Overview
Description of Duties:
Seasonal Prescribed Burns.
Involves conducting prescribed burns for the benefit of rare and endangered species. Individual Placement will participate in prescribed burn operations throughout Northwest Georgia on key preserves owned and managed by The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The Individual Placement will also be assisting TNC partners such as private landowners, state agencies, federal agencies, and potentially the Alabama TNC Chapter.
Assistance with ignition, control, mop-up, suppression, and monitoring.
Participate in preparing fire lines, maintaining equipment, post-burn monitoring, and other tasks.
The Montane Longleaf Ecosystem is a rare ecosystem found only in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama. A generous portion of this Individual Placement will focus on restoring or maintaining the montane longleaf ecosystem through planting and the use of fire. TNC expects this year’s projects will directly benefit at least 5,000 acres of land.
Preserve Management.
When conditions are not conducive to prescribed burns, Individual Placement performs other duties, such as habitat restoration.
Northwest Georgia is also home to one of the most biologically diverse river systems in the southeast, the Upper Coosa Watershed. There will be opportunities to assist with river restoration projects, with a focus specifically on expanding the Dub Denman Canoe Trail in the Tallapoosa River Watershed.
About Southeast Conservation Corps
Southeast Conservation Corps (SECC), operates conservation service programs throughout the Southeast that focus on meeting the needs of the natural landscapes while empowering youth and adults to cultivate compassion, responsibility, and life skills through community service, hard work, and land stewardship.
Building upon the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps, we are focused on connecting people to the natural world through conservation-based service learning, personal development, and recreation.
