What are the responsibilities and job description for the Watershed Planning Wildfire Intern position at Denver Water?
Summer Position
Full Time - 40 hours per week
Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Hybrid)
This internship is with Denver Water’s Watershed Planning program within the Water Resource Strategy division. The Watershed Planning Program is Denver Water’s source water protection program working to protect and improve Denver Water’s 2.5 million acres of collection system watersheds. Given the collection system’s location within fire-adapted landscapes, forest health and wildfire resilience is a top priority for the program. This internship will focus on wildfire risk reduction, post-fire recovery, forest health partnerships, and watershed inventories and assessments.
Internship Project Description
Under guidance, advance the implementation and outreach of wildfire risk reduction, forest health, post-fire recovery, and wildfire preparedness projects in Denver Water’s priority watersheds. Participate, facilitate, and engage in watershed and forest health collaboratives that are a priority for Denver Water.
Examples Include
Intern positions do not come with any benefits other than holiday pay and Accrued Paid Sick Leave. Interns and Denver Water Temps accrue one hour of Accrued Paid Sick Leave per 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours per year per the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.
Full Time - 40 hours per week
Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Hybrid)
This internship is with Denver Water’s Watershed Planning program within the Water Resource Strategy division. The Watershed Planning Program is Denver Water’s source water protection program working to protect and improve Denver Water’s 2.5 million acres of collection system watersheds. Given the collection system’s location within fire-adapted landscapes, forest health and wildfire resilience is a top priority for the program. This internship will focus on wildfire risk reduction, post-fire recovery, forest health partnerships, and watershed inventories and assessments.
Internship Project Description
Under guidance, advance the implementation and outreach of wildfire risk reduction, forest health, post-fire recovery, and wildfire preparedness projects in Denver Water’s priority watersheds. Participate, facilitate, and engage in watershed and forest health collaboratives that are a priority for Denver Water.
Examples Include
- Support the implementation of the From Forests to Faucets Partnership and other forest and wildfire management programs through project-level coordination.
- Collaborate with Denver Water GIS Staff to develop and maintain spatially based wildfire resilience project and wildfire ignition tracking tools and applications.
- Engage with internal and external stakeholders. Participate in groups such as the Watershed Steering Committee, Watershed Wildfire Protection Group, and county wildfire/forest health councils.
- Organize and participate in field visits with forest management partners to facilitate knowledge sharing.
- Support the development and implementation of facility-specific wildfire risk assessments.
- Review GIS data and forest project tracking information for accuracy and for input.
- Assemble documents, data, and spatial information for watershed project specific needs.
- Review and synthesize new and relevant climate, forest management, and wildfire research.
- Strong organizational skills
- Facilitation skills
- Interest and basic understanding of ESRI ArcGIS products
- Analytical thinking
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Oral and written communication
- Technical writing
- Technical document synthesis
- Quality control and quality assurance
Intern positions do not come with any benefits other than holiday pay and Accrued Paid Sick Leave. Interns and Denver Water Temps accrue one hour of Accrued Paid Sick Leave per 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours per year per the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.