Director of Ecological Restoration

Updated: March 19, 2024 08:14 PM GMT

Full-time Job in Elizabeth, Illinois

Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation

Elizabeth, IL

JDCF seeks a Director of Ecological Restoration to oversee its restoration operations in the scenic Driftless Area of northwest Illinois. We’re looking for a motivated individual who can lead our stewardship and restoration work with integrity, collaboration, creativity, and insight. The director works closely with other program directors and field staff to steward natural heritage and Indigenous cultural heritage on 2000 acres of JDCF-owned preserves and other sites in the region.JDCF’s mission is to preserve and steward land and water for the lasting well-being of all people and wildlife. We strive to achieve this mission through three primary program areas: Land Protection, Land Stewardship, and Education. Our work in these three areas is enriched through active and ongoing partnerships with the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma, and we seek to build relationships with other tribes whose ancestral homelands include northwest Illinois.The... More Detail

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