RMYC Blanco Wilderness Crew Intern

RMYC Blanco Wilderness Crew Intern

Serves as a member of the Blanco Ranger District's Wilderness Trail Crew, led primarily by a U.S. Forest Service Lead Wilderness and Trails employee. The primary duties of this position will be to contribute to the clearing and maintenance of over 300 miles of non-motorized hiking/horseback trails mostly within the 235,000-acre Flat Tops Wilderness Area. This position requires overnight camping in remote locations for up to 6 days, but typically service weeks are 4 days/3 nights of backpacking in duration.

It also requires extensive hiking (up to 12 miles per day), strenuous labor, and carrying loads of up to 50lbs. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here.

Member Duties :
Service duties will consist of a variety of trail maintenance tasks and public contact:
Maintain a trail using a variety of tools such as crosscut saws, hand saws, grubbing tools (pick mattocks, mcleods, pulaskis, etc.), drills, and hammers. This includes brushing trail corridors, tread maintenance, and at times building new trails or reroutes. Maintain trail structures including bridges, water bars, turnpikes, and other erosion control trail features. There may be opportunities to build new trail structures.

Professionally represent the Forest Service by contacting visitors about safety, Forest and State regulations, and provide information about the local area to visitors through education and engagement Collect wilderness campsite inventory information and visitor use data and information. Close and restore illegal social trails and campsites; collect any trash left behind. Monitor outfitter and guide camps.

Program Benefits :
Training , Housing , Living Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service .

Terms :

Car recommended , Uniforms provided and required .

Service Areas :

Environment .

Skills :

None