Q&A: Learning about Outdoor Recreation through the Pathways Program

By: Heather Gordon

April 04, 2023

Category: Behind the Scenes

Each summer, Three Rivers Park District offers the opportunity to explore careers in the outdoors through the Pathways Internship Program. Open to high-school and college students, the paid internship program provides a hands-on experience that teaches participants skills that will help them in their careers.

About the Author

Tracy, wearing a Three Rivers Park District baseball cap, smiles for the camera.

A lifelong lover of the outdoors, Heather is a recreation program specialist with the Outdoor Recreation School (ORS). Heather coordinates and teaches outdoor recreation programs for ORS at locations throughout the park district. She also coordinates volunteers and interns for ORS.

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