Redwood National and State Parks offers Summer Youth Conservation Corps jobs

Redwood National and State Parks is seeking enthusiastic local youth age 15 to 18 to apply for Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) jobs this summer. This program offers local teens a chance to participate in conservation work throughout Redwood National and State Parks.

This year's eight-week program runs June 22 to Aug. 14. A total of five men and five women will be selected from Humboldt and Del Norte counties at a public drawing. Participants will be paid the California minimum wage of $13 per hour for a 40-hour workweek, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

All participants must bring their lunch and provide their transportation to and from either the parks’ headquarters building in Crescent City or the National Park Service’s Arcata office.

Specific work projects may include construction and maintenance of trails and bridges; removal of invasive vegetation species; maintenance around historic structures; and assisting the prescribed burn managers, hydrologists and fisheries biologists.

Participants will be required to do hard physical work, hike long distances and may be exposed to insects, poison oak, adverse weather and difficult working conditions. Natural and cultural resource education is incorporated into the eight-week program.

To apply, interested youth meeting the qualifications should go to the Redwood National and States Parks website at www.nps.gov/redw. Enter “YCC” into the search bar and select “This Site” to access information, instructions for applying and the application for the local YCC program.