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Thank You National Park Service

Scientists in Parks Supporters

The National Park Service (NPS) Scientists in Parks (SIP) program experience and a life-long connection to America’s national parks.
provides immersive, paid work experiences in natural resource Prospective participants can review and apply for summer 2023 SIP
fields so the next generation of park stewards—especially those Intern projects beginning in early December 2022.
underrepresented in science—have a unique opportunity to work
on important real-world projects while building professional www.geosociety.org/sip

Clockwise from top left: Abigail Gon-
zalez assisting with Red Knot Surveys
and Piping Plover Monitoring in North
Core Banks, Cape Lookout National
Seashore. SIP Intern Esaac Mazengia
reading out measurements while flow
tracking in Kalapaupa National
Historic Park. At the Shenandoah
National Park media office, Hannah
Prokop records audio description
voiceover for a virtual program. Scott
Kottkamp standing behind a cabinet
drawer with numerous horse speci-
mens arranged within it. This project
is part of reorganizing the specimens
primarily along taxonomic lines, and
secondarily along catalog number, to
make managing and utilizing the col-
lections for research easier at Hager-
man Fossil Beds National Monument.

2022 Partners include: 2022 Donors include: Additional sources of funding include:
Alaska Geographic, Black Hills Parks and
Forest Assoc., Devils Tower Natural
History Assoc., Grand Canyon
Conservancy, Great Basin National Park
Foundation, NPS Intermountain Region,
Sally and Bob Newcomb NPS Inventory and Monitoring Division,
National Park Service Stewards Individual
Placement Program NPS Midwest Region, NPS Southeast
Region, Rocky Mountain Conservancy,
and Shenandoah National Park Trust.

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