Conservation corps mobilizing young professionals for land restoration and ecosystem management
American Conservation Experience recruits and trains over 1,000 participants annually through structured crew and internship programs, deploying them across habitat restoration, trail work, wildfire mitigation, and disaster response. The hiring mix is heavily skewed toward interns and junior roles (78 and 63 respectively), reflecting their core mission as a workforce development organization—not a mature tech company. Their tech stack is field-and-GIS-forward (ArcGIS, Survey123, GPS, Garmin), built for on-the-ground operations rather than software product development.
Notable leadership hires: Habitat Monitoring Lead, Environmental Restoration Team Lead, Crew Lead, Youth Crew Lead
American Conservation Experience is a national nonprofit conservation corps founded in 2004 and headquartered in Flagstaff, Arizona. They recruit, train, and deploy young adults and emerging professionals through two main programs: Crew and the Emerging Professionals in Conservation (EPIC) internship track. Participants complete conservation work across the country and in US territories—including habitat restoration, trail construction, wildfire mitigation, and historic preservation—while partnering with federal agencies (National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management) and dozens of state and nonprofit organizations. ACE addresses both ecosystem management and workforce development: their conservation teams strengthen landscapes while participants earn certifications and skills to launch careers in conservation and related fields.
Primarily field and GIS tools: ArcGIS, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey123, GPS, Garmin, and analytics software (Python, R). Also Microsoft Office suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and Figma.
Flagstaff, Arizona. They operate regional hubs nationwide and hire across the United States and Canada.
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