Description

Spend your summer volunteering and camping in some of the most beautiful wilderness locales in the American West. Serve together with American and other international volunteers on a habitat improvement project throughout the state of Nevada while discovering new cultures and making new friendships.

In cooperation with the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), the International Conservation Volunteer Exchange (ICVE) is seeking volunteers to help with the restoration of cavity-nesting songbird habitats by removing mining claim posts throughout the state of Nevada. By pulling those abandon posts volunteers will protect songbirds, reptiles, and small mammals from injuries and will restore nesting, foraging and migratory wildlife habitat for dozens of native wildlife species across the state.

Highlights

Located in the mountainous American West, Nevada lies east of California and north of Arizona. Nevadas landscape is the most mountainous and geologically diverse in the United States. Participants will have the opportunity to work and live in some of the most beautiful wilderness locales in the world. From mountain peaks over 13,000 feet above sea level to desert eco-systems 282 feet below sea level, the regions in which ICVE serves are diverse environments that harbor some of the most sensitive and fragile species of flora and fauna found in North America.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

0

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Environment

Age Range

18-35

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living

Application Process Involves

• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

2 week

International Conservation Volunteer Exchange's Mission Statement

A program of the Great Basin Institute (GBI), the International Conservation Volunteer Exchange (ICVE) is a volunteer and internship program for international participants who wish to collaborate with American environmental professionals on natural resource projects on public lands throughout the American West. ICVE is based on the philosophy that international understanding and goodwill can be achieved through cooperating on the shared goal of improving the environment. By attracting a corps of conservation-minded volunteers, ICVE contributes to the breakdown of cultural barriers while advancing ecological awareness on a global scale. As a cross-cultural exchange between young men and women from all corners of the world, ICVE focuses on the idea of global citizenship through conservation-based service projects. ICVE allows like-minded individuals from around the globe to utilize their collective passion for the environment on projects across the Great Basin Region. This opportunity to discover new cultures, protect sensitive wilderness and make new friendships that last a lifetime, are just a few of the valuable facets of ICVE. By using conservation-based projects as a means to cross cultural thresholds, ICVE enables the growth of international understanding while highlighting the rugged beauty of the western United States. Since 2004 ICVE has collaborated with dozens of international environmental exchange programs, attracting over 600 students and young professionals from 49 countries and six continents around the world to serve on conservation projects throughout Nevada and the mountainous West.

Year Founded

2004