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Internship Opportunities The Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, a program of the National Park Service, is currently accepting applications for its 2010 Winter and Spring Internship Programs. The Olmsted Center promotes the preservation of cultural landscapes through research, planning, stewardship, and education. Based at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, the Center provides cultural landscape technical assistance to parks and historic properties throughout the Northeast. The internship program provides participants with opportunities to broaden their understanding of landscape preservation practice through project experience, educational programs and self-study. Working alongside Olmsted Center staff, interns assist with preparing cultural landscape reports, developing preservation maintenance plans, documenting existing conditions, creating site plans and participating in field projects to improve the condition of cultural landscapes. Six-month internships are currently available. Preferred candidates will have a demonstrated interest in cultural landscape preservation and management, with education and skills in: landscape architecture, horticulture, landscape maintenance, graphic illustration and mapping, writing, and computer skills including familiarity with Microsoft Word, Excel and Access, AutoCAD, and/or Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Also desired are proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and a willingness to travel. Interns will work at our offices in Boston. Public transportation is available and a stipend is provided. Start dates for internships are flexible and will be determined based on selected applicant’s availability. For more information on Olmsted Center projects, visit our website at http://www.nps.gov/oclp/ To apply, please forward a resume, dates of availability, and contact information for two references by December 1, 2009 for winter and spring positions to: Amy McDermott, Administrative Manager Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation Boston National Historical Park Quarters C, Charlestown Navy Yard Boston, MA 02129
For more information please call (617) 241-6954 ext. 263 or email, Amy_McDermott@nps.gov |
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(Photo) Olmsted Center staff in the forest of Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vermont
