Internship Opportunities

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Earn an internship with the Trail Conference and gain skills in trail building, managing volunteers and the administration of projects both large and small. This is a great skills and resume builder! Some internships come with stipends, some may earn academic credit. To learn more about intern opportunties, Contact the volunteer coordinator at volunteers@nynjtc.org or (201) 512-9348.

Environmental Impacts Research Intern: It is often assumed that hiking trails and hikers create negative environmental impacts, but there is actually very little empirical research relevant to the temperate deciduous forests found in northern New Jersey and Hudson River Valley of New York.  This position will assist the Trail Conference to research, collect and catalog all relevant research findings and best practices related to the environmental impacts of hiking trails and mitigation techniques.

Ecological Restoration Research Intern: Sometimes the best way to fix a poorly designed and highly eroded trail is too abandon it in favor of a properly located and constructed trail.  The Trail Conference needs to develop a handbook of best practices for restoring abandoned trails to natural conditions.  The intern will work with the Trail U Project Manager and area scientists to investigate, demonstrate and document practical field methods for ecological restoration of trails.