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Salary– 12 Weeks ($580.00/week =$6960.00)

Project Description: The primary responsibility develop desired conditions for the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Desired conditions provide long-term direction about the resource conditions and visitor opportunities to be provided. The SIP would work to align the desired conditions with the draft outstandingly remarkable values for the riverway and also inform the spatial application of these desired conditions through zoning. This work would involve initial background reading, facilitating meetings with project staff to discuss the 200 miles of riverway, drafting desired conditions, some work with the park GIS staff to map the desired conditions via zoning, and outlining future public engagement that could be pursued to ensure the desired conditions reflect a shared vision. This would be the SIPs primary project. Desired conditions are ubiquitous to planning projects and are applicable across all federal land management agencies. Experience facilitating and writing these provides great opportunities for professional development as does writing and developing the communications plan. This project along with the other supplementary projects the intern would tackle involve an integrated, interdisciplinary approach. In addition, the SIP would also have opportunities to engage with other ongoing planning efforts in the region including preliminary recreation management planning work with Mount Rushmore National Memorial (MORU), transportation planning with Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (APIS), and strategic planning for the planning and compliance division. Some of these projects do offer opportunities to travel to the park but that will be dependent on national and regional guidance for health and human safety at the time.