GIS Cultural Resources Steward – AmeriCorps (Wrangell-St.Elias)

Position Title: GIS Cultural Resources Steward – AmeriCorps

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements

Site Location: Wrangell-St.

Elias National Park & Preserve, PO Box 439, Mile 106.8 Richardson Highway, Copper Center, AK 99573

Application Timeline: Preference given to applicants that submit application by [DATE]

Terms of Service:


* Start Date: 06/01/2026


* End Date: 11/13/2026


* AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 675 Hours

 Purpose:

Stewards Individual Placements (Stewards), a program of Conservation Legacy, provides individuals with AmeriCorps service and career internship opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources.

Participants serve with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits to provide institutional capacity, develop community relationships, and support ecosystem health.

Stewards in partnership with the NPS GIS office is hosting a cohort of GIS stewards.

Wrangell–St.

Elias National Park and Preserve is the largest national park in the United States, encompassing over 13 million acres of high mountains, extensive glaciers, and remote wilderness.

Managing resources across such an expansive and diverse landscape requires accurate, well-organized geospatial data to support scientific research, operational planning, and informed decision-making.

This internship provides an opportunity to contribute to these efforts by supporting geospatial data management and analysis for one of the more complex park environments in the National Park System.

 The GIS Intern will have the chance to contribute to projects that help manage and preserve this large, dynamic landscape while collaborating with passionate professionals dedicated to conservation and stewardship.

The intern will assist with preparation for field projects in remote and aerial environments, support post-processing and analysis of collected data, and manage incoming requests for mapping and other GIS services from park staff.

Duties will also include organizing and maintaining geospatial datasets, building a metadata catalog for easy data discovery, and coordinating with the Alaska Region GIS team to ensure compliance with NPS standards.

By the end of the internship, the successful candidate will have developed core NPS GIS competencies, have a portfolio of GIS products, demonstrated interdisciplinary collaborative skills and strong problem-solving skills through working under real-world constraints. 

The duty station will be at Park Headquarters in Copper Center where most work will be conducted in an indoor office environment, however, there may be opportunities and needs for field data acquisition where field work in a wilderness setting will be required.

Description of Duties:

Duties of the GIS Intern position may include, but are not limited to, the following:


* Support field staff in preparing for data acquisition in remote and aerial environments.


* Post-process and analyze geosp...