LAND CONSERVANCIES IN AMERICA

1. LAND CONSERVANCIES IN AMERICA Irvine Ranch Conservancy IRVINE RANCH CONSERVANCY TEAM

2. Job Opportunities Overlooked job opportunities are sometimes right next door. Irvine Ranch Conservancy has ecologist, biologist, naturalist, GIS operations, resource managers, field operation managers, controllers, public program coordinator, communications manager, several directors and outside consultants to help manage the conservancy.

3. INTERNSHIPS • What a great place to do an internship. Many young scientist from local universities spend some of their summers working with the conservancy. • Public volunteers are encouraged to join forces in managing the many eco-projects that Irvine Ranch Conservancy manages.

4. Bluebird trail established by Laguna Hills High School at IRC

5. Laguna Hills High School’s Environmental and Energy Technology class gets involved with Irvine Ranch Conservancy , building nesting boxes for the cactus wren, which had lost nesting habitat during the last big fires in Orange County.

6. CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY Catalina Island buffalo given to Lakota ranchers; Descendants of 1924 silent movie herd

7. Conservancies are often overlook for a career! • Irvine Ranch Conservancy • Catalina Island Conservancy • The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo • Ojai Valley Land Conservancy • Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy • Cascade Land Conservancy • The Nature Conservancy Tom Williams, Laguna Hills High School – tom.williams@svusd.org