The Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District (District) is a special district organized under Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 568 and authorized to implement a broad range of conservation services and programs. The District’s mission is to conserve, restore, and protect Yamhill County’s natural resources by providing technical, financial, and educational assistance to residents, landowners, and businesses. The District works with agricultural landowners and producers, forest landowners and operators, individual residents, and federal, state, local and private conservation partners to deliver services, provide assistance, and promote voluntary adoption of land management practices. The District currently owns and manages over 2500 acres of properties that are protected for conservation, wildlife habitat, sustainable forestry, and education.

General Overview (See Position Description for complete information) This position announcement is for two (2) Seasonal Stewardship Technicians with the Yamhill Soil & Water
Conservation District. The Seasonal Stewardship Technician contributes to stewardship of District properties through control of invasive weeds using IPM practices, operation of mowers, trimmers, etc. and other manual field work as assigned.

These are full-time seasonal positions. The anticipated work schedule is flexible with regular hours averaging 40 hours per week.

The position reports to Miller Woods at 15580 NW Orchard View Rd, McMinnville, Oregon 97128 and performs work at multiple District properties within Yamhill County.