Monday, February 25, 2008

Spring Merritt ENVMT Update Notes

UPDATE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM AT MERRITT

FALL 08 DRAFT SCHEDULE TO GO IN MONDAY (ATTACHED) Send in corrections; especially on asterisks, red questions, omissions - some changes can be made after Monday for those who can't respond to this impossibly short turn around time.

Enrollment is up this semester!
Positions available for Restoration and Watershed Management, Urban Farming/AgroEcology, Green Building/Energy, Ranger Naturalist Adjunct faculty, 1/2 Time Lab Assistant, also for International Program Development (unfunded as of now)
Welcome new instructors: Paul Belz (Early Childhood Env. Education) , Bruce Gardiner (Solar Electric) , David Ralston (Urban Planning); Eric Folmer and Megan Hess are in process
Landscape Hort./Biology/ Child Development are now offering more environmental courses cross listed with ENVMT
Go to www.ecomerritt.org and click on Jobs to see our new blog MerrittGreenGang
Mayors of LA, SF, Oakland, and Fullerton visited the Environmental and Hort Programs to view first Solar Installer Workforce Training and Community College partnership.
Our water is back on. Temporary cell phone # is 510-213-3569- phones and internet still out.
Heather Ellison has moved on to a full time SF tree organization job; Megan Hess is continuing to ably assist the program. Usually Tue and Thur afternoons.
ENVMT meeting to be scheduled - what are the best times/days for you?
Fundraising workshop on March 6 Professional Development day 1:30 at SRH (check schedule to be sure)

Various California locations

JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Project Development Analyst, State Coastal Conservancy March 26, 2008

Regional Biologist, Western Regional Office of Ducks Unlimited March 10, 2008

Important Bird Areas Program Biologist, Audubon Important Bird Areas Program Open until filled

Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service March 4, 2008

Restoration Planner/Data Acquisition & Management Specialist, Solano Land Trust- Open until filled

Watershed Biologist Position in Marin County, Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN)

Project Assistant, Sonoma Land Trust

Park Planning Manager, County of Sonoma - Open until filled

Executive Director, San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory- Open until filled

Friends of the River Executive Director- Open until filled

Conservation Policy Director, The Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV)

Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary: Teacher Naturalist Interns [pdf] – open until filled

The Bay Institute of San Francisco: Executive Director – open until filled


These and MANY other opportunities can be found on our website at http://www.sfbayjv.org/jobs.html

Oakland, Merritt Environmental Program Instructor

CALL FOR ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS
Join one of the oldest Ecological Restoration and Environmental programs in the U.S.!
The Environmental Program at Merritt College is looking for adjunct instructors to teach or team-teach courses in ecological restoration and watershed management. Course topics include wetland, creek, and upland restoration, watershed assessment, hydrology, erosion, water quality, GIS, wildlife, and community involvement (see below). Our courses range from introductory to intermediate levels, and are more qualitative than quantitative. Our enthusiastic students are primarily adults, and many already have degrees. Most of our instructors are practitioners in the field. Classes are mostly evenings and weekends and integrate lectures, demonstrations and hands-on fieldwork.
Classes and workshops typically run from 9 to 54 hours total each semester during evenings and weekends. Evenings are 2-3 hours once a week, and weekends are 4-6 hours on various Saturdays and/or Sundays beginning and ending throughout the semester. Scheduling is flexible and done well in advance.
The Merritt College Watershed and Environmental Center is located in the Oakland hills with direct access to the headwaters of Arroyo Viejo and Lyon Creeks. We have GPS units, WQM, some tools and other resources including a small watershed library.
Instructors are required to have either a Masters in a related field, a Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years work experience, or an Associate’s degree and 6 years of work experience. pay ranges from $50-$75/hour.
This is an excellent opportunity for watershed and restoration organizations to use their own projects as hands-on field sites and other events.
ENVMT 30 Ecological Restoration: Uplands
ENVMT 41 Wildlife and Watershed Restoration Gardening
ENVMT 31 Wetlands Restoration
ENVMT 32 Watershed Assessment
ENVMT 33AA-AC Introduction to Creek and Watershed Restoration: General Aspects
ENVMT 33B Introduction to Creek and Watershed Restoration: Hydrology and Erosion Control
ENVMT 33C Introduction to Creek and Watershed Restoration: Water Chemistry
ENVMT 36 Introduction to Watershed Science
ENVMT 25 Introduction to Wildlife Conservation
California Native Plant Communities
Culture and Plant Uses
Please contact Robin Freeman at (510) 434-3840, or email at robinf5713@aol.com. www.ecomerritt.org

OAKLAND

Sustainability Coordinator Project Manager for the City of Oakalnd. Applications are due March 7. The $100k-126K job description can be found here:

http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/jobs/Project_Manager_I_Sustainability.pdf

Fresno

Restoration Manager

San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust

Email sweaver@riverparkway.org to request job description or check their website.