The 2025 Spring Stream Team is a paid environmental training partnership between the Youth Employment Partnership (YEP) and Friends of Sausal Creek (FOSC). YEP provides job training, education, and housing for Oakland youth and young adults, and FOSC works to protect and restore the Sausal Creek Watershed through education, community involvement, and environmental stewardship.

The Spring Stream Team will be responsible for learning about local ecology and working to protect it. As an intern, you will be trained and paid for your participation, earning a stipend and hourly wage.

What to expect

  • We’ll be visiting and working outside in several of our local Oakland parks and green spaces in our neighborhoods: hiking, using tools, planting, getting a closer look at plants and wildlife.
  • Wear clothes and shoes with good tread that you don’t mind getting dirty. Wear layers, bring a reusable water bottle.
  • We’ll be in a mix of classroom training and outdoor training. You will be given a schedule with all the details once accepted.

Program dates and times

SPRING:

  • Job Readiness Training: March 27 – 28 | 4:30pm-6:30pm | Thursday-Friday
  • Environmental Training: March 31 – April 4 (during Spring Break) | 10am-4pm | Monday-Friday
  • Stream Team Crew 1: April 7 – May 30 | 4pm-6:30pm | Tuesdays + Thursdays *every other week*
  • Stream Team Crew 2: April 7 – May 30 | 10am-3pm | Saturdays *every other week*
  • Employability Workshops: April 7 – May 30 | 4:30pm-6:30pm | Fridays *alternate weeks from Stream Team Crew*

SUMMER:

  • Team Oakland: Mid-June – Early August | 4-hour shift in the morning or afternoon up to 100 hours | Monday-Friday

The Spring Stream Team program leads into YEP’s Team Oakland summer program, where you’ll be automatically enrolled, earn a higher pay rate, and have the opportunity to be promoted to a peer leadership role as Assistant Team Leader.

Pay Structure

You will have the opportunity to earn $3,160 over the course of your work:

  • $100 gift card for completing Job Readiness Training
  • Up to $500 for completing first week of environmental training
  • $510 in hourly wage for 30 hours of environmental training + Friday employability workshops ($17.00/hour)
  • During Summer, $1,750 in hourly wage for 100 hours of environmental work ($17.50/hour)
  • During Summer, $300 stiped for environmental field trips ($50 per field trip x 6 field trips)

Are you eligible?

  • Oakland resident
  • High school student age 15 – 18
  • Commitment to working both spring and summer
  • Desire to learn, grow, and participate in improving our environment!

Questions?