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Historic Trades Team Member – Preserve WV AmeriCorps
The Preserve WV AmeriCorps program gives you the chance to make a real difference by helping small museums, historic sites, and community organizations in West Virginia protect and share their history! Learn hands-on skills and help preserve history as a member of the Historic Trades Team with the Monongahela National Forest’s Heritage Program.
The Monongahela National Forest is a unit of the USDA Forest Service and includes approximately 920,000 acres throughout the Allegheny Highlands region of West Virginia - an area world renowned for its rugged landscape and spectacular views. The Heritage Program is tasked with the management of a wealth of cultural resources throughout the forest including transportation resources, homesites, recreation resources from the mid-century and CCC-era, and more.
The AmeriCorps Historic Trades Team Member will serve approximately 35-40 hours per week. The team will primarily serve as a unit conducting hands-on historic preservation repairs and maintenance on cultural resources and will be based at the Forest Service headquarters in Elkins. Regional travel will be required to complete projects. The Forest Service may provide transportation for team activities requiring regional travel. Overnight camping trips to facilitate projects are expected. Team activities will primarily focus on three programmatic areas with the goal of enhancing the stewardship and use of cultural resources, including:
(1) Hands-on Historic Trades to Address Deferred Maintenance
- Window restoration
- Vegetation and biological growth removal
- Cemetery cleaning and maintenance
- Minor log and wood treatments
- Repainting
- Wood roof replacements
- Masonry construction and repairs
(2) Identification & Documentation
- Photograph historic resources
- Write physical descriptions of properties with measurements and site drawings
- Evaluation for eligibility for listing on National Register of Historic Places
- Nominations of historic properties for listing on National Register of Historic Places
- Cultural Resource Surveys throughout the forest to assist with planning landscape-scale active management projects.
(3) Educational & Interpretation
- Research and develop digital and physical content for the public
How to Apply:
1.) Email your resume and statement of interest to the AmeriCorps program director at info@pawv.org. The statement of interest should directly reference the description of the position the applicant is applying to and speak to how the applicant's interests, experience, and career goals are a good match for that particular service opportunity. If interested, applicants may use the statement of interest to apply for more than one position.
2.) Create an account and submit an AmeriCorps application under the "Preserve WV AmeriCorps" listing - https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/publicRequestSearch.do
*For problems creating and submitting an application, contact the National Service hotline at 1-800-942-2677.
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