Come discover what life is like in the largest forest conservation
organization in the world! The Forest Service is accepting
applications for student interns this summer to work in the areas of
external partnerships, sustainable operations, conservation
education, and urban outreach/public gardens.
<http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/partnerships/pdfs/USFSInternships.pdf>More
information is linked and below. The deadline is June 21.
Paid Student Internships Available at the U.S. Forest Service
Location: Pacific Southwest Regional Office
1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA
July- September 2011 (Deadline to apply: June 21, 2011)
The mission of the U.S. Forest Service is to sustain the health,
diversity, and productivity of the nation's forests and grasslands
for the benefit of present and future generations. In addition to
managing 20 million acres of public land in California, the Forest
Service also assists private forest landowners, works to support
urban trees and urban forests across the state, manages and fights
fire, and works to engage urban Americans and the next generation in
stewarding and caring for our public lands. These programs and the
eighteen national forests in California are overseen at a Regional
Office in Vallejo, CA.
The following 8-12 week positions in our Regional Office are open to
students who are currently working toward an undergraduate or
graduate degree. The exact dates of the internship and whether it is
full-time or part-time will be negotiated on an individual basis. The
internships will be excellent opportunities to learn about the Forest
Service and to interact with a variety of scientists, land managers,
and policy analysts while also contributing meaningful work. Interns
must be resourceful and motivated to learn.
1. Conservation Education Internship
The Forest Service engages the next generation through a number of
different programs. In California, these include individual classroom
presentations, sponsoring events such as National Get Outdoors Day,
and supporting school teachers through curriculum development and
professional development opportunities. The focus of this internship
will likely be to develop a sister-classroom program to teach
students about the connection between water, healthy forests, and
climate change in California. Classrooms near the upper reaches of
the Feather or Yuba Rivers would be paired with schools and
classrooms far downstream and near the San Pablo and Francisco Bays
for peer-to-peer learning about the water cycle and the forest
ecosystems that filter, store, and release the water that
Californians drink and use.
2. Sustainable Operations Internship
Through Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental,
Energy, and Economic Performance, the Obama Administration directed
every federal agency to develop policies and practices to reduce
their environmental footprint and greenhouse gas emissions. The
Forest Service employs over 8000 people in California, and those
employees work in a large number of buildings and drive a large
number of vehicles. The Sustainable Operations intern will help our
leadership team understand what operations changes are going to have
the most positive effect on our footprint, will help institute a few
short-term changes at the Regional Office, and will help provide
information to the National Forests. Tasks may include helping to
plan a November Sustainable Operations Summit in Sacramento and
organizing other businesses and residents on Mare Island to increase
public transportation options for the Regional Office.
3. Garden Manager Internship
As an agency of the Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service has
enthusiastically taken part in the
"<http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?navid=PEOPLES_GARDEN>People's
Garden Initiative," a USDA program that encourages employees to
become involved in the communities where they work through
volunteering or helping to establish new community gardens. Employees
from the Regional Office helped start
<http://www.vallejopeoplesgarden.org/>the Vallejo People's Garden
last year, and this internship may work either on managing
volunteers, harvesting, and planting at the existing Garden or toward
establishment of a garden and green space at the Regional Office. The
intern should have experience or aptitude in at least one of these
areas: volunteer management, vegetable gardening, or working with
K-12 students.
4. Partnership Coordinator
The Forest Service is required to work collaboratively with other
federal, state, and local agencies, user and interest groups,
stakeholder organizations, and volunteers to care for forest
resources and to serve the public. The Region's newly established
Partnership Office broadcasts information about opportunities to work
with the USFS, provides trainings on collaboration and partnerships
for employees and partner groups, works to decrease institutional or
legislative barriers to partnerships, and supports local "Friends"
and volunteer groups on the National Forests in California. This
intern could work on any number of tasks, such as designing a catalog
of forest volunteer opportunities in California, organizing public
events or screenings of the USFS film "Green Fire," meeting with
partners and employees across the region, and improving
<http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/partnerships/>the partnership website as a
resource for partners.
To apply, send your resume and a cover letter to
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]. Be certain to indicate
which internship you are most interested in. Applications considered
on a rolling basis up until 5:00pm, Tuesday, June 21.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in
all of its programs and activities on the basis of race, color,
national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital
status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual
orientation, political beliefs, genetic information, reprisal, or
because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any
public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all
programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means
for communication of program information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at
<file:///C:/Users/David/AppData/Local/Temp/tel:%28202%29%20720-2600>(202)
720-2600 (voice and TDD).
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Amanda Cundiff
<http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/partnerships>Region 5 Partnership Office
U.S. Forest Service
1323 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592
Tel:
<file:///C:/Users/David/AppData/Local/Temp/tel:%28707%29%20980-9727>(707)
980-9727
