[ESSP] conservation job

[Vanessa Paulman]

Date:    Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:02:43 -0600
From:    Kathryn Theiss <ktheiss at CHICAGOBOTANIC.ORG>
Subject: BLM internship program through Chicago Botanic Garden
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Chicago Botanic Garden's Conservation and Land Management Mentoring 
Program Offered in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management and 
the National Parks Service
Are you interested in conservation biology and natural resource management?
Would you like to gain hands-on experience through a paid internship?
Chicago Botanic Garden's conservation and land management mentoring 
program is seeking to place twenty outstanding college graduates for 
five-month paid internships to assist professional staff at Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM) state and field offices or National Parks. We 
are recruiting suitable applicants who have skills in one or more of 
the following areas:
GIS, Insect ID, Forestry, Map and compass, Reptile ID, Soils/geology, 
Plant ID, Mammal ID, Fieldwork, Bird ID, Applied ecology, Technical 
writing, Species monitoring, Wetland ecology, Conservation policy, 
Archaeology, GPS, and Endangered Species Act.
Each intern will receive training on the Endangered Species Act and 
related conservation issues at a one-week course. Travel and lodging 
for the course will be provided. After training, interns will be 
assigned to work with a mentor at priority BLM or NPS sites 
throughout the United States; most offices are in the western states. 
The stipend for the internship is $1650 per month.
To apply, send a letter of interest, transcripts, resume, and 3 
letters of recommendation to the address below by February 15, 2005. 
Applicants must have a visa authorized for employment in the United 
States of America. Interns will be selected by April 15, 2005. The 
training course is in late-May and internships begin immediately 
afterward.
Dr. Lara Jefferson
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022
ljefferson at chicagobotanic.org


Kathryn Theiss
Research Intern
Institute for Plant Conservation
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022
847-835-6972
847-835-6975 (fax)
ktheiss at chicagobotanic.org

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Vanessa Paulman       
Center for Science Exploration
Hampshire College

phone: (413) 559-5792
fax: (413) 559-5438
Adele Simmons Hall #132

http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu


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