Employment Opportunities
Now Hiring Program Technician!
We are seeking a Program Technician to join our team. This roll will primarily be responsible for administrative and outreach tasks, with occasional opportunities for fieldwork. They will assist the Regional Farm Bill Foresters and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff to fulfill forestry applications and contracts with landowners. This position will work at the Duluth and/or Virginia, Minnesota
NRCS field offices and may work remotely at times.
Application Deadline is February 16th, 2025 at 11:59 pm CST
To Apply, please email your resume (with 3 references) & cover letter to:
Miranda Frenning, Accounting & HR Specialist
miranda@nslswcd.org
Please title the Subject as: Program Technician
Now Hiring Aquatic Invasive Species Program – Inspector Supervisor!
We are seeking a seasonal Inspector Supervisor to help manage the 2025 Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Program in northern St. Louis County. The Supervisor will assist with AIS program activities including watercraft inspector supervision, watercraft inspections and decontaminations, educational outreach, and AIS monitoring. Flexible scheduling. Regular working hours include weekends and holidays.
Application Deadline is February 14th, 2025 at 11:59 pm CST
To Apply, please email your resume (with 3 references) & cover letter to:
Miranda Frenning, Accounting & HR Specialist
miranda@nslswcd.org
Please title the Subject as: NSLSWCD AIS Inspector Supervisor
Volunteer Opportunities
Do you regularly spend time on a favorite lake or near a favorite stream? Then you may especially enjoy being a citizen lake or stream monitor. Please contact our Community Conservationist, Joe Murphy at joe@nslswcd.org, if you are interested in learning more! No one knows the water in their own backyard like the people who live there!
There are many opportunities to volunteer to the benefit of Soil & Water in our area through many different organizations! Some include:
- Rain/Snow/Hail Recording
- Adopt a River
- Aquatic Invasive Species Detector
- MN DNR Volunteer opportunities
- Enjoy Nature as a Master Naturalist
- Lake Ice Reporting
- Lake Level Minnesota
- Lake Monitoring
- Lake Monitoring – Advanced
- Lake Monitoring – BWCAW
- Minnesota Bee Atlas
- Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
- Spring Inventory
- Make Tree “Cookies” for the Classroom
- Stream Monitoring
- Zebra Mussel Monitoring Program