PROJECT ABSTRACT
Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
(Cooperative Agreement # H1200-09-0005)
Park: Colorado Plateau CESU and SUCR
Project Title: Student Internship to NAU’s Environmental Caucus and NPS Cinder Cone Trails
Workshop
Funding Amount: $7,218
CPCESU Partner Institution: Northern Arizona University
Principal Investigator: Shelley Silbert, Director, Strategic Environmental Initiatives, Box
5765, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, Phone: 928-523-7635, Fax: 928-5238223, Email: shelley.silbert@nau.edu
Co-Investigator: Michael Ort, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability,
Department of Geology, PO Box 4099, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011 USA,
Phone: 928-523-9363, Fax: 928-523-9220, Email: Michael.Ort@nau.edu
NPS Key Official: Judy Bischoff, Research Coordinator, NPS Colorado Plateau CESU, NAU
P.O. Box 5765, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, Phone: 928-523-6638, Fax: 928-523-2014, Email:
judy_bischoff@nps.gov
NPS Advisor: Mike Schneegas, Facility Manager, Flagstaff Area National Monuments, 6400
North Highway 89, Flagstaff AZ 86004, Phone: 928-526-1157 ext. 231, Fax: 928-526-4259,
Email Michael_Schneegas@nps.gov
Start Date: October 1, 2009
End Date: December 31, 2010
Abstract: Students in environmental studies at Northern Arizona University are required to have
a minimum of a one semester internship experience. This project intends to provide an internship
opportunity for an undergraduate student majoring in environmental studies. The student will be
involved in two projects:
1) Assisting the Environmental Caucus in developing their Website devoted to “all things
green at Northern Arizona University,” including a focus on the NPS as an NAU partner
2) Gathering case studies about trail design, maintenance, rehabilitation and other
environmental factors related to trails at volcanic National Parks
From this two-pronged internship opportunity, the student will learn to develop Web content and
how to design and maintain Web pages using Dreamweaver. In addition, the student will have
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the opportunity to work closely with National Park Service resource managers to learn about the
natural and cultural resource issues of trail design and maintenance, which will be presented as
case studies at the “Workshop for Best Practices of Trail Design and Maintenance on Volcanic
Resources.”
Keywords:
Volcanology, threats, land use, archeology, workshop, Website development, internship,
trails, preservation, restoration
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