NAGP JOB ANNOUNCEMENT - Lesser Prairie-Chicken Landowner Alliance Coordinator, Apply by July 29

The North American Grouse Partnership is seeking an individual committed to conserving North America’s Lesser Prairie-Chicken and the grasslands they inhabit through an innovative partnership with ranching landowners and operators in the southwestern Great Plains. The successful candidate will serve as the primary point-of-contact with landowners and coordinate implementation of an exciting new program. The Coordinator will provide support to the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Landowner Alliance (LPCLA) in pursuit of their mission to save ranching and chickens in the southwestern Great Plains. The landowners are pursuing an innovative and inclusive new path to successful agriculture and conservation. They seek to be paid fair market value for ecosystem services, including healthy soils, vegetation, clean air, clean water, healthy wildlife, and carbon storage, all while ranching livestock in a mutually sustainable manner. The Coordinator will be the driving force, working directly with landowners and others to implement this innovative set of ideas which already has broad support. They will communicate and demonstrate leadership to carry out duties that advance long-term interests of the LPCLA, including successful conservation of lesser prairie-chickens. This position is currently funded as a 3-year term with a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF). Extension of employment is contingent upon performance and obtaining future funding.