[PCA] JOBS: Land Management Internships (varied locations, western US)

[Olivia Kwong]

PLEASE POST!  WE CURRENTLY HAVE EXTRA INTEREST IN BOTANY MAJORS.   THANK 
YOU!

This is an amazing opportunity for recent and upcoming science graduates 
to learn about land management while working with a mentor in the western 
United States.  We have current openings in Alaska, Arizona, California, 
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming 
beginning in June, 2008.  The Conservation and Land Management Fellows 
Program is a partnership between the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Bureau of 
Land Management, National Parks Service and the USDA Forest Service.

Travel and lodging expenses are covered for you to travel to Chicago in 
late May for a one-week training course held at the Chicago Botanic 
Garden.  Training includes:  BLM/NPS/FS orientation; Endangered Species 
Act and associated programs; plant and animal identification and 
monitoring; GIS and mapping; and topographical map reading and GPS skills. 
Field duties may include:  plant and wildlife monitoring and mapping; 
endangered species reintroduction; invasive species management; geographic 
data acquisition and analysis; biological assessments, sensitive species 
lists and conservation plans; fire ecology; land use planning; 
archaeology-related activities; recreation areas management; rangeland 
assessments; seed collection.

Compensation is $750.00/pay period (every two weeks)

How to Apply:  Applicants must have a visa authorized for employment in 
the United States of America.  Please send a letter of interest, school 
transcript(s), resume, and three letters of recommendation to: 
clmfellows at chicagobotanic.org  Deadline is May 1, 2008.

This opportunity may also be conducted as a research component of a 
Masters program with Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic 
Garden.  For application information, visit: 
http://www.plantbiology.northwestern.edu

For more information visit the website:
  http://www.clmfellows.org