Associate Director, Water Program
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Job Description
OFFICE LOCATION
Sacramento, California, USA
The location for this position is negotiable within California, although we have a strong preference for the vicinity of Sacramento.
WHO WE ARE
Freshwater vertebrates are declining globally at twice the rate of those found in the terrestrial and marine realms β and California is no exception. California has lost 95% of its wetlands and riparian habitats, and 50% of its native freshwater plants and animal species are vulnerable to extinction. The Nature Conservancyβs California Water Program is working to reverse those declines β and ensure that freshwater ecosystems and species have the water and the habitat conditions they need to be resilient in a rapidly changing world. We pursue this through two major bodies of work: our Healthy Rivers Strategy, which advances voluntary and regulatory solutions to protect the instream flows needed to sustain freshwater biodiversity;...