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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 2011 Fall and Winter 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 demonstrated interest in cultural landscape preservation and management, with education and skills in: landscape architecture, horticulture, history, 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 mor 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 September 30, 2011 for fall and winter 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