Environmental Protection Specialist

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Open: June 19, 2026 —
Closes: June 28, 2026

This position is located in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, in the Resource Stewardship and Science Division. Career-Seasonal appointments are permanent positions and include the same benefits as Career appointments, but do not provide work on a year-round basis. You will work from approximately January to November and you will be in a non-pay status for the remainder of the year.

This position serves as part of the resource stewardship and science team. Duties include but are not limited to:
Evaluating environmental effects of both internal and external projects to ensure compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), National Park Service regulations, policies, and guidelines. Preparing and reviewing environmental compliance documents and technical reports. Reviewing permit applications for potential resource impacts and processing NEPA compliance documentation. Reviewing projects for impacts to wilderness and preparing minimum requirements analysis documents. Assisting with project description development and documentation for park projects.

Assisting or leading the park's interdisciplinary compliance review team. Maintaining digital compliance databases and files. Assisting with civic engagement and public scoping. Onsite project monitoring, collecting field data, and performing resource condition assessments throughout the park. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Area Information:
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, located in the tri‑state area of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, includes over 24,000 acres. More than 14,000 acres of the park have been recommended for wilderness designation by Congress. The park was authorized by Congress in 1940 to commemorate the story of the first "doorway to the west." The Cumberland Gap was first used by migrating wildlife, followed by American Indians, explorers, and pioneers.

The Gap was also strategically important during the civil war. Cumberland and Brush mountains in the park support a diversity of flora and fauna, including rare species. Park staff are responsible for managing forests, wildlife, wetlands, cave systems, streams, etc. Park headquarters is in Middlesboro, Kentucky. Please visit our website .gov/cuga for more information