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*Orchard Interpretation Intern* http://crcareers.thegreatbasininstitute.org/careers/careers.aspx?rf=ECOLOG&req=2016-ACI-035 The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), is recruiting an Orchard Interpretation Intern to join our AmeriCorps program to assist the interpretive division and the park horticulturist with the development and presentation of orchard interpretive materials for the historic orchards of Capitol Reef National Park. The intern will work as a partner between the interpretation division and the natural resource divisions to develop, improve, create and present interpretive materials and presentations regarding horticulture and the historic orchards of Capitol Reef National Park. Presentations may include multimedia shows, structured and impromptu talks, guided tours, and on- and off-site programs. The intern will be based out of the interpretive division and will be responsible for learning about Capitol Reef National Park and the historic orchards and disseminating information regarding resource education and protection to the public at the visitor center desk, developing and presenting interpretive orchard programs including an evening program, porch talk and orchard walk, and assisting the interpretive and natural resource divisions with improving orchard publications or informational items. *Orchard Management Intern* http://crcareers.thegreatbasininstitute.org/careers/careers.aspx?rf=ECOLOG&req=2016-ACI-037 The Great Basin Institute, in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), is recruiting two Orchard Management Interns to join our AmeriCorps program to assist the horticulturist and natural resource staff with orchard management and research for the orchards in the Fruita Historic District in Capitol Reef National Park. The orchards of Fruita consist of over 2,500 historically significant and heirloom fruit and nut trees that are managed as a cultural resource. Orchard management activities will consist of assisting staff with insect and pest monitoring, implementing integrated pest management strategies such as fruit culling, cover crop management, vegetation surveys, bloom time surveys, and fruit monitoring for you-pick orchards. The intern will also assist with conducting the annual orchard condition assessments, which consist of applying horticultural and botanical knowledge to evaluate and record specific health characteristics of each individual tree. Orchard assessments involve field data collection and office work to manage and input the data. The interns may also assist the park’s resource management staff with high-priority monitoring of vegetation and threatened and endangered species.
