Fish and Feather Internship Program

Summary:

This internship program seeks to engage young professionals in natural resource careers. As a member of the team, you will support, implement, and lead community outreach programs that focus on fishing and birding activities.

The intern will work closely with local communities to increase engagement in fishing and birdwatching activities. This will involve creating new materials such as social media content, educational games and activities, signage, etc. to provide visitors with information about fish and birds at the NPS site.

The intern will also establish or build upon fishing and birding programs at the NPS site, manage and maintain program equipment, and meet deadlines for Environment for the Americas program requirements.

• Reach out to local communities through outreach and educational activities to increase engagement in fishing and birdwatching.
• Create new materials (i.e., social media, educational games/activities, signage, etc.) to provide visitors with information about fish and birds at the NPS site.
• Understand regulations regarding fishing and ethical birding and communicate this information to participants.
• Establish or build upon fishing and birding programs at the NPS site.
• Manage and maintain program equipment.
• Meet deadlines for Environment for the Americas program requirements.

• Ability to hike and conduct field operations as part of a team and/or independently in an outdoor setting.
• Experience giving presentations and ability to learn new skills and transfer the knowledge to participants.
• Interest in learning fishing regulations and bird identification for program development and implementation.
• Ability to learn methods employed in fish and wildlife management.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, listening, and written communication skills.
• Interest in learning new skills such as rafting, canoeing, and kayaking.

• Biology
• Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
• Ecology
• Aquaculture
• Communications/Marketing
• Environmental Science
• Recreation
• Interpretation/Education

The primary duty station, Page, Arizona, sits at an elevation of 4,117 feet. From May to August, temperatures can reach highs of 100 F and lows around 40 F. Average highs during these months are typically 80-90 F, with lows around 60-70 F. Monsoons and flash floods are possible, but the weather is often sunny and clear. The area's terrain includes lakes, rivers, cliffs, and canyons, and rattlesnake encounters may occur.

Page, Arizona, offers multiple grocery stores, gas stations, pharmacies, medical facilities, and other health and wellness services. The town has an airport, with three additional airports within a five-hour drive. Given the abundance of public lands nearby, a reliable vehicle is essential for the intern to explore the area.

Typically, 50-75% of a workday will be indoors and 25-50% outdoors. In dangerously hot temperatures, outdoor work is paused or modified to ensure the safety of all staff, team members, and visitors. Full outdoor workdays are common in favorable weather.

Interns should be prepared to work in high sun and heat exposure and navigate uneven terrain, including leading and hosting visitors in these conditions.

The Public Land Corps Non-Competitive Hiring Authority is a special hiring authority available to qualifying interns. The intern must be between the ages of 18 and 30 years old, inclusive, or a veteran up to age 35 and complete 640 hours of work on an appropriate conservation project to be eligible for this hiring authority.

Upon successful completion of the PLC project(s), the intern is eligible for two years to be hired non-competitively into a federal seasonal, term, or permanent position. The applicant must apply to a PLC-eligible position advertised on USAJobs.gov and selected off a non-competitive certificate of eligibility.

For more information, see DOI Personnel Bulletins 11-02 , 12-13, and 17-03.

Environment for the Americas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employmentand prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.