Students from 15 to 18 years of age are eligible to apply for a position with the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) at the Windom Wetland Management District. Applications for this program are available at the Windom Wetland Management District Headquarters and at the Butterfield, Comfrey, Jackson, Lamberton, Mountain Lake, Okabena, St. James and Windom high school offices.
All applications must be received at the Windom Wetland Management District Headquarters by 4:00 PM on Monday, April 17, 2017. The 2017 YCC Program will run from Monday, June 5, 2017 through Friday, July 28, 2017.
All applicants must have a valid Social Security Number and be at least 15 years of age by June 5, 2017 and no older than 18 years of age by July 28, 2017. Also, all YCC enrollees are required to have their federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.
The Windom Wetland Management District YCC Program will be nonresidential (youths will live at home) and provide jobs for four local youths, two girls and two boys. Enrollees will be paid $ 9.50 per hour (Minnesota minimum wage rate) for 40 hours each week. Enrollees are expected to be available to work the entire eight-week period and will be required to provide their own transportation to and from the Windom Wetland Management District Headquarters.
Participants will be selected through a random drawing process that will be conducted at the Windom Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.
Enrollees will work under the supervision of a YCC leader on a variety of nature resource projects including, but not limited to, fence construction and removal, native seed harvest, control of noxious weeds, general building and grounds maintenance, and wildlife and plant inventories.
For additional information, please contact Howard A. Paul at the Windom Wetland Management District Headquarter in Windom at (507) 831-2220 ext. 20.
