LiDAR Monitoring Technician Member (Region 4) – AmeriCorps

 

 

Position Title: LiDAR Monitoring Technician Member (Region 4) – AmeriCorps

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements

Site Location:
U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region
7300 Coastal Highway, Crawfordville, FL 32327

Terms of Service: 18 Weeks


* Start Date: 05/18/2026


* End Date: 09/18/2026

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* Application Deadline: 04/12/2026


* Open Positions Available: 4


* AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 675 Hours

Stewards Individual Placements:
Stewards Individual Placements, a division of Conservation Legacy, provides individuals with AmeriCorps service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural and cultural resources.  Stewards Individual Placement Program provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources.

Participants within the program work with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits to build institutional capacity, develop community relationships, and support ecosystem health.

U.S.

Fish & Wildlife Services (USFWS):
The mission of the USFWS wildland fire management program is to support the National Wildlife Refuge System's conservation lands.

Understanding the intricate dynamics of fire ecology, along with conducting effective public education initiatives, make these efforts an integral part of maintaining a balanced and sustainable environment that supports both people and wildlife.

The Service’s approach to fire management includes a range of specialized practices and knowledge areas.

We use prescribed fire to reduce risk of wildfires and improve habitats for wildlife.

We remain prepared for wildfires and respond with advanced firefighting techniques on Service lands and in partnership with other wildland fire agencies.

To protect lands from wildfires and improve habitats we implement comprehensive vegetation management strategies, such as mechanically clearing vegetation and applying prescribed fire.

The program is committed to integrity, accountability, safety, and resilience, to foster a service culture that protects neighboring communities and our natural resource treasures.

Role Position:
Stewards Individual Placements, an AmeriCorps affiliated program, in partnership with Region 4 of the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), is looking for individuals to serve in the Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Monitoring Program.   The LiDAR Monitoring Program integrates the latest forest vegetation and ecosystem surveying technology into land management practices.

These Terrestrial LiDAR Field Technician Members will serve in two teams of 2.  Each LiDAR two-person team will be using remote sensing technology and establishing long-term monitoring plots at national wildlife refuges across several states in the Southeast Region.

These monitoring plots collect data that can justify land treatments and provide empirical data for land managers to use while making dec...