The SBFC Wilderness & Trails Internship program (formerly Wilderness Ranger Fellowship) provides an immersive experience in Wilderness trail conservation and management through hands-on stewardship. After 11 days of training and certifications, interns will be led by SBFC trail maintenance professionals on five, 8 day backpacking hitches in Wilderness, spending long days performing trail maintenance with traditional tools in some of the largest and most remote Wilderness Areas in the lower 48. The season concludes with a tour of several communities surrounding the SBFC Wilderness Complex, where interns will share presentations about all they experienced and learned throughout their internship.

Position Overview:

Your internship will provide you with the opportunity to learn: 

1) All manner of wilderness trail maintenance skills, and real-world, in-the-field decision making that public land managers require of their wilderness stewards;

2) The ability to safely and proficiently hike, backpack, and work in a backcountry setting for 8 or more days at a time; 

3) From SBFC staff wilderness trail professionals, as well as USFS wilderness trail technicians; 

4) Alongside other interns as well as volunteers from the public;

 5) To be an on-the-ground leader for Wilderness access, education, and protection through your words and more importantly, your actions.

Compensation: $11/hour plus overtime. (Interns can expect to make about $6,000 in wages during a full season.)

Housing included in the form of a group campsite is provided for any time not spent backpacking in the field.

For many more details, and to apply, please go to www.selwaybitterroot.org/internship