Six Rivers hiring firefighting positions
Six Rivers National Forest is accepting applications for multiple fire positions at locations across the forest. The application period closes on Jan. 27.
Fire positions are available on fire engines, hotshot crews, fire lookouts and fuel crews. These are entry-level positions with vacancies in Gasquet, Orleans, Willow Creek, Salyer, Mad River, and Eureka. Positions include permanent-seasonal and temporary.
Wildland firefighting demands a high level of fitness to meet unforeseen emergencies and to safely perform arduous, day-long work in tough environmental conditions, like steep terrain, high temperatures, and smoke. Expect to run, hike steep hills, and lift weights as part of crew fitness programs.
Interested applicants can go to the U.S. Government’s official website for job opportunities at USAJobs, where the vacancy announcements for these positions are posted. To view vacancy numbers for jobs on the Six Rivers National Forests, go to https://tinyurl.com/2bwfbbje.
The positions are 40 hours a week plus overtime typically from May to September or October. The pay range is $17.30 – $18.96 per hour.
Benefits include n-the-job training, health, vision, and dental insurance options (after 90 days), paid federal holidays, paid vacation and sick leave. Applicants must be 18 years old and must pass a work capacity test, drug test, background check, and medical screening.
CR accepting applications for Measure I committee
In the November election, College of the Redwoods successfully secured voter approval for Measure I, authorizing up to $120 million in general obligation bonds to support local educational infrastructure improvements. Measure I was passed under the guidelines of Proposition 39, which requires financial accountability and the formation of an Independent Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee.
In compliance with these requirements, CR’s Board of Trustees has officially established the oversight committee, tasked with ensuring transparency and proper use of bond funds to enhance district facilities.
The Committee will play a key role in ensuring transparency and accountability in the use of bond revenues.
The committee will have at least seven members, each serving two-year terms, with a maximum of three consecutive terms. Members won’t be paid but can be reimbursed for reasonable travel costs following CR’s travel policies.
To be on the committee, members must meet certain criteria:
• One member must be involved in a local business organization.
• One member must be part of a senior citizen group.
• One member must belong to a recognized taxpayer organization.
• One member must be a current CR student who is active in a campus group. The student can continue serving for up to six months after graduation.
• One member must be engaged in supporting or organizing activities for the college.
Interested individuals can go to the CR website https://www.redwoods.edu/2024bond/ to submit an application or learn more about the committee’s responsibilities.
RCEA signs deal for renewable energy
EDP Renewables North America LLC, a renewable energy developer and a top-five renewable energy owner and operator in the United States, unveiled Sandrini I & II Solar Energy Park in Kern County this week.
The two-phase solar energy park includes the 200-megawatt Sandrini I, which has a 15-year power purchase agreement with Shell Energy North America, and 100-megawatt Sandrini II, which has a 15-year PPA with Redwood Coast Energy Authority. Both phases of the project were commissioned in Q4, 2024.
Generating enough energy to power the equivalent of more than 76,000 California homes each year, Sandrini I has already disbursed more than $510,000 in tax payments to local governments since 2023. This has strengthened the local community by enhancing schools, roads, and other essential services. Additionally, approximately $15 million will be paid to local landowners, who lease a portion of their land to house the solar energy park’s infrastructure. Sandrini I & II employed more than 200 workers during construction and will create several permanent operations positions.
Power from Sandrini II will provide over a third of the total annual electric need for customers of RCEA’s community choice energy program. RCEA supplies more than 90% of the electricity for Humboldt County on California’s rural North Coast. Completion of Sandrini II marks a large step toward RCEA meeting its goal of supplying 100% renewable energy to its customers by 2030.
RCEA is one of 25 community choice aggregators now serving communities in California. Sandrini II adds to 8,000 MW of new clean energy resources brought online to date by California’s CCAs.
“RCEA is committed to achieving our goal of supplying Humboldt County with 100% renewable energy. Sandrini II is a welcomed addition to our energy portfolio. We are proud to see another high-impact solar project go to work on behalf of our community,” RCEA Board Chair Sarah Schaefer said in a news release.
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