[PCA] JOB: Internship with Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve (PA)

[Plant Conservation]

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT BOWMAN’S HILL WILDFLOWER PRESERVE

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Must be received by February 13, 2004

Completed applications
(http://www.bhwp.org/educational/Internship_app_2004.pdf) can be faxed to
the Preserve, (215) 862-1846 or sent via mail to Education Department,
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, P.O. Box 685, New Hope, PA 18938
(address for fed ex delivery is 1685 River Road, New Hope, PA 18938)

Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve provides internships to qualified
students wishing to learn about native plants and public gardens. The
Preserve features 100 acres of native Pennsylvania flora in naturalistic
settings, with nearly 1,000 species of native wildflowers, trees, shrubs,
vines and ferns. The internship includes training by Bowman’s Hill
Wildflower Preserve staff in the areas of native plant propagation,
groundskeeping and trail maintenance, public education, interpretation and
curatorial work.  Previous interns have received college credit for this
program.

The internship program begins in May or June, runs for 10 to 15 forty-hour
weeks and includes an hourly wage. Field trips to other arboreta,
botanical gardens and natural areas round out interns' understanding of
plants and public gardens. Interns are also required to complete a special
independent research or work project under the direction of the Education
Department.

Applicants must be of college level ability and have completed at least 2
years of course work in botany, horticulture and/or related environmental
studies. Applicants should be capable of rigorous outdoor work including
lifting, digging and sustained walking, which are required at times during
the course of the internship. Interns are responsible for making
arrangements for housing and providing their own transportation.

Initial screening will be based upon the written application only. Final
selections will be based on personal interviews. Decisions will be made
entirely without regard to race, religion, national origin or sex.
Applicable rules and regulations of Federal and Pennsylvania Workman's
Compensation and Labor Laws apply to all interns at the Preserve. The
deadline for receipt of internship applications is February 13, 2004.

To learn more about Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, visit our website
at www.bhwp.org

Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve is located on 1635 River Road (PA Rt.
32) about 2.5 miles south of New Hope, Pennsylvania and convenient to
I-95.