Field Specialist

The AmeriCorps Field Specialist provides training, education, coordination, and leadership to AmeriCorps Members and other participants. The Field Specialist will help fellow AmeriCorps members achieve personal and program success through the principles of teamwork and service-learning. Specialists must be responsive to instructions and feedback delivered by the Field Coordinator, Program Staff, and project hosts from land management agencies such as the DNR, USFWS, NPS, SWCDs, cities and counties. In addition to providing support and training to members and participants, Field Specialists help support a variety of natural resources projects. Natural resources projects vary but may include:

¿ Invasive species management ¿ Stream bank stabilization, erosion control ¿ Prescribed burning ¿ Trail construction & maintenance ¿ Tree planting ¿ Basic carpentry ¿ Raingarden maintenance ¿ Emergency response