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APPLY NOW   Public Land Name: Mount Rainier National Park Position Title: Interpretive Intern (1st of Multiple Positions) Agency: NPS Position Type: GeoCorps Position ID Number: 2015046 Location: Ashford, WA Accepting Applications? # of current Applicants: 0 Position Description: The GeoCorps participants will prepare and present educational/interpretive programs to park visitors. These science based programs include guided walks, short talks, Junior Ranger, and PowerPoint presentations. Participants will develop and present a minimum of three educational/interpretive programs describing the compelling geologic or ecological features and processes at work on Mount Rainier: volcanism, glaciology, stream aggradation, geo-hazards, lahars, forest or subalpine ecology, climate change, etc. Programs will explain complex scientific concepts in an engaging way for the general public to understand. Positions also include informal interpretation at visitor centers and during outdoor roving. These positions are offered through a partnership with the National Park Service’s Geoscientists-in-the-Parks Program, and The Geological Society of America’s GeoCorps America Program. Multiple participants may be selected for this project at this location during this season. To be considered for any of these positions, a candidate only needs to submit an application for this one. If you have questions about the application and selection process, please contact GSA's GeoCorps managers.  If you have questions about any aspect of the position — description, qualifications, housing, dates — please direct them to the contact(s) listed in the project description. Remember, application materials can only be submitted online. The project contact(s) will not accept application materials sent to them via e-mail, mail, fax, etc. See the full program details at the GeoCorps homepage.