Silver City, NM ' For Immediate Release. The Gila National Forest is looking for high school students, ages 17 and older, who are interested in a "call-when-needed" summer job that will provide an environment to learn about Fire Management and the Forest Service.

This season, the Gila NF hopes to sponsor up to five 10-member crews who would respond to and help with manual labor tasks in a fire camp setting and provide assistance to fire management teams with the logistics of camp set-up and maintenance.

The recruitment meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Supervisor's Office at 3005 E Camino del Bosque, Silver City, NM. All applicants must bring a pen, two (2) legal forms of identification and bank account information (to include routing and account numbers.) All crew members must be 17 years of age by June 1, 2017 and still enrolled in high school.

Information about requirements to participate in the program will be shared at the meeting and once the selection process has been completed - more information about training will be relayed to the participants.

For information on the Gila National Forest, check out our website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/gila or join the conversation on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GilaNForest/ or follow us on Twitter @GilaNForest.