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A new partnership between the University of Tennessee and the National Park Service will allow students to gain experience for careers including national park rangers. National Park Service

Students trade power points for hands-on rec management at nearby National Park Service sites

This story was originally published by Tennessee Lookout.

RUGBY— Students at the University of Tennessee who want to work in national parks will get to give it a try in coming semesters.

The expanded collaboration gives the students hands-on work through internships, research and volunteering. They will help with research and interacting with visitors at the three smaller national properties managed by the National Park Service in East Tennessee: Obed Wild and Scenic River, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, and Manhattan Project National Historical Park. 

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is not part of the collaboration. 

The experiences will be part of the Outdoor Recreation Park Management concentration which is housed at the UT School of Natural Resources under the Forestry major. 

Associate Professor Ryan Sharp, and Niki Nicholas, park superintendent for Obed and Big South Fork, announced the collaboration this spring in the Historic Rugby community.