{"id":10606,"date":"2016-06-21T12:33:39","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T16:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=10606"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:24:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:24:11","slug":"natural-resources-recruits-young-adults-for-maryland-conservation-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/06\/21\/natural-resources-recruits-young-adults-for-maryland-conservation-corps\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Recruits Young Adults for Maryland Conservation Corps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Award-Winning AmeriCorps Program Provides Practical Experience and Skills<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/2\/1599\/25978546474_394199bb81_n_d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/2\/1599\/25978546474_394199bb81_n_d.jpg\" alt=\"Maryland Conservation Corps\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\" target=\"_blank\">The Maryland\u00a0Department of Natural Resources<\/a> is now recruiting 17-25 year olds for the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/mcc.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Conservation\u00a0Corps<\/a>, an award-winning AmeriCorps program that engages young adults in extensive natural resource management and park conservation projects across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The program seeks to hire 35\u00a0full-time crew members for an 11-month period, beginning in October 2016.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Maryland Conservation Corps engages young people in the enhancement, protection and restoration of our state\u2019s public lands and waters,\u201d Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton said. \u201cThe program provides for both personal and professional development, where crew members partake in conservation, environmental education, park operation, stream monitoring, trail maintenance and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an average year, Maryland Conservation Corps members will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conduct interpretive programs<\/li>\n<li>Help preserve rich historical heritage sites<\/li>\n<li>Improve park nature centers<\/li>\n<li>Maintain hundreds of miles of trails<\/li>\n<li>Plant thousands of trees<\/li>\n<li>Provide environmental education programming for students<\/li>\n<li>Restore wildlife habitat<\/li>\n<li>Support the improvement of the Chesapeake and Coastal bays<\/li>\n<li>Work with schools to plant bay grasses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOur staff works hand-in-hand with the Maryland Conservation Corps crew members at parks throughout the state,\u201d Maryland Park Service Superintendent Nita Settina said. \u201cWe provide project management, skill development and team-building, and focus on community service and environmental stewardship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To be considered, interested individuals <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr2.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/mcc_application.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">must submit an online application<\/a>\u00a0along with a writing sample. Department staff will review each application and, if appropriate, invite the applicant to an interview, conduct reference checks and provide a matching opportunity at one of the service sites. Placement will be on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p>The Maryland Conservation\u00a0Corps program is funded \u2013 in part \u2013 by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the <a href=\"http:\/\/gosv.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Governor\u2019s Office on Service and Volunteerism<\/a>, The\u00a0Corps\u00a0Network and the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-Winning AmeriCorps Program Provides Practical Experience and Skills The Maryland\u00a0Department of Natural Resources is now recruiting 17-25 year olds for the Maryland Conservation\u00a0Corps, an award-winning AmeriCorps program that engages young adults in extensive natural resource management and park conservation projects across the state. The program seeks to hire 35\u00a0full-time crew members for an 11-month period,<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/06\/21\/natural-resources-recruits-young-adults-for-maryland-conservation-corps\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-parks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10606"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10628,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10606\/revisions\/10628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}