Job Opening--Manistee Conservation District in Bear Lake, MI
Below is a summary of the job responsibilities. This job has the potential to
become full-time within one year.
Please review the full job description and application instructions at
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POSITION OBJECTIVE:
Assist the NRCS District Conservationist in planning, implementing, and
processing USDA Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) contracts in Manistee
and Benzie Counties.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
This is a three-quarter time position, with potential to become full-time
after one year. As an employee of the Manistee Conservation District, employee
will assist the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in providing
technical and financial assistance for producers and landowners seeking to
implement USDA-funded conservation activities on their land. Conservation
Technical Assistant will work with landowners in the Mansitee and Benzie
County service areas to help them understand, plan, manage, protect, and
utilize their natural resources, providing information and technical
assistance in implementing conservation practices funded through the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of
2008, and the Agricultural Act of 2014, generally referred to as the Farm
Bill. Technical assistant will work closely with the NRCS District
Conservationist for Manistee and Benzie Counties and will be housed at the
Manistee Conservation District and the USDA Service Center in Bear Lake, MI.
Deliverables involve multiple phases, including farm or property assessments,
development of conservation plans, providing guidance with federal program
signups and contracting, as well as providing technical assistance to
landowners and producers implementing conservation practices. Conservation
Technical Assistant’s work may include conservation practice implementation
activities such as inventory and evaluation, survey, design, lay-out,
construction inspection, and/or check-out tasks for conservation practices.
The work may also include contract administration activities such as document
collection and compilation, application ranking, contract correspondence
preparation. Common conservation practices include agricultural nutrient
management, cover crops, field borders and filter strips and stream-bank
restoration.
