The National Park Service (NPS) National Trails office (NTIR) seeks a California National HistoricTrail (NHT) Digital Public History Intern. The intern will research and develop interpretive media related to Black history and the California NHT. In collaboration with National Trails staff, the intern will determine which stories should be developed into content for the California NHTwebsite and social media platforms. The intern will conduct independent research to write digital content for a broad audience about historic sites, events, and figures. The internship will offer students the opportunity to learn more about interpretation and education as a profession within the NPS. This is a remote opportunity. Learn more at: nps.gov/CALI CaliforniaNational Historic Trail Over 250,000 emigrants traveled west to the gold fields and rich farmlands of California during the 1850s and 1840s. The paths they traveled are now designated as the California National Historic Trail (NHT) which stretches over 5,000 miles across 10 states. The California NHT is administered by the National Park Service's NationalTrails office. A National Historic Trail is a long-distance route that follows and commemorates historic path of travel that changed the history and character of the U.S. Today the route offers opportunities to visit surviving sites, trail segments, and defining places of history and learn about the diverse stories they tell. National historic trails are unlike national parks in that theNPS NTIR does not own or manage land along the historic route. Rather, NTIR works with the governments, tribes, institutions, and private landowners who manage the lands along the historic route. National Trails Office National Trails administers nine national historic trails and one historic highway that, combined, stretch for 25,000 miles across 24 states. The National Trails office works with a diversity of partners to protect, develop, and promote these special places. Their staff of interdisciplinary experts assist community groups, private land owners,nonprofit organizations, tribes, and federal, state, county, and local agencies with site planning and design, on-the-ground trail mapping, educational opportunities, and identifying and protecting resources.
