships and a passion for conservation that lasts a lifetime.

The job requires the use of safety equipment such as gloves, goggles, long sleeve shirts, and hardhats. Crew members will be responsible for self-transport to and from their assigned base station, but once there, Crew Leaders will provide transportation to project sites in program vehicles. Worksites are often in remote places that do not have running water or toilet facilities. 

Members may be engaged in some or all of the following duties:

Responsibilities:

• Agree to commit to the full 8 week duration of the program (40 hours/week); 

• Utilize hand tools or other necessary equipment to perform trail construction and maintenance on identified project sites; 

• Utilize handsaws and loppers to perform hazardous fuels reduction & habitat restoration;

• Perform tasks associated with exotic & invasive species removal, native plantings, and riparian restoration;

• Using hand tools to perform tasks associated with illegal road decommissioning, fence/barrier construction or decommissioning; 

• Adhere to all AmeriCorps, GBI, and agency sponsor policies while on project sites or at camp locations; 

• Maintaining a positive and professional attitude at all times while providing service;

• Communicating effectively with crew members, crew leads, GBI staff and agency project staff;

• Complying with both production and quality standards established by GBI administration, crew supervisors and project partners;

• Contributing to basic duties at the campsite including cooking, cleaning and organizing crew equipment;

• Show respect when interacting with other members, leaders, staff, project sponsors and community members;

• Participating in in-field educational sessions; and

• Any other duties as assigned.

Position will require 2 - overnight camping trips up to 5 days (all gear provided besides personal items).

Technical requirements:

• Ability to work in harsh and rapidly changing environments, work in all types of weather conditions, traverse uneven terrain, and otherwise maintain good physical condition;
• Ability to work productively as part of a team to accomplish mutual goals and communicate effectively; 
• Ability to learn backcountry skills and become comfortable camping in remote backcountry settings for multiple nights at a time;
• Interest in the mission of and services offered by the U.S. Forest Service; 
• Required Academic and Experience Qualifications Meet AmeriCorps eligibility requirements: (1) U.S. citizenship, or U.S. national or legal resident alien status, (2) at least 17 years of age, (3) High School Diploma or GED certificate (4) eligible to receive an AmeriCorps Education Award (limit of four in a lifetime, or equivalent of two full-time terms of service), and (5) pass National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) and federal criminal background checks.