Four Corners Resource Management Apprenticeship PROGRAM (FC-RMAP)

The 2017 FC-FLIP cohort and mentors!

Anthony and Jaime practice their Wilderness First Aid skills during the 2017 FC-FLIP orientation.

Anthony hiked to Ice Lakes Basin on one of his weekends away from Mesa Verde National Park

Flippers and crew walk through the Telluride Valley Floor on their way to collect vegetation data.

Laurel, Duncan and Lauren measure the forest above Telluride Valley Floor.

Michael Bartley shows a Durango High School student how to identify pine beetles in ponderosa pine.

Michael Bartley walks through the Missionary Ridge burn scar on his way to another reforestation plot.

The 2017 FC-FLIP cohort and mentors at the final presentation.

FC-RMAP (once know as FC FLIP) connects regional college students and recent graduates with resource managers to gain the knowledge and skills – hands-on – of what it means to work with or for a federal agency. Whether interns, also known as Flippers, participate in natural, recreation, or cultural resource management, a major goal of the program is to better prepare the next generation of agency personnel.

This rigorous, paid, 10-week career-building internship program offers an outstanding opportunity to learn from professionals in the field, build skills, and gain networking contacts - all while living in a beautiful place. Each student will be paired with a natural resource scientist or manager for a 10-week internship and will participate in a one week orientation/ training. Students will learn, during their internship, the methods used by natural resource professionals and community planners in the field and office and contribute to real-world projects.

A kick-off orientation, a mid-term check-in, and a final presentation help interns build knowledge, skills, and camaraderie. The orientation will include wilderness first aid and CPR training and certification, backcountry skills, introduction to federal careers and application process, storytelling for scientists and managers, and the development of 21st Century Skills.

Participation necessitates commitment to the entire program, a spirit of adventure, and the ability to work full-time in a professional setting.

2022 positions will be posted in mid-March

Informational Brochure

We are grateful to work in partnership with the San Juan National Forest, Bureau of Land Management, and Mesa Verde National Park to develop and implement FC-RMAP.