Natural Resource Management Assistant AmeriCorps

POSITION DETAILS

Position (s): 4369

Position Title: Natural Resource Management Assistant - Ameri Corps

Conservation Legacy Program: Scientists in Parks, Stewards Individual Placements

Site

Location:

Pea Ridge National Military Park, Garfield, Arkansas

Number of positions available: 1

Duration: 12 Weeks (not flexible)

Flexible

Start Date:

Yes

Start Date: 05/18/2026

End Date: 08/10/2026

Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 450 hours - this is the minimum number of hours the selected candidate must serve throughout the duration of their position.

• Segal Ameri Corps Education Award: $1,956.35 upon successful completion of position
• Weekly Living Allowance: $700.00 per week, fixed rate
• Relocation Allowance: $450.00 (distributed as a one-time lump sum with first paycheck)
• Student Loan Forbearance: if applicable (administered by My Ameri Corps , directly)
• Student Loan Interest Payments: if applicable (administered through My Ameri Corps , directly)

Preference given to applicants who submit applications before Sunday, February 15, 2026. Applications will be reviewed after the Final date to receive applications passes. Positions will close after receiving 60 complete applications, or at 11:59 p.m. EST on February 15, 2026, whichever occurs first.

Natural Resources, Following Instructions, Standardized Procedures, collect, Fiels Data

This Natural Resource Management Assistant is an Ameri Corps position. The proposed project is focused on helping restore the park’s cultural landscape, following the guidelines in the Vegetation Management Plan/Environmental Analysis and the Cultural Landscape Report/Environmental Analysis. The overall goal is to help return the landscape to what it would have looked like in the 1860s.

As Northwest Arkansas continues to grow rapidly, more housing development is occurring around the park, and we are gradually becoming an urban park. Because of this, prescribed fire has become even more important—not only for restoring and maintaining natural ecosystems, but also for helping protect structures both inside and outside the park. Managing fuels effectively can save valuable time during emergencies.

Project funding will support projects such as reintroducing fire to the landscape, thinning dense forest areas, controlling invasive species, and restoring native grasses. The SIP participant will assist crews with tasks such as preparing burn units for prescribed fires, participating during prescribed fire operations, helping apply chemical treatments before and after burns to limit invasive plant growth, and assisting with tree canopy thinning (timber stand improvement) using chemical injection methods.

Chemical injection can be performed year-round and also benefits habitat for the Northern Long-Eared Bat by creating standing dead trees.

• Implements established natural resource management projects.
• Following instructions and standardized procedures, collects and organizes field data. Ensures adequate quality control of data collected.
• Performs routine and recurring testing of collected samples. Records all data collected and provides preliminary assessment and classification of the information. Seeks assistance for situations not covered by instructions or guidelines.
• Makes field observations of natural resource conditions. Evaluates observed conditions and problems, and makes preliminary determinations on the cause of problems noted. Provides results to higher-level specialists for analysis.
• Assists in the preparation of reports, plans, and guidelines. Draft project reports may include literature research, descriptions of methods, preparation of graphs and charts, and summary of findings.
• Provides logistical support and area orientation for contract or cooperating scientists; provides technical information, ensures quality control, and solves logistical or operational problems within the scope of the incumbent's knowledge and authority.
• Installs, operates, and maintains resource management equipment (e.g., tools, traps, and sampling, monitoring, photographic, and laboratory equipment). Inventories equipment, evaluates quality…