Conservation and Land Management Mentoring Program =20
A paid botany internship position is available for a recent graduate with a biology related major. =20 Compensation is $750 per two week pay period. =20 The internship is 5 months in length.=20 =20 Opportunities exist to continue work overseas (Australia and/or UK). In addition, a Masters program in Plant Biology and Conservation with Northwestern University is also available for suitably qualified post internship candidates. =20 Location: Lower Sonoran BLM Field Office, Phoenix, Arizona =20 Job Description:=20 Presence of Invasive and/or Noxious Weeds: The intern would assist our lead in invasive and noxious weed inventories. This work would be conducted along the I-8 corridor that runs through the Sonoran Desert National Monument and the Lower Sonoran Field Office. There would also be inventory work along other major highways including Highway 85 near the Buckeye, AZ area and I-10 near Saddle Mountain approximately 50 miles west of Phoenix. There would be some travel involved in the work along I-8 that would require the intern to stay overnight for 2 to 3 nights in Gila Bend, AZ. =20 Plan for T&E Species Recovery:The intern would assist in an interagency project for desert tortoise conservation plan development. The individual would also participate in Sonoran Pronghorn recovery projects and assist with biological assessment for land use planning effort. Most of this work would be conducted in the field near Ajo, AZ or in our field office. There would be some travel involved in the work along in the Ajo, AZ area that would require the intern to stay for 2 to 3 nights. =20 Monitor Terrestrial Habitat: The intern would assist in monitoring the health and impacts to habitat in various areas in the Lower Sonoran Field Office covering an area roughly 60,000 acres. Most of this work would be directed at habitat associated with threatened and endangered species. There would be some travel involved in the work that was 50 miles or further from the field office that would require the intern to stay 2 to 3 nights in Gila Bend or Ajo, AZ. =20 Shrub Grassland Treatments Evaluated: The intern would assist in evaluating vegetation recovery since the removal of livestock grazing in Sonoran Pronghorn habitat on the Cameron allotment near Ajo, AZ. This work would be conducted in the Lower Sonoran Field Office covering an area roughly 50,000 acres. There would be some travel involved in the work that would require the intern to stay 2 to 3 nights in Ajo, AZ.=20 =20 To apply, please email your cover letter and resume to Lara Jefferson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). =20 Sincerely, Lara =20 =20 Lara Jefferson, Ph.D. Manager, Training Programs Institute for Plant Biology and Conservation Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 =20 ph: (847) 835-6919 fax: (847) 835-5484 =20 =20 =20 =20 Lara Jefferson, Ph.D. Manager, Training Programs Institute for Plant Biology and Conservation Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 =20 ph: (847) 835-6919 fax: (847) 835-5484 =20
