The Illinois Conservation Corps is a six-month employment opportunity for people between the ages of 18-25. Participants will work on public lands owned or leased by the IDNR. Young adult workers must be currently unemployed and are eligible to work for up to six months. Applicants are accepted on a rolling basis.
Workers in this program will assist DNR staff with a variety of the following duties, primarily at State Parks:
• Maintaining buildings and grounds
• Litter cleanup
• Mowing
• Weed control
• Brush removal
• Concrete and asphalt road surface patching
• Camping permit issuance
• State park camper registration
• Security and fire patrol
• Trail building
• Tool/equipment maintenance, painting and repair
• Bird care and propagation
• Bird pen cleaning
• Hunter check station operations
More information is available at http://www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/programs/ConservationWorker.html. If you have any questions, please call 217-782-6752 and ask for the Conservation Worker Program Manager. Applicants will be reviewed and hired on a first-come-first-served rolling basis.
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