Ag/NatR Internship:  Natural Resources- Law Enforcement

 

Name:

Major:

Summer:

Jonathan Hanson

Natural Resources – Law Enforcement

2002 – 03

 

 

Place of Employment:

Address:

City:

State/Province:

ZIP/Postal Code:

Company/Org. URL:

 

Wild River State Park

39797 Park Trail

Center City

Minnesota

55012

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/wild_river/index.html

 

Supervisor/Position:

Phone Number:

Shawn Donais

(651) 583 2125

 

 

Job Title:

Security Intern

 

 

Job Responsibilities:
  1. Patrolling the parks natural and cultural resources and recreational facilities, including campgrounds, picnic area, river accesses, roads and trails
  2. Staffing public contact office, and visitor assistance
  3. Other routine maintenance including but not limiting to mowing grass, road brushing and hauling firewood

 

 

Summarize Your
Experience:



 

 My main responsibilities were to enforce the park rules such as quite hours especially on busy weekends, alcohol none is allowed inside Minnesota state parks, and permit violators.  I also helped staff the front office and occasionally ran it by myself.  I also did odd jobs around the park during slow times like hauling wood to the office, I cut grass, picked up litter, and road brushing.

 

What I liked most about
the job:

 

What helped me the most was I was able to work at Wild River for two summers.  My second summer I was able to get right to work I didn’t need hardly any training, the mistakes that I made the previous summer helped me out a lot because I was able to turn them into strengths and overall make me a better employee to Wild River.  I also love working outdoors, it beats working inside all day long. 

 

Challenges on the job:

 

 

Working with the public is pretty hard, especially when you are the one they come to when they need help.  I learned to be patient with them and always try your best.  Also I worked independently most nights and sometimes would go two weeks without seeing my supervisor so I had to leave detailed notes to what I was doing so he knew I wasn’t slacking, it also made asking questions nearly impossible, But I managed to have a fun summer.