Location: Work will occur outdoors, at salt marsh restoration sites primarily in southern Rhode Island. Some remote office work such as data entry will be included.
Dates: This internship is offered year round with a rolling application process.
Overview of position: Are you interested in putting your science and ecology education to work doing hands-on ecological restoration? Save The Bay Habitat Interns gain experience in conducting restoration, field monitoring, and planning associated with the restoration of Narragansett Bay habitats. Interns will gain an understanding of applied ecological restoration techniques, field monitoring protocols, and environmental problem-solving techniques.
What you will learn:
- Field work associated with salt marsh restoration, such as digging and planting.
- Specific field activities may include: pore-water salinity and water table depth monitoring at on-going marsh restoration sites, vegetation monitoring, and fish monitoring
- Rapid assessment protocol to see how rapid sea level rise is affecting Rhode Island salt marshes
- Data entry and data analysis of marsh restoration monitoring data
What we require:
- Must be available weekday mornings for at least 15 hours/week.
- Must have a vehicle and be able to travel to work sites.
- College students that are a junior or above, recent graduates, graduate students or beginning professionals working towards or having obtained a BA/BS or higher degree in biology, education, marine studies, or related field
- Computer experience (MS Office)
- Positive attitude and ability to do physical, outdoor work in a team environment
- Strong communication skills, writing, and field skills preferred.
Details: We offer unpaid internship opportunities. We will gladly work with your university if
they offer college credit for unpaid internships.
To apply: Please submit a cover letter and resume to internships@savebay.org and fill out
our online application at http://bit.ly/2AyihfS (note: link is case sensitive)
