[PCA] PAID Internships: Invasive Species Removal in Virginia

[Escheman, Robert - Washington, DC]

FYI

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