Essex Issues & Local edition of our Career in the Wilderness series

In the recent Campfire Questions with Graham Game we covered some of the challenges facing Essex.

Here's a follow-up - First a story from Monday's Guardian on the RPSB's conservation efforts in Essex:

Back to nature: £12m plan to let sea flood reclaimed land and recreate lost habitats

· Scheme could reverse 500 years of British history
· RSPB backs saltmarsh haven for rare wildlife
- Full story

Secondly, lots of our trails alumni want to make a difference in Wilderness conservation not to mention the environment in general - that's why we do everything we can to link them up with green opportunities when they return from trail. Most are posted directly to our Facebook Group but when it comes to career choices we thought the full readership might have interest in these local opportunities:

• Conservation Officer - Essex Wildlife Trust, Colchester
• Project Manager - Thames Chase - Essex County Council
• Access and Interpretation Officer - Thames Chase - Essex County Council

Further on the local front: You can learn more about managing coastal environments - and specifically the Essex Blackwater estuary in the OU's OpenLearn as mentioned amongst other resources in the Graham Game article.

Earlier in the career series:

• Career in the Wilderness?
  
• Career in the Wilderness - Broad Green Edition

Career in the Wilderness - Broad Green Edition

Here's an autumn update to our previous posting on Career in the Wilderness? Last time we looked at specific opportunities - This time we round up some of the best places to look for green jobs in general:

• Bright Green - UK Specific. Also check out their Bright Greenies Group on Facebook
• Environmentjobs.co.uk - They've just revamped their site
• Nonprofit Jobs on Idealist.org - Worldwide -
• Professional Opportunities on TakingITGlobal
• Treehugger Job Board - Mainly North America but slowly going global -

Talking of Facebook - Join Wilderness Foundation Friends there too.

Career in the Wilderness?

We regularly receive job/career-inquiries here at the Wilderness Foundation - And whilst we do not currently have any vacancies, it pains us to turn away people who clearly are dedicated and enthusiastic about preservation of Wild places throughout the world.

That's why we've pulled together a few recent opportunities posted on Idealist.org from organisations elsewhere which may be of interest:

• The Alaska Wilderness League is looking for a Director of Field Operations and a Western Arctic Campaign Director
• Also in Alaska; The Sitka Conservation Society is looking for a Conservation Director
• The Wilderness Society is looking for an Alaskan Economist
  
• The Campaign for America's Wilderness is trying to find a communications associate
• A bit further afield, namely the Turks & Caicos Islands, The School for Field Studies is needing a Student Affairs Manager with wilderness experience

On a side note - A couple of previous articles from us on Alaska: Inside the Artice Wildlife Refuge - NYRB Article / BBC Radio 4 - Alaskan Wilderness on Excess Baggage /
Looking for Wilderness on Google Books.

-The last World Wilderness Congress was of course also held there: http://www.8wwc.org/

Wilderness Related Job Opportunities (North America)

Here are a couple of recent job openings we came across and thought might be of interest to our readers in North America:

Executive Director - The Cottonwood Gulch Foundation
"The foundation sponsors educational wilderness expeditions and outdoor programs in the American Southwest that promote personal growth, scientific, historic, and cultural discovery as well as a knowledgeable environmental ethic among all those who participate." http://www.idealist.org/job/205849-224

Wilderness Campaign Directors - Montana Wilderness Association
"Located in Helena, Choteau and Kalispell, Montana. Positions will be responsible for developing and implementing a wilderness designation campaign plan and working with staff and members to build statewide support for campaign." http://www.idealist.org/en/job/203156-28

You may have to create an Idealist.org account to see the postings.