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2012 Current Projects

You may view summaries of the current PIT opportunities by state, date, summary table, or application deadline. Click a highlighted state name below or click here for the summary table, or click here for the calendar, or see the table below for projects organized by application deadlines, for projects in 2012. States that are not highlighted do not have any current or recent PIT offerings.

Click here for a complete list of projects that are open for applications, or please scroll to the bottom of the page, where projects are listed alphabetically by state.

New Projects!

New projects:

Watch this space! When new projects are opened for volunteer applications, they will be listed here for two weeks after they are added to the website.

Kid Friendly Projects!

The following table lists projects that accept volunteers under the age of 18, with a responsible adult:

Minimum Age
State
Project Name
Application Deadline
12
MO
Trail of Tears Site Recording on the Poplar Bluff R.D.
2/13/12
14
CA
Boles Creek Archaeological Survey: Rock Rings, Rock Stacks & Rock Art III
4/23/12
14
VA
Savage Neck Site Excavations
3/5/12

Deadlines Extended!

When project leaders have extended the deadlines, those projects will be listed here. They will be still available for applications, even though their application due dates may be past. This is a good place to check for projects that have not yet filled their openings. You never know, that project you meant to apply for may still be open!

Still accepting applications:

Current Project Listings by State

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California
Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia
Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa
Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland
Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri
Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey
New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio
Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina
South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont
Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Current Project Listings by Application Due Date


Due Date
Start
End
Openings
State
Forest
Project Name (please click on project name to learn more about the project)
2/6/12
3/19/12
3/30/12
10
MS
De Soto NF
2/13/12
3/26/12
3/31/12
8
MO
Mark Twain NF
2/20/12
4/16/12
4/20/12
6
WY
Medicine Bow-Routt NF
2/20/12
4/17/12
4/25/12
25
MS
De Soto NF
2/20/12
4/23/12
5/5/12
10
CA
Angeles NF
2/27/12
4/23/12
4/27/12
15
LA
Kisatchie NF
2/27/12
4/30/12
6/15/12
24
WA
Gifford-Pinchot NF
3/5/12
5/2/12
5/9/12
25
VA
George Washington-Jefferson NF
3/5/12
5/7/12
5/11/12
4
CA
Angeles NF
3/12/12
5/14/12
5/18/12
10
NM
Carson NF
3/19/12
5/21/12
6/16/12
20
NE
Nebraska NF
4/23/12
6/25/12
7/27/12
30
CA
Modoc NF

Complete List of Projects Open for Applications

California, Angeles NF, "Footprints in the Past" Archaeological Survey, April 23-May 5, 2012

California, Angeles NF, Upper Big Tujunga and Mill Creek Archaeological Survey, May 7-11, 2012

California, Modoc NF, Boles Creek Archaeological Survey: Rock Rings, Rock Stacks & Rock Art III, June 25-29; July 9-13; 23-27, 2012

Louisiana, Kisatchie NF, Analysis from the Drake Salt Works Exploration, April 23-27, 2012

Mississippi, De Soto NF, Intensive Examinations of "Chris' Ridge" Artifacts: Lab, March 19-23; 26-30, 2012

Mississippi, De Soto NF, Traveling through the Palmettos, Year III, April 17-25, 2012

Missouri, Mark Twain NF, Trail of Tears Site Recording on the Poplar Bluff R.D., March 26-31, 2012

Nebraska, Nebraska NF, Hudson-Meng Excavation 2012, May 21-27; May 29-June 3; 5-10; 12-16, 2012

New Mexico, Carson NF, Tusas High Country Survey, May 14-18, 2012

Virginia, George Washington-Jefferson NF, Savage Neck Site Excavations, May 2-9, 2012

Washington, Gifford-Pinchot NF, La Wis Wis Guard Station Rehabilitation, Part I, April 30-May 4; May 7-11; June 11-15, 2012

Wyoming, Medicine Bow-Routt NF, Following up on the Cherokee Trail, April 16-20, 2012

Last Updated 2-feb-12 skc