We are seeking recent graduates with botany qualifications to conduct field work in remote areas of the western states. Duties may include any combination of the following: plant inventories, conducting surveys for rare plant occurrences, using GIS to map habitat, documenting recreational impacts to sensitive species, establishing monitoring plots to study rare plants, identifying, collecting, pressing and mounting specimens on herbarium sheets, and/or collecting seeds for the Seeds of Success program.=20
=20 The positions are initially 5 months in length with the possibility of a 5 month extension and international travel to Western Australia and/or the Millenium Seedbank, Wakehurst, United Kingdom, and are paid ($750 per 2 weeks).=20 =20 The program is in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Interns are placed at BLM field offices. Available positions are located in Wyoming, Utah, California, Arizona and Oregon.=20 =20 There is no deadline but the first suitable applicants to apply will be offered the positions. To apply send a letter of interest, resume, school transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to the address below: =20 =20 Lara Jefferson Manager, Conservation and Land Management Internship Program Institute for Plant Conservation Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 USA =20 ph: +1 (847) 835 6919 fax: +1 (847) 835 5484 =20 http://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/conservation/blm/index.html =20
