Wilderness Steward Job at Student Conservation Association
Expected Dates
June 5, 2023 to August 13, 2023
Site
Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests
Position ID
PO-00731912
The Green Mountain National Forest interns will work primarily in the following Congressionally designated wilderness areas: Breadloaf, Joseph Battell, Big Branch, Peru Peak, Lye Brook, and Glastenbury Wilderness. Intern activities will include the following tasks: educational outreach, environmental stewardship, invasive plant removal, trail maintenance, and dispersed recreation site maintenance and monitoring.
Interns will travel on foot throughout these areas, making visitor contacts, maintaining hiking trails with hand tools, eradicating non-native invasive plants, conducting campsite inventories, and monitoring the natural resources. Education will focus on wilderness stewardship.
Compensation (pre-tax):
For SCA’s COVID-19 guidance, please refer to: www.thesca.org/covid
Interns will travel on foot throughout these areas, making visitor contacts, maintaining hiking trails with hand tools, eradicating non-native invasive plants, conducting campsite inventories, and monitoring the natural resources. Education will focus on wilderness stewardship.
Compensation (pre-tax):
- $160/week Living Allowance
- $1,100 To/From Travel Allowance, paid once with first paycheck
- Housing provided
- Eligible for AmeriCorps Education Award of $1,374, received upon successful completion of position
For SCA’s COVID-19 guidance, please refer to: www.thesca.org/covid
- Location Description
Green Mountain National Forest: Manchester, Middlebury and Rochester Ranger Districts, Vermont.
- Training Provided
Depending on timing/funding, training opportunities may include: wilderness management and ethics/Leave No Trace; crosscut saw certification; First Aid/CPR.
- Educational/Recreational Opportunities
Interns will work with USFS resource specialists with opportunities to learn about recreation, botany, wildlife, and hydrology/soils. Recreation opportunities in Vermont are diverse: hiking, biking, swimming, river tubing, visiting rural towns/festivals.
- Handicap Accessible?
Yes
Main Area of Focus
Recreation Mgmt
Education, Training & Skills Expected
Biology
some coursework or experience
Forestry
some coursework or experience
Recreation Management
some coursework or experience
Data Entry
some experience
GPS
competent without supervision
Leadership Experience
competent with supervision
Trail Maintenance
competent with supervision
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