Community Stewardship Internship
ORGANIZATION: LandPaths
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Are you interested in a career in natural resource management, conservation, or ecological restoration? Want to gain experience in volunteer engagement? Come intern with LandPaths stewardship team!
LandPaths is a Sonoma County conservation non-profit organization dedicated to connecting people to the land by offering equitable open space access, leading outdoor outings, providing environmental education, and land stewardship through volunteer workdays. LandPaths stewards five nature preserves throughout Sonoma County equaling approximately 2,000 acres.
Interns will work alongside the LandPaths stewardship staff in the field and learn multiple facets of land stewardship and volunteer engagement through direct hands-on experience in LandPaths beautiful preserves throughout the County, including Bohemia Ecological Preserve, the Grove of Old Trees, and Riddell Preserve.
Stewardship activities include forestry for fire and climate resilience, trail building and maintenance, community science and monitoring, including of rare species, and invasive species removal. Interns will learn about LandPaths method of slow stewardship on the preserves, local ecology, the techniques used by the stewardship team to conserve and restore the land, how to use hand and power tools, and how to engage with volunteers and co-lead volunteer stewardship days, all while having a great time in the outdoors!
HOURS: 1-2 eight-hour days per week, occasional weekend hours and at least a three-month commitment required
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About LandPaths
Location:
618 4th Street, 217, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, US
Mission Statement
Mission Our mission is to foster a love of the land in Sonoma County. Values We are committed to practicing these values, always, as we connect people with nature. Lead with Nature: Research proves that we are hardwired to respond positively to nature. Nature is enough. No bells and whistles needed. Foster Belonging: We create a welcoming and warm atmosphere that reflects our community. We ensure that the land and the people on it are treated with dignity and respect. Build Reciprocal Relationships: We collaborate with volunteers, communities, organizations, agencies, and the land. We bring together the sources, perspectives, and ideas necessary to succeed. With integrity and honesty, we practice care for the land and each other. We promote a culture of reciprocity. Cultivate Common Purpose: Through shared experiences, understanding, listening, stewardship, and place-based action, we expand what conservation looks like. Act with Courage: We respond with dynamic creativity to the changing needs of people and land. This means taking risks and bold action, and sometimes making the unpopular choice. We hope to always have the courage to fail. Nurture Joy: We are passionate about what we do, and we enjoy the camaraderie at the heart of our work. We celebrate personal and professional milestones and renew in nature with awe and humility.
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Mission
Our mission is to foster a love of the land in Sonoma County.
Values
We are committed to practicing these values, always, as we connect people with nature.
Lead with Nature: Research proves that we are hardwired to respond positively to nature. Nature is enough. No bells and whistles needed.
Foster Belonging: We create a welcoming and warm atmosphere that reflects our community. We ensure that the land and the people on it are treated with dignity and respect.
Build Reciprocal Relationships: We collaborate with volunteers, communities, organizations, agencies, and the land. We bring together the sources, perspectives, and ideas necessary to succeed. With integrity and honesty, we practice care for the land and each other. We promote a culture of reciprocity.
Cultivate Common Purpose: Through shared experiences, understanding, listening, stewardship, and place-based action, we expand what conservation looks like.
Act with Courage: We respond with dynamic creativity to the changing needs of people and land. This means taking risks and bold action, and sometimes making the unpopular choice. We hope to always have the courage to fail.
Nurture Joy: We are passionate about what we do, and we enjoy the camaraderie at the heart of our work. We celebrate personal and professional milestones and renew in nature with awe and humility.
CAUSE AREAS
Community,
Environment
WHEN
Mon Jan 08, 2024 - Mon Jun 30, 2025
12:01 AM - 11:59 PM
WHERE
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
(38.53869 ,-122.69555 )
DATE POSTED
March 25, 2025
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