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Thank You NPS Scientists

in Parks Supporters

The National Park Service (NPS) Scientists in Parks (SIP) work on important real-world projects while building professional
program provides immersive, paid work experiences in natural experience and a life-long connection to America’s national parks.
resource fields so the next generation of park stewards—especially Prospective participants can review and apply for summer 2022 SIP
those underrepresented in science—have a unique opportunity to intern projects beginning in early December 2021.

www.geosociety.org/sip

Clockwise from left: J. Gonzales looking at a formation in a cave tunnel while collecting cavern climate data. Esmeralda Elsrouji taking
notes on a fossil site at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument. Rachel Wright performing chemistry in the water lab at the Buffalo
National River Headquarters. Kirby Heck with microphone and equipment check for a sound monitoring station on the Kahiltna Glacier in
Denali National Park and Preserve.

2021 partners include: 2021 donors include: Additional funding sources include:

Devils Tower Natural History
Association; DOI Regions 3, 4, and 5;
DOI Regions 6, 7, and 8; Grand
Canyon Conservancy; Grand Portage
National Park Service Stewards Individual Band of Lake Superior Chippewa;
Placement Program
Bob and Sally Newcomb Protectors of Tule Springs;
Shenandoah National Park Trust;
Zion Forever Project

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