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Description
Title: Cultural Landscapes Inventory Individual Placement
Service Site: Based out of Washington, DC (remote or hybrid eligible)
Dates of Service: September 14th, 2026 - January 22nd, 2027
Pay: $800/week paid biweekly ($600/week living stipend + $200 additional member benefit)
Status: This is a full-time, temporary AmeriCorps National Service position.
Questions? Contact ACCIPrecruiting@conservationlegacy.org
Appalachian Conservation Corps:
Our Individual Placement program works to connect young people to conservation service work across Appalachia and neighboring communities in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, DC, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. ACC is a program of Conservation Legacy, a nationwide network of conservation organizations.
As an AmeriCorps program, Individual Placements commit to a term of service in order to gain hands-on experience at their placement site, and ACC supports them through their term, as well as provides a variety of benefits to help them succeed in achieving their career goals. ACC welcomes national applicants, but also emphasizes the engagement of local individuals who represent the communities in which they serve.
Position Summary:
The Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) Individual Placement will support Preservation Services. Preservation Services promotes the preservation of cultural landscapes and historic structures through research, planning, and stewardship to parks and historic properties in the National Park Service (NPS) National Capital Region.
The successful candidate will work with and assist historical landscape architects, historians, and other preservation professionals to complete Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) reports for Prince William Forest Park, a 15,000-acre park in the NPS National Capital Region. This internship opportunity is located in Washington, DC, with options for a remote or hybrid work schedule, and will focus on office work with possible field documentation experience.
The internship involves preparing Cultural Landscapes Inventory (CLI) reports and database entries for three cabin camps at Prince William Forest Park. The cabin camps were constructed as part of New Deal-era Recreation Demonstration Area program and include development and use from their completion, to World War II, to the National Park Service's Mission 66 and Parkscape USA programs, and extend to the present day. The development of the reports and data entry into the Cultural Resources Inventory System (CRIS) database is critical to meeting requirements of Section 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. This opportunity will allow the intern to learn about and participate in a preservation program by working directly with Federal cultural resource professionals in the National Capital Region - Preservation Services.
Essential roles and responsibilities include:

• Researching secondary sources and developing written narratives;

• Identifying and describing cultural landscape characteristics and features;

• Describing a landscape's historical significance according to National Register criteria;

• Evaluating characteristics and features that contribute to a landscape's significance

• Participating in landscape condition discussions with NPS staff;

• Photography management with Adobe Creative Suite software;

• Editing maps using GIS and/or Adobe Creative Suite software

General Qualifications:
To qualify, you must be between the ages of 18 and 30, and a US citizen that has received a high school diploma or GED. All offers of employment are conditional upon completion of an acceptable check of the National Sex Offender Public Registry and federal criminal background check. Must be eligible to receive an AmeriCorps Education Award. In addition, applicants must:

• Possess a valid driver's license

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in historic preservation, landscape architecture, architecture, urban planning, geography, or historic archaeology with a Mid-Atlantic focus

Schedule:

• This position is full-time, 40 hour/week

• Typically, this position is expected to serve Monday to Friday, but exact service schedules may vary. A half hour lunch break will not be counted towards AmeriCorps service.

Benefits:

• $800/week paid biweekly ($600/week living stipend + $200 additional member benefit)

• $2,817.14 AmeriCorps Segal Education Award upon successful completion of 675-hour minimum service term (award amount varies based on length of commitment and can be used for paying off federal student loans or paying tuition for a Title IV accredited college)

• $802 for professional development fund

• $1000 for travel during service term

• Eligibility for the Public Land Corps Hiring Authority upon successful completion - noncompetitive hiring status for two years when applying for federal positions.

• Federal student loan forbearance and interest payoff

• Member Assistance Program- 3 free sessions of support with a counseling or work-life balance specialist

• Additional subject-specific certifications and trainings may be offered (Chainsaw training, pesticides, etc.)

• Depending upon the academic institution and program, positions may fulfill internship requirements

• Professional development opportunities (mentorship, resume support, alumni listserv, etc.) and exposure to resource management career paths

Evaluation and Reporting:
As an AmeriCorps member, performance will be evaluated on whether the member has completed the required number of hours, the member has satisfactorily completed assignments, and if the member has met other performance criteria that were clearly communicated at the beginning of the term of service.
Reporting requirements include, but are not limited to, bi-weekly timesheets and accomplishment tracking.
Our Commitment:
Conservation Legacy is committed to the full consideration of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential job functions. Physical requirements may include periodic overnight travel, non-traditional work hours, ability to move across varied terrain, use program-specific tools and a range of technology on an infrequent or frequent basis. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. The ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.
Our Promise:
Conservation Legacy is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodations due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.