The National Park Service will be hiring seven young people to work full-time in the V.I. National Park on St. John for eight weeks this summer in an immersion orientation program.
Designated a Youth Conservation Camp, the program is described as a "work-learn-earn" experience that is intended to give the participants "an understanding and appreciation of the environment," park Supt. Russell Berry said in a press release. Participants will get hands-on experience in administrative, maintenance and resource management aspects of the park operations.
Boys and girls ages 15 through 18 who are permanent U.S. residents are invited to apply to participate. Applicants must commit to working 40 hours a week, for which they will be paid $5.15 an hour. The program will run from June 19 through Aug. 11.
Application forms are available at the Cruz Bay Visitor Center and the park Maintenance Division compound on St. John and at the National Park Service offices in Vessup Bay on St. Thomas. They must be submitted by June 9. For further information, call Ina Duncan at 693- 8989.