The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Roads and Trails are looking to hire several student positions for the summer of 2026. The positions they are hiring for are detailed below, along with the dates the jobs are expected to be posted by.
LiDAR Internship – December 29th
Our projects will specialize in accessibility to trailheads, beaches, and historic buildings around the park. Additionally, full trail walkthroughs may be possible. During this internship, the intern will be using a Mosaic Xplor LiDAR backpack to gather video and point cloud data and then use a variety of software to process the data into video presentations, visualizations, and accessibility assessments.
Pathways Trails – December 29th
This student position will work alongside our trail crews on various projects including parking lot and road restoration, trail tread and erosion control repairs, and trail overlook maintenance. The work will be with both hand tools and heavy equipment depending on the project. This position may also work on clearing trail trees in wilderness and non-wilderness locations.
Pathways Laborer – December 29th
This student position will work alongside our trail crews on various projects including parking lot and road restoration, trail tread and erosion control repairs, and trail overlook maintenance. The work will be with both hand tools and heavy equipment depending on the project.
If you have any students in mind, or simply wish to share with your classes, please feel free to do so. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Hailey Pampreen-Lohman hailey_pampreen-lohman@nps.gov