Natural Resource Management Assistant AmeriCorps

POSITION DETAILS

Position (s): 4331, 4332

Position Title:

Natural Resource Management Assistant - Ameri Corps
Conservation Legacy Program:
Scientists in Parks, Stewards Individual Placements
Site

Location:

Redwood National Park, Orick, California
Number of positions available: 2

Duration: 12 Weeks (not flexible)
Flexible

Start Date:

Yes

Start Date:

09/14/2026
End Date: 12/07/2026
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: $ 600.00 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.

Restoration, Forestry, Fisheries, Monitoring, Hydrology

This Natural Resource Management Assistant is an Ameri Corps position. The concept of ecosystem rehabilitation in a National Park setting was first introduced in the 1978 Redwood National Park Expansion Act. Congress recognized that encroaching activities (outside threats), mostly logging next to the established national park, was degrading the park’s natural resources. The 1978 law also called for the establishment of a 'program of rehabilitation' to address issues that degrade the park’s natural resources from past land use activities.

This project is the first time Redwood National Park (or any publicly managed land-base in the redwood region) has embarked on a multi‑disciplinary ecosystem restoration project on this large of a scale. Due to the project scope with many moving parts, it is imperative that we collaborate with partners, as stated in the NPS mission and our enabling legislation, to help successfully carry out the project.

An essential component of project planning is scientific data to guide natural resource management decisions. The SIP interns will provide much needed data to support project planning, to support next year's operations (e.g., prepare sites for implementation such as marking trees and boundaries for forestry operations) and assist in compliance monitoring. It is partnership like the Redwoods Rising Collaborative and the Scientist In Parks Program that helps REDW meet this mandate.

Redwood National Park was created in 1968 to preserve intact, old-growth redwood ecosystems. Under the Redwood National Park Expansion Act of 1978, 48,000 acres were added to protect the Park from upslope and upstream logging activities. The expansion included 38,000 acres of commercially logged and roaded lands and authorized a program of rehabilitation to restore these new parklands. Two programs emerged from the restoration effort:
The Watershed Road Removal Program, which sought to control erosion and reduce sediment delivery to streams, and the Forest Restoration Program, which sought to manage second‑growth forests by adjusting species compositions and decreasing stand density. The legislation also mandated the park to conduct erosion and sedimentation studies in Redwood Creek and resulted in a long‑term monitoring program evaluating stream channel and water quality response to land use and flood events.

The Greater Prairie Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project is a watershed scale, multi‑disciplinary ecosystem restoration project managed by Redwood National Park. It is part of a new collaborative effort under a partnership between the National Park Service, California State Parks and Save‑the‑Redwoods League collectively called Redwoods Rising (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). SIPs will have an opportunity to complete…