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The Agricultural Landscape at a Presidential Home
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, New York
We can almost smell summertime in the latest video from the NPS Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation.
The short video celebrates the agricultural landscape of Lindenwold, President Martin Van Buren’s home and farm, and encourages viewers to learn more about the landscape’s past, present, and future through the lens of the recently published report “Agricultural Management Guidelines for the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site.”
Cover of the management document for the agricultural landscape at Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (NPS Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation).
At the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, the National Park Service collaborates with Roxbury Farm CSA, the Open Space Institute, and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation to preserve President Martin Van Buren’s historic farmland by supporting sustainable agriculture now and for generations to come.
Learning in Action
The Designing the Parks program is not your typical internship.
Each year since 2013, the program has introduced a cohort of college students and recent graduates to National Park Service design and planning professions through projects related to cultural landscape stewardship.
In the internships, hosted by the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation and made possible by partner organizations, each participant focuses on an in-depth project that directly engages with a national park unit.
Designing the Parks
Our most recent article highlights the Designing the Parks program, including recent projects and partner organizations: Designing the Parks: Learning in Action
Also, don’t miss the Designing the Parks blog written by the team of interns. Seriously, it’s good.
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Video Production Intern, Vanessa Hartsuiker, films on the grounds at Chatham Manor at Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park for a cultural landscape report video (NPS Photo).
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Summer Internship Opportunity
Join the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation this summer as a Digital Media Resource Assistant, supported in partnership with the nonprofit American Conservation Experience.
As the Digital Media Resource Assistant, you will create ArcGIS StoryMaps and other digital media products for a national audience that convey a strong sense of place, sharing stories that capture the diverse perspectives shaping our cultural landscape heritage.
- Don’t miss the Designing the Parks blog to see what other interns with the Olmsted Center have been doing.
- Learn more about the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation.
[Image description: A group of Olmsted Center Associates, interns, gather on a rocky mountaintop in Acadia National Park, overlooking an expanse of trees and water below.]
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Internship Opportunity
Join the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation this summer as a Digital Media Resource Assistant supported through the Latino Heritage Internship Program!
The Digital Media Resource Assistant will create ArcGIS StoryMaps for a national audience that convey a strong sense of place and share stories that are inclusive and capture the diverse perspectives that shape our cultural landscape heritage.
If you have interest and experience in cultural resource management and digital media/GIS, check out the full posting and apply through Environment for the Americas: Digital Media Resource Assistant
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Photo: Reflections in the water in front of Stone Cottage at Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, which is one of the places this intern will be profiling through the ArcGIS Storymaps.
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Internship Opportunity!
Join the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation team this winter (remotely) as a Geographical Information Systems/App Development Intern to help build a web-based mobile app for tree assessment to improve management in the National Park Service.
This individual will build and beta-test a web-based mobile app for tree inventory and condition assessment which will allow for integration of data collection with the arboricultural field manual. They will support and participate in the collection of field data using GIS and develop GIS data structures to capture information through the ESRI Collector. The 1200-hour position is supported through a partnership with the National Council of Preservation Education.
If you have interest and experience in cultural resource management and GIS, check out the full posting and apply through the Handshake job portal (position #4160631) or at PreserveNet.
Details
- Direct link to the position announcement: Geographical Information Systems/App Development Intern
- Find more about the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation: OCLP Internships
- What does an internship with the Olmsted Center look like? Don’t miss the Designing the Parks blog for notes from the field.
- *Closes November 11, 2020*
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Internship Opportunities
Interns, called Associates, are integral to the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation team and work under the mentorship of experienced landscape architects, horticulturalists, and planners. Associates engage in an extensive program of trainings, educational opportunities, and field trips to enrich their experience.
Want a closer look? Don’t miss the Designing the Parks internship blog.
These paid internships vary in duration and focus but are typically offered to graduating students and young professionals in landscape architecture, horticulture, historic preservation, history, GIS, or related fields, who seek professional experience in cultural landscape preservation.
These positions are supported through a partnership with the National Council of Preservation Education. For more information about each position, including desired qualifications, compensation and project details, download the full announcements at the link above.
Please send application materials by March 1, 2020.
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The Legacy and Landscape of Harriet Tubman
To help honor Harriet Tubman’s first attempt at self-emancipation on September 17, 1849, the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation has created a short video highlighting Harriet Tubman, the remarkable landscape of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Maryland, and some of the cultural landscape research they’ve conducted there to date.
“The Cultural Landscape at Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park” is the latest addition to the Olmsted Center’s cultural landscape video series. Each video highlights the unique aspects of a particular landscape’s history and significance, and together they help to communicate the process and outcomes of cultural landscape research.
- Find the full series at the link below, or at the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation website
Stewart’s Canal at dusk, at Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park (NPS).
Discover More
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park website
- Underground Railroad: More on this subject from the National Park Service
- Journeying toward Freedom and New Beginnings: A cultural landscape perspective of Harriet Tubman and the Jacob Jackson home site on the Eastern Store of Maryland
- Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation video series (YouTube)
- More about NPS cultural landscapes
