Watershed Planning Wildfire Intern

Denver Water•Denver, CO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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
The position may be a paid position and/or for school credit. However, the candidate must currently be a student attending college/university or must have graduated in the last six (6) months.
Graduate level student majoring in Forestry, Ecology, Watershed Science, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Policy, or a related field.
Current Colorado driver’s license class “R”, with a satisfactory driving record required.
A background check including education and criminal history.
Driving is required, we'll also request:
A motor vehicle background check.
A pre-placement clinic appointment which may include a physical, drug and alcohol test, strength test, and worker’s compensation background test.
Applicants for employment at Denver Water must be authorized to work in the U.S.  Denver Water will not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

Nice To Haves

Preferred knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS Products

Responsibilities

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.
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.