[APWG] JOB: Paid Internships for Invasive Removal (Fairfax, VA)
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Nov 29 11:31:30 CST 2007
Invasive Conservation Corps (internships)
Fairfax County Park Authority
Fairfax, Virginia (VA)
Description
The Fairfax County Park Authority is announcing a Conservation
Internship opportunity.
We are seeking five (5) highly motivated college students to be part of
the stewardship team (more positions may be available). A "can-do"
attitude will help rescue our 24,000+ acres of parkland from a host of
different invasive, non-native plants such as English ivy and kudzu. The
paid internship will last ten (10) weeks, this summer from May through
August. Fairfax County, Virginia, located near Washington, D.C. is located
in the mid-Atlantic and contains both Piedmont and Coastal Plain habitats.
Parkland ranges in size from several thousand acres to less than 1/2 an
acre, which allows an exploration of both the concepts of urban
fragmentation and large-scale protected habitats in natural resource
management.
Compensation
Competitive wage and housing will be provided.
To Apply
Additional information/qualifying materials are available: contact
Meghan Fellows at Meghan.Fellows at fairfaxcounty.gov.
For more information or see us online at the Park Authority's
Internships website:
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/internships.htm
Or to learn more about the Natural Resource Management and Protection
Section:
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/resources/resources-nrp.htm
Meghan Fellows
Naturalist Resource Specialist and
Invasive Management Area Coordinator
Natural Resource Management and Protection
Fairfax County Park Authority
703-324-8586
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/resources/resources-nrp.htm
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