ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In the world of dog mushing, there aren’t many jobs with a steady paycheck. And within a federal government that employs 19.7 million people, there is one — exactly one — dog-mushing job. And it’s open.
The National Park Service is looking for a new kennels manager at Denali National Park and Preserve, a job that, in addition to running Denali’s 31-animal dog kennel, includes mushing into one of America’s great swaths of wilderness.
And a pay range from $33,477 to $66,542 — plus a healthy 25 percent cost-of-living adjustment.
As much as 70 percent of the winter is spent mushing thousands of miles in the Denali backcountry — ferrying supplies, bringing researchers to various parts of the park, hauling firewood and patrolling.
Summer is tourist season. That means three daily hour-long interpretive programs for the hundreds of tourists who visit the kennel each day.
