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Paid internship Chicago Botanic Garden's
22 Jan 04

Chicago Botanic Garden's conservation and land management mentoring program is seeking to place twenty outstanding college graduates for five-month paid internships to assist professional staff at Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state and field offices. We are recruiting suitable applicants who have skills in one or more of the following areas:

GIS Insect ID Forestry
Map and compass Reptile ID Soils/geology
Plant ID Mammal ID Fieldwork
Bird ID Applied ecology Technical writing
Species monitoring Wetland ecology Conservation policy
Archaeology GPS Endangered Species Act

Each intern will receive training on the Endangered Species Act and related onservation issues at a one-week course in Chicago. Travel and lodging for the course will be provided. After training, interns will be assigned to work with a mentor at priority BLM sites throughout the United States; most offices are in western states. The stipend for the internship is $1500/month.

To apply, send a letter of interest, transcripts, resume, and three letters of recommendation to the address below by Febuary 15, 2004. Interns will be selected by April 15, 2004. The training course in Chicago is in mid-May and internships begin immediately afterward.

Dr. Lara Jefferson
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022
Email: ljefferson@chicagobotanic.org

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