Expo Rangers

In Spring 2002, National Park Service (NPS) officials at Manzanar National Historic Site confirmed an $18,000 PLC grant to perform a GPS survey and related site mitigation planning and implementation work. A few weeks later, NPS officials at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area confirmed a $17,000 PLC grant to perfom trail maintenance surveys and related field work.

Expo Rangers are mostly students aged 16-26. They will be paid $6.75/hour to do this work.

In addition, they get:

• on the job training using a Trimble GeoExplorer 3 GPS unit;
• exposure to other fieldwork applicable to entry-level NPS jobs;
• NPS career/job orientation;
• transportation to and from the work site and the Expo neighborhood;
• camping (you need to have a tent and sleeping bag);
• meals provided;
• abundant free air, starry skies, sunshine, natural scenery;
• outdoor geography and environmental education lessons.

Interested Los Angeles youth (aged 16-26) may apply to become an Expo Ranger by contacting the Expo Neighbors Association. Applications are being accepted for interested neighborhood youth.

For more information contact Patrick McCullough, (323) 731-0323; niteprss@pacbell.net