{"id":177740,"date":"2025-08-26T18:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/177740\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:51:12","slug":"guardians-of-the-trails-program-offers-career-opportunities-in-conservation-big-island-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/177740\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Guardians of the Trails\u2019 program offers career opportunities in conservation : Big Island Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Six young people will have the opportunity to work full-time throughout Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park, gaining hands-on experience and career mentorship in conservation for 50 weeks.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Guardians of the Trails participants work at Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park. (Courtesy of Friends of Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park)<\/p>\n

Friends of Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park recently received a $150,000 grant from the National Park Foundation and $25,000 from a donor, Helen Wright, to support the \u201cGuardians of the Trails\u201d program.<\/p>\n

Now in its sixth year, Guardians of the Trails provides paid, hands-on experience for young people in the community who may not otherwise consider a career in conservation. The program offers life-changing career opportunities, breaking down barriers to park employment and empowering participants to become conservation leaders in their community.<\/p>\n

Guardians of the Trails will be hiring individuals ages 18 to 30, or veterans 18 to 35.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A group of young people take a photo together before working at Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park as part of the Guardians of the Trails program. (Courtesy of Friends of Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park)<\/p>\n

Participants will perform a wide range of essential work, including native forest rehabilitation, removing invasive species, collecting seeds of rare plants, performing trail brushing and maintenance, and assisting with visitor services and data collection.<\/p>\n

For many young people, the idea of a career in a national park feels out of reach. However, Guardians of the Trails provides a direct pathway to employment by equipping them with the practical skills, experience, and confidence they need to succeed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis grant is about more than just conservation; it\u2019s about investing in our youth and their potential,\u201d said Elizabeth Fien, CEO of Friends of Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park. \u201cWe are so proud to be entering our sixth year of empowering young people and watching them become the next generation of park leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about the Guardians of the Trails program, or to donate, visit the Friends of Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park website. <\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six young people will have the opportunity to work full-time throughout Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park, gaining hands-on experience…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":177741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[100726,100727,100728,4788,39087,100729,746,100730,100731,100732,100733,14896,100734,100735,100736,100737,100738,100739,159,100740,67,132,68,100741,44700],"class_list":{"0":"post-177740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-career-mentorship","9":"tag-career-pathways","10":"tag-community-leaders","11":"tag-conservation","12":"tag-data-collection","13":"tag-elizabeth-fien","14":"tag-environment","15":"tag-friends-of-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park","16":"tag-guardians-of-the-trails","17":"tag-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park","18":"tag-helen-wright","19":"tag-invasive-species","20":"tag-national-park-foundation","21":"tag-native-forest-rehabilitation","22":"tag-next-generation-of-park-leaders","23":"tag-park-employment","24":"tag-practical-skills","25":"tag-rare-plants","26":"tag-science","27":"tag-trail-brushing","28":"tag-united-states","29":"tag-unitedstates","30":"tag-us","31":"tag-visitor-services","32":"tag-youth-empowerment"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}