New Mexico Field Technician - Riverscape Restoration

NM- Santa Clara Pueblo

Application for students currently enrolled in the Beaver Institute. Part time opportunity to work alongside Anabranch Solutions conducting LTPBR restoration as part of the Santa Clara Pueblo Restoration Project. The project is located within Espanola, NM on the Santa Cruz River. Hitches will take place on May 5th-12th and May 19th-26th. The application deadline is April 17th.

We are currently seeking traveling team members for our stream restoration and monitoring crew! The restoration crews travel in teams of 5-10 people building and monitoring low-tech process-based restoration (LTPBR) structures. These structures will include Beaver Dam Analogs and Post-Assisted Log Structures. Restoration crews will spend their season outdoors; living and working in remote locations throughout the west.

The primary job duties are to locally acquire natural building materials (e.g., brush, woody debris, & rock), stage said materials, and construct beaver dam analogs (BDAs), post-assisted log structures (PALS), and other low-tech structures for riverscape restoration projects. Constructing BDAs and PALS entails cutting and hauling slash to degraded streams, constructing in stream structures, and pounding posts via hydraulic post pounder to lock everything in place. Construction utilizes a variety of tools, including but not limited to: hand tools, chainsaws, grip hoists, hydraulic post pounders, ATV/UTVs, trailers, and more.

• Ability and willingness to learn in the field and in trainings
• Ability to work safely in remote and adverse conditions
• Flexibility with ever-changing schedules
• Willingness to travel
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to communicate clearly and regularly
• Positive attitude
• Willingness to follow instructions
• Self-motivated with situational awareness
• Comfort with manual labor and/or physical exertion
• Must be able to safely lift and carry 55 pounds; packing heavy loads of equipment in and out of sites is often required
• A valid driver’s license
• Eligibility to work in the United States

• Experience with LTPBR
• Experience in related maintenance, construction, monitoring or management activities such as conservation corps, fire-fighting, riparian planting, landscaping, trail maintenance or construction, forest thinning, arboriculture and/or logging

• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications and positions are open until filled.