The Nature of the Job

Normally job listings are pretty dry affairs, filled with H.R. jargon. But a listing for a job with The Nature Conservancy gives some interesting details on what goes on inside the state chapters of the big conservancy. The job is for Nevada State Director . The state's TNC website shows the job has been held by Ame Hellman, who took over in 2001. There's no announcement on where she may be going. The listing is very detailed, and includes these nuggets.

"the Nevada program currently has 21 Nevada staff,
including 3 California staff who work part or full time out of the Reno office. The program has a $1,958,730 Million operating budget, an $800,000 private fundraising annual goal, and a $100,000 private fundraising annual goal for global "One Conservancy" priorities. "

Big budget, big fundraising goals. The one number that's not in there is how much the job pays.

One more for sustainable forestry. Weyerhaeuser announced it is pledging to meet new, tougher standards adopted by the Sustainable Forestry Board. The company's press release says "Among the revisions are stronger requirements that call on forest products companies to support conservation of old-growth forests, protect against invasive species, and participate in regional conservation planning.".

And I don't know of any land trusts in Antarctica. But these satellite photos of two giant blocks of ice about to collide are pretty cool. Literally.