Individual Placement - Husbandry Assistant

Position Dates: May 21, 2025 - August 31, 2025

Location: Uvalde, TX

About us:

The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the largest provider of hands-on environmental conservation programs for youth and adults. Program participants protect and restore national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, marine sanctuaries, cultural landmarks, community green spaces, and much more across the country.

Position Summary:

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is seeking a person to serve as a Conservation Intern to assist our Edwards Aquifer Refugia Program, located at the Uvalde National Fish Hatchery in Uvalde, Texas. The position requires a person familiar with fish and wildlife, including threatened and endangered aquatic species. This position will focus on one of the major objectives of the program, to collect and maintain species in captivity in the course of developing and providing a fully functioning refugia for species covered in the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan. The intern will work alongside federal biologists and biological technicians with the husbandry of aquatic salamander, invertebrate, fish, and plant species. Candidates for this position will need to be comfortable lifting up to 50lbs on unstable terrain, potentially working outside and wading in flowing water.

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Assisting with the daily feeding of captive organisms
• Aquarium cleaning and maintenance
• Water quality testing and data logging.
• There may be the potential to assist with the field collection of organisms in spring-fed rivers.

Requirements:

Valid driver's license required.

Vehicle for personal travel required.

Benefits:

Living Allowance $520.00 per week

One-time $1,100.00 travel allowance

Housing provided.

AmeriCorps Education Award eligible.

• All allowances subject to applicable federal, state, and local taxes.

It is SCA's policy that all AmeriCorps-required background checks must return cleared results prior to the position's start; this includes being fingerprinted for the FBI check. Otherwise, the AmeriCorps award will be removed or the position start date will be delayed due to non-compliance.

Conditions of Employment

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