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Salary- Living Allowance: up to $5,170.00 (Approximately $795.38 biweekly before taxes)

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Cleaning both roadside and/or backcountry dispersed sites. Naturalizing sites where necessary to control use and prevent resource damage. Installing and maintaining site signs, information boards, travel signs, regulatory signs and other signs associated with recreation sites, travel management and safety.
  • Patrolling management unit to collect use data, identify or correct unsafe conditions, answer visitor inquiries, prevent vandalism and other anti-social behavior, gather current information regarding recreation opportunities, and prevent theft of Forest resources and their destruction resulting from carelessness with vehicles or fire.
  • Completing campsite, river corridor, and recreation site monitoring using latest technology.
  • Providing public information and interpretive services, including detailed information concerning recreational opportunities. Educating users on potential resource damage caused by illegal use.
  • Technicians may participate in developed recreation program maintenance and operations as opportunities present themselves.
  • Other duties as assigned, including general support to Field Ranger and Conservation Education programs, including public contact and interpretive programming.

Timeline:

  • 13-week appointment beginning June 27th, 2022
  • Full time (40 hours/week)

Location:

At 8:32 Sunday morning, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. Within a few moments, nearly 150 square miles of forest was blown over or left dead and standing.  Fifty seven lives were lost and the ensuing 9-hour eruption left a dramatically changed landscape.

In 1982, the President and Congress created the 110,000-acre National Volcanic Monument to be managed by the Forest Service for research, recreation, education, protecting local communities, and allowing natural processes to unfold. In addition to the legislated Monument, Mount St. Helens administrative unit also includes general forest areas. These areas are primarily to the south and east of the Monument, and are where the majority of dispersed recreation activities occur.

Today, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument contains many popular trailheads, waterfalls, lakes, forests, and lava tubes, managed by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

Compensation and Benefits: 

  • Total Living Allowance: up to $5,170.00 (Approximately $795.38 biweekly before taxes)
  • Segal AmeriCorps Education Award: $1,678.57 (Upon successful completion, the award may be used for past, present or future educational expenses, including payment of qualifying federal student loans and Title IV accredited college tuition.)
  • Onsite housing provided at no cost
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance available at no cost