Chesapeake Gateways Ambassador - Prince William Forest Park

• Job Category Conservation , Ameri Corps
• Employee Type Ameri Corps

• Phone
• Email accrecruiting@conservation legacy.org

• Job Category Conservation , Ameri Corps
• Employee Type Ameri Corps

Location:

Based out o f Prince William Forest Park ( Triangle, VA )

Dates of Service :
November 30th , 2026 – November 2 nd , 2027 ( 50 - week term commitment )

Pay: $ 7 60 /week ($600/week stipend + $1 6 0/ additional benefit )

Status:
This is a full-time, temporary, Ameri Corps National Service position.

Our Individual Placement program works to connect young peopleto conservation service across Appalachia and neighboring communities in Virginia, West Virginia,Maryland, DC,Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

ACC is a program of Conservation Legacy, a nationwide network of conservation organizations.

When joining this Ameri Corps program, participants commit to a term of service at their placement site and in return gain hands-on experience and a variety of benefits to help them succeed in achieving their career goals. ACC welcomes national applicants but also emphasizes the engagement of local individuals who represent the communities in which they serve.

National Park Service Chesapeake Gateways:

Chesapeake Bay Gateways is a congressionally authorized partnership park established in 1998 that connects more than 300 parks, refuges, museums, historic sites, trails, water-access points, and communities across the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The National Park Service provides partners with expertise , funding, training, and technical assistance to strengthen visitor experiences and connect people with the Chesapeake’s natural resources, cultural heritage, recreational opportunities, and communities .

The Appalachian Conservation Corps and National Park Service are seeking three Chesapeake Gateways Ambassadors to serve at national parks within the watershed. Each Ambassador will work with an on-site NPS supervisor as part of their host park’s interpretive and visitor-services team while also participating in a regional cohort. Together, Ambassadors will share ideas, participate in training, learn from one another, and help strengthen connections among national parks, Network partners, gateway communities, and visitors.

Prince William Forest Park offers recreational opportunities rooted in its legacy as the model for the 1930s New Deal-era recreational demonstration area program, which provided outdoor cabin camps for youth summer camp ing . The park also p reserves, protects, and interprets a diverse array of natural resources, including the Piedmont forest ecosystem and over halfof the watershed of Quantic o Creek.

Located 35 miles south of Washington DC in Prince William County, VA, Prince William Forest Park is the largest green space in the DC metro area and is located next to Marine Corps Base Quantico .

The Ambassador will support the host park through a combination of public contact, program development, research, digital content, special events , community outreach, and other interpretive or visitor-service activities.

Responsibilities will vary by host park but may include:

• Researching and interpreting connections among the host park, surrounding communities, and the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
• Developing and presenting formal and informal interpretive programs for visitors of different ages, backgrounds, interests, and abilities.
• Creating digital media, trip-planning information, interpretive materials, or other public-facing products.
• Supporting visitor-center operations, special events, roving interpretation, community programs, and partner outreach.
• Connecting cultural and natural-resource stories through interpretation, education, and visitor…