Paid Internship, Seed Collecting, Rawlins, Wyoming BLM Field Office

Great opportunity available immediately with the Conservation and Land Management Internship Program, sponsored jointly by the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service.

This is an excellent opportunity to sharpen and increase vegetation identification and survey/ monitoring skills. Basic knowledge of ArcGis would be helpful. Intern will use ArcMap 9.

Major duties will be the collection of seeds for the Seeds-of-Success program within the BLM, Rawlins Field Office (with limited collections around Wyoming).

The successful candidate will have the ability to identify native plants/weeds in sagebrush steppe, mountain shrub and Salt desert communities of the Wyoming basin and intermountain west; knowledge of vegetation sampling techniques; skill in plant collection and pressing; ability to key unknown plants using dichotomous keys and herbarium samples; ability to occasionally work independently in remote places and harsh environments; ability to drive off-road 4X4 vehicles with standard transmissions; ability to navigate using map/orientation skills; skill in using GPS and GIS.

This is a 5-10 month internship, depending upon the needs of the field office. Position will remain open until filled. Salary $750.00 every two weeks.

For further program information or to apply, please visit our website:
http://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/training/clm_internship
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