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Trails and Cabin Maintenance

The Student Conservation Association
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Position Dates: 05/20/2024 - 09/22/2024

About us: 

The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the largest provider of hands-on environmental conservation programs for youth and adults. Program participants protect and restore national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, marine sanctuaries, cultural landmarks, community green spaces, and much more across the country. 

Position Description:
Serves as a member of a trails and cabin maintenance team.  Placement will assist with maintenance/repair of system trails and recreation cabins to improve and promote recreational access to National Forest System (NFS) lands.  Performs routine maintenance at dispersed recreation sites including site cleanup and naturalizing.  Collects visitor use data using trail counters and public interviews.  

Several backcountry camping trips will be required, typically 3 to 4 nights per trip, but potentially up to 10 consecutive nights.  Transportation on boats and possibly small fixed-wing aircraft and/or helicopters will be required.  As a field going position working in brown bear habitat, this position is required to be firearm certified for personal and/or crew safety.  Placements will be required to pass a drug screen before reporting for duty.  Placements must possess and maintain a valid state driver’s license from any state.

The SCA crew members will work alongside the Sitka Ranger District Cabins and Trails Crew. They will report to the Cabins and Trails program manager and daily work will be assigned by the Cabins Work Leader or the Trails Work Leader. The combined crew will work together to accomplish the following areas of work:

·       Trail maintenance and reconstruction

·       Cabin maintenance and improvement

·       Maintain and clean developed recreation areas

·       Conduct work in both front and backcountry settings

·       Support National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) work

·       Support other program areas at special events such as Kid’s Fishing Day and Fourth of July Parade

Aside from normal clothing and boots, all necessary field and safety gear will be provided by the Forest Service.

Member Benefits:

  • $1,500 - RT travel allowance to work site and back
  • $425 - weekly living allowance
  • $150 - one time gear allowance
  • $350 - monthly housing stipend for USFS bunkhouse
    • This opportunity is located in Sitka, Alaska, which is a full-service island community. The internship includes a bunkhouse stipend which will cover the cost of residing at one of two of the district’s shared housing locations. One is directly adjacent to the office, while the other a couple of miles away but closer to downtown. Interns may be assigned to a shared bedroom with another employee of the same gender. Interns who are housed at the further location can be provided a loaner bicycle for commuting to/from work. The bunkhouse is coed, but shared rooms, including bathrooms, are male or female only.
  • AmeriCorps eligibility (Education award of $2,626.27; requires 675 hours to be completed)

*All allowances are subject to applicable federal, state, and local taxes

Member Qualifications:

  • Driver's license required
  • Mandatory drug screening


Additional Information:
Please provide a 1-2 page professional resume as an attachment to your SCA application. 

*For SCA's COVID-19 guidance, please refer to www.thesca.org/covid