The Opportunity
Audubon Canyon Ranch (ACR), an innovative North Bay conservation science and education organization, is hiring five (5) Prescribed Fire Apprentices to join the Fire Forward team. This is a full-time position with competitive benefits. Pay rate is $23.75 per hour with required paid overtime. Employment term is 11 months, mid-January through mid-December 2025.

Purpose
Fire Forward, a program of Audubon Canyon Ranch, brings a unique blend of science-based program design and community organizing as we seek to grow fire-adapted communities tending fire-adapted landscapes. We are building ecosystem resilience together by teaming with private landowners, public agencies, community groups, and conservation partners for the shared purpose of developing a culture of stewardship with a focus on prescribed burning.

Reporting to the Squad Lead, the Prescribed Fire Apprentices will perform as a prescribed fire and ecosystem stewardship professional development squad to prepare and conduct prescribed burns while participating in training and workforce development courses and opportunities. The Apprentices will work alongside the Prescribed Fire Practitioner squad as a prescribed fire and ecosystem stewardship crew.

See the full job description at www.egret.org/work-with-us