BRCA Conservation Corps

The Corps's mission is to reduce sources of pollution in our lakes (Great, Long, Snow/Messalonskee, East, McGrath, North, Watson and Ward Ponds, and Salmon Lake). Founded in 1996 by BRCA, this self-sustaining summer program has completed more than 494 erosion-control projects on all seven Belgrade Lakes in the watershed. Each summer a project director oversees two full-time crews of high school students and crew leaders. Projects like Peninsula Park in Belgrade Lakes Village have helped the conservation raise local awareness of erosion issues.

The BRCA Conservation Corps is seeking candidate sites for its work on an ongoing basis. The Corps will do hand work such as planting trees/shrubs, stabilizing eroding shorelines (riprap), stone lining of eroding ditches and building waterbars and turnouts on roads and drainage ways. Labor will be provided free of charge; landowners will pay for materials and any permit fees. If you know of an eroding site that needs stabilizing, let us know. The Corps Director and the Watershed Program Coordinator are available for on-site consultations about how your property may be affecting water quality in our lakes. Call us at 207-495-6039 or fill out a site assessment form (PDF*).

Every spring the BRCA Conservation Corps seeks energetic, committed, responsible students to perform physically demanding outdoor work.

• Positions are open to high school students age 16 or older, who are capable of performing physically demanding outdoor labor on a daily basis.
  Preference for applicants from Belgrade, Oakland, Rome, Sidney, or Smithfield.
• 35 hours/week beginning in late June and running for seven weeks.
• Must provide own transportation to job sites and be willing to carpool when possible to sites around all seven Belgrade Lakes.

Interested applicants should send a brief application letter consisting of their name, address, phone number, Social Security number, age, grade, names and contact information for three references, description of previous job experiences and/or school activities, and an explanation of why they are qualified for the job.

Send applications to:
BRCA Conservation Corps
P.O. Box 250
Belgrade Lakes, ME 04918

brcacc@gwi.net
(207) 495-6039

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