WV Ready Service Member with Guardians of the West Fork Watershed

 

Position Title:  WV Rural Engagement Ambassador for Development and Youth (WV Ready) – AmeriCorps Member with Guardians of the West Fork Watershed

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements

Site Location: Guardians of the West Fork
3450 Buckhannon Pike; Mount Clare, WV 26408

Terms of Service: 32 week AmeriCorps Service Member position


* Start Date: 05/04/2026


* End Date: 12/11/2026


* Application Deadline: 03/28/2026 (or until filled)


* Number of Positions Available: 1


* AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 1200 Hours

Purpose:

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

The West Virginia Rural Engagement Ambassadors for Development and Youth (WV READY) is a new collaborative AmeriCorps program sponsored by Stewards Individual Placements.

Stewards, in partnership with Volunteer WV, and local community organizations such as the Guardians of the West Fork Watershed, is working to support West Virginia’s developing tourism, and outdoor recreation economies.

Guardians of the West Fork Watershed is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the preservation and improvement of the ecological integrity of the West Fork River, its tributaries, and its watershed.  Guardians of the West Fork monitor, and assist agencies in monitoring, the biological, physical, chemical, and cultural characteristics of the watershed, as well as encourage educational and recreational enjoyment of the watershed.

Stewards Individual Placements, in partnership with the Guardians of the West Fork Watershed, are searching for a WV Ready Member who will help grow the organization’s administrative and organizing capacity through increased volunteer support and stakeholder buy-in across regional nonprofit and municipal government entities.  Efforts will contribute to the Guardians of the West Fork Watershed’s wider mission of monitoring and improving watershed health, educating the public, and encouraging water recreation. 

 
Description of Duties:

To achieve the goals of this WV Ready position, the member will:



*      Continue development of an asset map of existing community supports and stakeholders, including past and current water and ecology projects, plans, and research in the watershed by other stakeholders


*      Facilitate discussions with local government, county government, local businesses, and nonprofits to identify community assets and the interest to invest time or resources into those assets


*      Coordinate workdays and volunteers to complete projects, including the current Stream Partners grant, the Old Mill Festival and Float the Fork, the third annual West Fork Watershed Day


*      Improve access points on the West Fork Water Trail by placing and publicizing West Fork River Water Trail signage
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