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Big Sky Watershed Corps

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Big Sky Watershed Corps (BSWC)

BSWC members serve throughout Montana with a partner agency referred to as a “host site” under natural resource professionals and mentors.  BSWC is a 10.5 month long immersive experience that provides first-hand skills in natural resource management and community engagement. Members receive training in outreach & communication, grant writing; management, hydrologic field techniques, Montana agricultural management, GIS, and more. BSWC members project focus and outcomes vary depending on the host site members are serving with. Focus examples include, but are not limited to:

  • Fieldwork & Restoration: Conduct field data collection, environmental monitoring, and hands-on restoration tasks to advance local watershed management plans.
  • Data Management & Technical Support: Manage, analyze, and quality-check project data to inform natural resource strategies, grant applications, and technical reports.
  • Community Education & Outreach: Design educational materials and deliver targeted outreach programs for schools, landowners, and community partners.
  • Volunteer Leadership & Coordination: Recruit, train, and manage volunteer teams for field and service projects while ensuring safety protocols.
  • Collaboration & Capacity Building: Partner with interdisciplinary teams to implement sustainable systems that strengthen long-term organizational and community capacity.

Over your term, you will make a measurable difference in local conservation efforts while gaining valuable, hands-on professional skills in natural resources.

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    Location: Host site placement locations vary across Montana in town size, organization type and size, project work, and more.
    Program Dates: 01/4/2027 - 11/12/2027
    Living Allowance: $1,200 biweekly
    AmeriCorps Education Award: $7,395 upon completion of the program
    Member Assistance Program: Free access to confidential mental health services, medical advocacy, financial assistance, legal assistance, life coaching and more.
    FREE Health Insurance
    Other Benefits: Training in relevant job skills, networking and mentorship, supportive coaching staff, community and cohort connections, and more!

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Members of this program serve with a host site completing natural resources-related projects. Members receive training in outreach & communication, grant writing & management, hydrologic field techniques, Montana agricultural management, GIS, and more. BSWC members project focus and outcomes vary depending on the host site members are serving with. To learn more about what some past members have accomplished during their term of service check out the past projects links on the IPP home page.  

Learn More about BSWC!

“I thoroughly enjoyed my term of service with BSWC, it was both challenging and rewarding. I was definitely pushed to a level of a professional standard above any time previously in my life. This personal growth has prepared me to enter the workforce as more than just a laborer by introducing me to a level of responsibility and expectation that many people my age do not experience. I don't think I would have been able to find my place here without the connections this program fostered. I have developed into an entirely new person, one that my previous self could hardly have dreamed of.”

- BSWC Member

Please contact the Individual Placement Team at IPPrograms@mtcorps.org or call with any questions 406-587-4475 x102.

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