Position Available: SUMMER SALT MARSH INTERN
The Buzzards Bay Coalition, in partnership with the Marine Biological
Laboratory Ecosystems Center (MBL), the Westport Fishermen’s Association,
and the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program, is seeking a Salt Marsh
Intern for summer 2016 to examine rapid salt marsh loss in the Westport
Rivers. With guidance from project partners, the Salt Marsh Intern will
perform the core elements of a three-part project: develop a historical
timeline of salt mash loss and upland land used changes based on aerial
imagery, execute a field sampling plan, and perform laboratory analysis of
the samples collected.
This full-time, temporary position will employed by the Buzzards Bay
Coalition and report directly to Linda Deegan, and Christopher Neill,
Scientists at the MBL, while working closely with project partners. The
Salt Marsh Intern will have a desk at the Buzzards Bay Center in New
Bedford but will also spend significant time in the field in Westport and
at the MBL lab facilities in Woods Hole. This is a full-time, temporary
position for 8-10 weeks over the time period of June 10 to August 19, 2016.
The intern will be compensated with a stipend of $500 per week. There is
an option for subsidized housing. No health insurance or other benefits
are available. More information available at www.savebuzzardsbay.org/jobs
Interested applicants should send a cover letter and resume to: Rachel
Jakuba, Buzzards Bay Coalition Science Director at
jak...@savebuzzardsbay.org
*Rachel Wisniewski Jakuba, PhD, *Science Director
*BUZZARDS BAY *COALITION
Main - 114 Front Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
Cape - 21 Luscombe Avenue, Woods Hole, MA 02543
Tel – 508-999-6363 x229 (New Bedford - Mon, Tue, Thur)
508-540-6222 x1 (Woods Hole - Wed, Fri)
*www.savebuzzardsbay.org* <http://www.savebuzzardsbay.org/>
