Civilian Conservation Corps Intern - (Unpaid Internship)

Job Description

Who We Are:

The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) seeks to protect, preserve, and enhance Massachusetts' environmental resources and create a clean energy future for all residents. Through the stewardship of open spaces, the protection of environmental resources, and the advancement of clean energy, EEA works tirelessly to make Massachusetts a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family. Our commitment to environmental justice ensures that every resident, regardless of background or location, can live in a safe, clean environment and shares equally in the benefits of the clean energy transition.

Who We Are as an Employer:

At EEA, we create meaningful, inclusive opportunities that empower our employees to make a real difference in shaping the environmental future of Massachusetts. We foster a workplace culture where diversity is valued, innovation is encouraged, and collaboration thrives. Our employees play a vital role in advancing sustainability, environmental justice, and clean energy solutions, ensuring a positive and lasting impact on Massachusetts and its residents.

The Department of Conservation and Recreation's mission is to protect, promote and enhance our common wealth of natural, cultural and recreational resources for the well-being of all. The DCR is steward to one of the largest and most diverse state parks systems in the nation which includes more than 450,000 acres of parks, forests, water supply protection lands, beaches, lakes, ponds, playgrounds, swimming pools, skating rinks, trails, golf courses and parkways. DCR strives to be an exemplary leader in conservation and recreation. DCR's staff is passionate, dedicated, and continuously employs best practices that are informed by expertise, and creates a sense of place through carrying out the mission.

• Updating the CCC resource data, cross walking conditions info from 1998 with more recent conditions evaluations and use status from the DCR Cultural Resources Inventory, Resource Management Plans, and the Commonwealth Asset Management Information System. Requires use of Excel; work will involve updating an existing spreadsheet.
• Undertake background research and documentation of CCC resources in the Blue Hills Reservation, to be utilized by DCR in the preparation of Massachusetts Historical Commission Inventory forms. The Intern will start by reviewing the 1999 Statewide Survey of Civilian Conservation Corps Resources in Massachusetts, to become familiar with the collection of resources elsewhere in the DCR system. This will be followed by research into the CCC work at the Blue Hills, drawing from a combination of secondary sources and primary material available through the DCR archives.
• Products will include: a draft and final bibliography, a draft outline for a historic narrative, followed by a draft and final historic narrative products documenting the work of the CCC in the Blue Hills, and a spreadsheet of all CCC resources constructed in the Blue Hills.
• If time allows, other research as assigned.

• Strong writing skills.
• Experience performing historic research using primary and secondary sources.
• Experience working with Excel or Google sheets.
• Interest in New Deal programs.
  
  Additional Information: Access to reliable transportation to and from DCR and non-DCR sites.