5 month paid Botany Internship - Twin Falls and Shoshone, Idaho Application deadline: July 20th, 2012. Conservation and Land Management Internship Program
Number of positions: 5 Agency: Bureau of Land Management Start Date: Late July/early August Application Closing Date: July 20th, 2012 To apply: visit <http://www.clminternship.org/> www.clminternship.org Position Reference Code: IdahoJuly12 The Conservation and Land Management Internship Program seeks qualified college graduates for five month internships beginning ASAP / late July or early August. Five interns will be hired and to work within the Twin Falls / Shoshone, Idaho area (Bureau of Land Management). Projects interns will work on include: Interns will mainly be performing Sage grouse habitat assessments, data collection of Long Term Trend Sites, Inventory for Sensitive plant species, Vegetation cover transects, Monitoring of riparian areas, Monitoring Ferruginous Hawk nests and monitoring of shrub survival after post fire rehab. The interns will be working in crews of 2 or more and will be collecting field data across the BLM portion of the Craters of the Moon National Monument and/or BLM lands. The data collected will be mostly sage-grouse habitat information and includes metrics such as gap intercept, belt transects, and point intercept. Use-pattern mapping and other incidental data needs, such as noxious weed population inventories, will also be collected, compiled, and documented. End of season work will include long-term trend monitoring and riparian photo points. Successful applicants must have knowledge of plant biology/botany, with the ability to identify plants to the species level using appropriate botany manuals and keys, such as "Flora of the Pacific Northwest". Knowledge of sagebrush steppe biome vegetation is a plus, but that knowledge may also be gained while on the job. Ability to identify songbirds by site would be a bonus. Experience with the following is preferred: monitoring/inventorying; rare, threatened and endangered species; invasive species; sage brush/pinonjuniper habitat; riparian habitats; herbarium voucher collection; population ecology; applied ecology and related areas. Internship responsibilities require outside work involving walking, bending, climbing hills, lifting and carrying various materials or supplies which are occasionally heavy. Please note that you MUST include the Position Reference Code: IdahoJuly12 when you complete the online application. Questions about the CLM Program? Please visit <http://www.clminternship.org/> www.clminternship.org
