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Fall Creek Falls State Park

Stuart Carroll
Email: Stuart.Carroll@tn.gov
Phone Number: (423) 881-5708
Number Internships available: 2
Summary:  Fall Creek Falls State Park is one of the largest natural areas in Tennessee. The intern would be working with a general population on a variety of natural and cultural programs, and may also work with middle schoolers in the environmental education center. For more information, see the detailed description.
Interview Required: Yes
Special Requirements: The intern can expect a fair amount of hiking and other physical work. The terrain itself here at Fall Creek can be very challenging.
Minimum Time Commitment: 2 Weeks
Lodging Provided: Yes. We will try to provide on-site housing, although it may be rustic in style.

More Information

Fall Creek Falls State Park, in Tennessee, is one of the largest natural areas in Tn.  The park also contains a large amount of resort development, and is probably the most heavily visited state park in Tennessee.  In the summer, the intern would be working with a general population on a variety of natural and cultural programs.  If an intern can work in April and/or May, they can assist in the park's residential environmental education center.  This center focusses on the middle school student, and attempts to bring these students into contact with a natural setting in an engaging and challenging fashion.  Interns in either season will be able to study the effectiveness of these programs:  the successes and failures, the impediments to successful program delivery, and the need for programs of these types.

 

For any further info, please contact me at Stuart.Carroll@tn.gov, or call (423)881-5708.  You can google Fall Creek Falls State Park, and go to our official state web site.  Another web site run by the "Friends of Fall Creek Falls" is fallcreekfalls.org.  It has a more up-to-date listing of our programs, etc.