The Iowa Chapter of the Nature Conservancy is hiring a Freshwater Conservation
Manager. The application deadline is March 8, anticipated start in April 2013.
The Freshwater Conservation Manager has lead responsibility for implementing an
integrated freshwater program in Iowa, with emphasis on sustainable
conservation of two priority agriculture-dominated watersheds: the Iowa-Cedar
Basin and the Boone River watershed. Key components of the program include: 1)
Securing exemplary conservation in the Iowa-Cedar River Basin, the Boone River
watershed, and other potential watersheds as a platform for leveraging
watershed-scale conservation in other priority watersheds; 2) Participating in
various statewide freshwater initiatives and policy issues; 3) Expanding and
catalyzing public and private partnerships for conservation outcomes including
potential development of payment for services programs ('water funds'); 4)
Working with the Conservancy's Great Rivers Partnership to support conservation
efforts and key priorities for the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Work
includes collaborating with public agencies and diverse partners to develop and
implement on-the-ground projects and practices that address altered hydrology,
water quality and loss of floodplain connectivity to achieve conservation goals
as well as societal needs including flood risk reduction, water quality
improvements and a sustainable agricultural economy. This position supervises
TNC's Boone River Project Director, and is supervised by the Director of
Conservation Programs.
For more information and/or to apply go to
http://www.nature.org/about-us/careers/index.htm Search for Position ID/Keyword
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Matt Fisher
Lower Cedar Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
1620 231st Street
Letts, IA 52754
c: 319-215-7214
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