I desperately need your help filling these internship positions. I would greatly appreciate if you could forward this email to all interested parties.
=20 We are seeking recent graduates with botany (or related fields) qualifications to conduct field work in remote areas of the western states. Duties may include any combination of the following: plant inventories, database management, rangeland utilization studies, using GIS to map habitat, 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, and Arizona. A start date will be in June, 2006. Successful applicants will participate in a one week orientation workshop. =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 =20 =20
