Summer internships available at Grey Towers

MILFORD — Applications currently are being accepted for summer internships at Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford.

College students interested in parks and recreation, history, gardening and landscape architecture and forestry are encouraged to apply. They can earn anywhere from a $75-per-week subsistence allowance to $2,500 for the 12-week season, May through August, depending on the internship. Housing on the historic estate and uniforms may be available.

The internships are as follows:

Education/Interpretation/Visitor Services: Multiple 12-week internships will hone students' visitor services skills through delivering interpretive mansion tours and education programs. Students will learn public speaking, communication, and research skills, and complete one research/interpretive project. The deadline to apply is March 1 for the internship. For more information, visit www.fs.fed.us/gt, email to greytowers@fs.fed.us, or call 570-296-9630.

Gardening/Horticulture: Two opportunities are available, each providing practical, hands-on experience for a motivated undergraduate who wants to apply horticultural theory learned in the classroom. The deadline to apply is April 1. For more information about the horticulture internship, visit thesca.org and search for Position #00696016. For the Elizabeth S. Mortimer gardening internship, send a resume and cover letter that indicates your field of study and expected graduation date to Elizabeth Hawke, Horticulturist, Grey Towers National Historic Site, P.O. Box 188, Milford, PA 18337; or fax to 570-296-9675; or email to ehawke@fs.fed.us. For more information call 570-296-6061 ext. 162.

Additional horticulture, visitor services and museum internships will be offered in the fall, August through December. For more information call 570-296-9630 or email greytowers@fs.fed.us.