Forest Service offers summer internship in central Montana's great outdoors

From U.S. Forest Service

HELENA — High school students who dream of working in the great outdoors have just that opportunity this summer.

The Montana Discovery Foundation and the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest are encouraging incoming high school students who love the outdoors — or are curious about the outdoor-based jobs — to apply to the 2017 Youth Forest Monitoring Program student crew.

“YFMP is an intensive seven-week internship program for high school students,” said Liz Burke, YFMP program leader. “In the program, students will spend their summer exploring forest ecology, discove...