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Summer 2021 Internship Opportunities

The Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation (OCLP) has announced several internship opportunities for the summer of 2021. 

Three full-time, seven-month internships are supported through the National Council for Preservation Education. 

For more information about each position, including desired qualifications, compensation, and project details, and where to apply:  OCLP Internship Opportunities

Apply by February 22, 2021!

Our nation has a rich legacy of cultural landscapes – from carriage roads to battlefields, designed gardens to vernacular homesteads, and industrial complexes to river valley settlements. The NPS Park Cultural Landscapes Program promotes the stewardship of significant landscapes through research, planning, maintenance, training, and education.

This video introduces the cultural landscape at Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and invites viewers to learn more. NPS staff from the park, descendants of Harriet Tubman, and other people associated with the area describe the features and significance of this unique landscape and actions that have been taken to preserve it.

This video, announced on March 10 in honor of Harriet Tubman Day, is the latest in a series of videos designed to facilitate the transfer of knowledge gained through cultural landscape research and communicate unique aspects of a particular landscape’s history and significance.

Summer Internship Opportunity

Join the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation this summer as a Digital Media Resource Assistant, supported in partnership with the nonprofit American Conservation Experience. 

As the Digital Media Resource Assistant, you will create ArcGIS StoryMaps and other digital media products for a national audience that convey a strong sense of place, sharing stories that capture the diverse perspectives shaping our cultural landscape heritage.

Details and Application: Digital Media Resource Assistant

Don't miss the Designing the Parks blog to see what other interns with the Olmsted Center have been doing.

Learn more about the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation.

Internship Opportunity

Join the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation this summer as a Digital Media Resource Assistant supported through the Latino Heritage Internship Program!

The Digital Media Resource Assistant will create ArcGIS StoryMaps for a national audience that convey a strong sense of place and share stories that are inclusive and capture the diverse perspectives that shape our cultural landscape heritage. 

If you have interest and experience in cultural resource management and digital media/GIS, check out the full posting and apply through Environment for the Americas: Digital Media Resource Assistant

More Information

Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation

Latino Heritage Internship Program

Internship Opportunity!

Join the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation team this winter (remotely) as a Geographical Information Systems/App Development Intern to help build a web-based mobile app for tree assessment to improve management in the National Park Service. This individual will build and beta-test a web-based mobile app for tree inventory and condition assessment which will allow for integration of data collection with the arboricultural field manual. They will support and participate in the collection of field data using GIS and develop GIS data structures to capture information through the ESRI Collector. The 1200-hour position is supported through a partnership with the National Council of Preservation Education. If you have interest and experience in cultural resource management and GIS, check out the full posting and apply through the Handshake job portal (position #4160631) or at PreserveNet.

Details

Direct link to the position announcement: Geographical Information Systems/App Development Intern

Find more about the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation: OCLP Internships 

What does an internship with the Olmsted Center look like? Don’t miss the Designing the Parks blog for notes from the field.

Internship Opportunities

Interns, called Associates, are integral to the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation team and work under the mentorship of experienced landscape architects, horticulturalists, and planners. Associates engage in an extensive program of trainings, educational opportunities, and field trips to enrich their experience. 

Want a closer look? Don’t miss the Designing the Parks internship blog.

These paid internships vary in duration and focus but are typically offered to graduating students and young professionals in landscape architecture, horticulture, historic preservation, history, GIS, or related fields, who seek professional experience in cultural landscape preservation. 

2020 Internships and Application Details

These positions are supported through a partnership with the National Council of Preservation Education. For more information about each position, including desired qualifications, compensation and project details, download the full announcements at the link above.

The Legacy and Landscape of Harriet Tubman

To help honor Harriet Tubman's first attempt at self-emancipation on September 17, 1849, the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation has created a short video highlighting Harriet Tubman, the remarkable landscape of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Maryland, and some of the cultural landscape research they've conducted there to date.

"The Cultural Landscape at Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park" is the latest addition to the Olmsted Center's cultural landscape video series. Each video highlights the unique aspects of a particular landscape’s history and significance, and together they help to communicate the process and outcomes of cultural landscape research.

Find the full series at the link below, or at the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation website

Stewart's Canal at dusk, at Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park (NPS).