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DNR Summer Positions at State Parks and Visitor Centers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 19, 2009
Contact: Mary Dettloff 517-335-3014 (media calls
only)
Help Wanted: DNR Hiring Now for Summer Positions at State Parks and
Visitor Centers
The Department of Natural Resources is now hiring to fill many
interesting and educational jobs at state parks, visitor centers and
fish hatcheries.
“We offer several positions in the summer in our State Park Explorer
Program, which is aimed at providing educational nature programs to
state park visitors,” said DNR Education Services Manager Kevin
Frailey. “We also have summer jobs available through our
Interpretative Services for positions at visitor centers, fish
hatcheries and gift shops. These positions provide summer job
opportunities for people who are interested in working for the DNR and
helping educate and inform the public about Michigan’s natural
resources.”
Anyone interested in working for the DNR Interpretive Services may
apply by filling out an employment application at one of 10 major
interpretive sites: The Carl T. Johnson Hunting and Fishing Center near
Mitchell State Park in Cadillac; the Gerald E. Eddy Discovery Center at
Waterloo Recreation Area near Chelsea; the Gillette Sand Dune Visitor
Center at Hoffmaster State Park near Muskegon; the Great Lakes Visitor
Center at Ludington State Park in Ludington; the Michigan Forest Visitor
Center at Hartwick Pines State Park near Grayling; the Saginaw Bay
Visitor Center at Bay City State Recreation Area in Bay City;
Tahquamenon Falls State Park near Paradise in the Upper Peninsula;
Wilderness Visitor Center at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State
Park in Silver City; Oden State Fish Hatchery Visitor Center in Oden,
about six miles east of Petoskey; and Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery
located in Mattawan.
Positions at the visitor center and interpretive sites include nature
program presenter, visitor center maintenance crew and gift shop clerk.
For the State Park Explorer Program, a list of 41 Explorer Guide sites
is listed on the DNR Web site under the Education and Outreach menu. For
more information on the State Park Explorer Program, please contact
Karen Gourlay at 248-349-3858.
The DNR is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use
and enjoyment of the state's natural resources for current and future
generations.
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-- Joan Chadde, K-12 Education & Outreach Program Coordinator Western
U.P Center for Science, Mathematics & Environmental Education Center for
Science and Environmental Outreach 105 Dillman Hall - Michigan
Technological University 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931-1295 Tel:
(906) 487-3341 Fax: (906) 487-1620 Email: jchadde@xxxxxxx Center
Programs reach more than 10,000 students, teachers, and community
members in the Upper Great Lakes region annually. Find out more at:
http://wupcenter.mtu.edu/ The Western U.P. Center is a partnership of
Copper Country & Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School Districts and
Michigan Technological University, serving 19 school districts and the
communities in Houghton, Baraga, Gogebic, Ontonagon and Keweenaw Counties.