The Natural Resources Restoration Supervisor will serve as the program coordinator for the interagency Mojave Desert Tortoise Recovery and Sustainment Partnership (RASP). Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have partnered to host the Natural Resources Restoration Supervisor position on behalf of the Desert Tortoise Recovery Partnership, a partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), U.S. Marines Corps, U.S. Army, Department of Defense, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the BLM.
As the coordinator of this unique program, the Natural Resources Restoration Supervisor will assist with formalizing and executing an effectiveness monitoring program with the BLM and NFWF, and help to plan, coordinate, and oversee grant-awarded projects for the stewardship of Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitat areas within western Mojave Desert recovery focal units. This position will also coordinate grant partners and their projects to ensure efficient delivery of on-the-ground recovery projects and engage partnership meetings and submit status reports.
The Recovery and Sustainment Partnership (RASP) was established by the Department of Defense and Department of the Interior to develop species conservation and recovery initiatives. Specific to the RASP in the California Desert, the Mojave Desert Tortoise Recovery Partnership is focused on marshalling resources in a coordinated manner to work to recover the species by protecting Mojave Desert tortoises from threats and restoring critical habitat. The program is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and focuses on conservation interventions in a single, coherent, framework across RASP focal areas for desert tortoise habitat.
This position will be a hybrid position. The incumbent must be located in southern California and able report to the Barstow BLM field office twice per week and to make field visits to remote portions of the Mojave Desert as needed. Travel throughout San Bernardino County is required. A 4WD work truck will be supplied for business related travel.