The National Park Service Alaska Fire Ecology programs will host three Scientists in Parks intern positions this coming winter season. The schedule and flexible location of the positions is intended to attract members of the seasonal workforce in their off-season, or college students near completion of their degrees who may qualify for research credit. Please see the attached flier for posting and sharing. Applications are open until June 11th, or until 100 applications are received.
Positions will offer opportunity to work directly with NPS fire ecologists to develop skills related to remote sensing, fire ecology and fire science. Specifically, these internships will delve into applications of high-resolution imagery analyses, terrestrial lidar scanning, and tree age data methodologies to inform fire management questions. They will utilize common tools for statistical analysis (i.e., R, ArcPro), modernized data collection and display (i.e., ArcGIS online, Survey123, ArcGIS FieldMaps), and data management (i.e., FFI, FFI-lite, Microsoft Access).
Positions are 12 weeks long and run from January through April 2024. Scientists in Parks interns receive weekly stipends of $525, travel funds to relocate, and qualify for an AmeriCorps education award. Selected interns may choose to be stationed in Fairbanks or Denali Park, or to work remotely from their current residence.
For more info, contact position supervisors
Sarah Stehn: Fire Ecologist, Alaska Western Area Fire Management, Denali National Park & Preserve, sarah_stehn@nps.gov, (907) 683-6230
Fleur Nicklen: Fire Ecologist, Alaska Eastern Area Fire Management, National Park Service, Fairbanks, elizabeth_nicklen@nps.gov, (907) 455-0662
