{"id":4124,"date":"2017-12-11T09:26:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T16:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:24","slug":"interested-in-becoming-a-sbfc-wilderness-ranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=4124","title":{"rendered":"Interested in becoming a SBFC Wilderness Ranger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.selwaybitterroot.org\/internship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4125\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sbfcwri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1776\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sbfcwri.jpg 1776w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sbfcwri-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sbfcwri-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sbfcwri-1024x413.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1776px) 100vw, 1776px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_3_1452296663795_19887\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.selwaybitterroot.org\/internship\/\">2018 Wilderness Ranger Internship<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The goals of the SBFC Wilderness Ranger Intern (WRI) program are to train, educate, mentor and provide employment development opportunities for the next generations of wilderness professionals and provide skilled support to the Forest Service for accomplishing priority wilderness work.<\/p>\n<p>This is a 14-week internship for military veterans and college students doing under-graduate or graduate work in conservation, resource management, wilderness, recreation or related fields.\u00a0 The internship offers 2 full weeks of wilderness skills training\u2014crosscut saw use and certification, hand tool use, stock handling and packing, Leave No Trace and Wilderness First Responder training, followed by 12 weeks working in the Selway-Bitterroot and Frank Church Wilderness areas, with trained wilderness professionals, US Forest Service managers and volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>The WRI will also learn about the Wilderness Act and how it established an overarching framework for wilderness stewardship, what wilderness character is and how to conduct wilderness character monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, WRIs will receive an AmeriCorps award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The application will close on February 16, 2018 at 5pm MST<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s3\/4034498\/2018-Wilderness-Ranger-Intern-Application\"><strong>Apply Now!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.selwaybitterroot.org\/internship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4126\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sbfcib.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"737\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sbfcib.jpg 737w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sbfcib-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 Wilderness Ranger Internship Overview The goals of the SBFC Wilderness Ranger Intern (WRI) program are to train, educate, mentor and provide employment development opportunities for the next generations of wilderness professionals and provide skilled support to the Forest Service for accomplishing priority wilderness work. 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