Location: Bakersfield, CA
American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is the Western Hemisphere's bird conservation
specialist ? the only organization with a single and steadfast commitment
to achieving conservation results for birds and their habitats throughout
the Americas.
We are currently looking for a motivated, self-starting, and detail-oriented
individual with southwestern riparian habitats and their bird conservation
needs to reach out to private landowners to promote voluntary conservation
actions that benefit riparian birds in southern California.
This individual will reach out effectively to private landowners, and work
with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and other local
partners in southern California to implement voluntary conservation and
management practices on private lands to benefit Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
(SWFL), Yellow-billed Cuckoo (YBCU), Least Bells' Vireo (LBVI) and other
wildlife associated with riparian habitat through the NRCS's Working Lands
for Wildlife (WLFW) program and the Declining Species Habitat Initiative.
1. Provide increased outreach capacity to accelerate the NRCS WLFW program
that targets SWFL, YBCU, LBVI and southwest riparian ecosystems in southern
California.
2. Give technical assistance to landowners to address wildlife habitat natural
resource concerns. Technical assistance includes landowner consultation,
on-site visits, evaluating and identifying wildlife resource concerns, assistance
in developing conservation plans for multiple land uses, designing practices,
assisting with project implementation, and monitoring results
3. Provide information about NRCS programs and develop conservation plans
and contracts.
4. Establish an active and productive relationship the NRCS Leadership and
staff.
5. Work with key landowners and managers to develop watershed-level conservation
and management strategies that benefit southwestern-dependent riparian birds
in southern California.
6. Use assessments to identify the highest priority riparian habitat areas
for the SWFL, YBCU, LBVI and other high priority riparian dependent birds
and wildlife. Include opportunities to benefit Tricolored Blackbirds (TRBL)
whenever possible.
7. Identify the most promising landowners and producers and develop an outreach
program to connect with them. (This will include working with NRCS GIS specialists
to identify priority properties and landownership.)
8. Work with NRCS staff to develop a tool-kit of Best Management Practices
(BMPs) and appropriate NRCS practices that will benefit the target species
within the WLFW framework.
9. Develop and coordinate an outreach campaign to priority landowners and
land managers, in coordination with NRCS staff and other partners. Include
outreach workshops, potentially in partnership with federal, state, and
NGOs entities. Target outreach efforts toward private landowners, landowner
associations, as well as key land managers (both agency and NGOs) within
the watershed and provide information on maintaining riparian areas (e.g.
invasive plant and pest management, irrigation water management, livestock
grazing practices etc.) and promoting WLFW program goals.
10. Facilitate communication and coordination with various partners involved
with watershed-level strategies (i.e. Weed Management Areas would be a great
opportunity to initiate those relationships).
11. Meet with landowners and provide technical assistance to them to promote
Working Lands for Wildlife and other Farm Bill Program opportunities. This
includes biological ad technical assistance, facilitation through the NRCS
contracting process, development of site-specific conservation plans, and
meeting NRCS practice standards and SW riparian BMP's.
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