PAID Spring & Summer 2016 Opportunities for the Enviornment

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Job Title: Park Ranger (Interpretation), GS-0025-05-07

Department: Department Of The Interior

Agency: National Park Service

Job Announcement Number: HRCSS-PWR/NW-16-1553003

CLOSING DATE: January 11, 2016

105 Vacancies open in ID, MT, OR, & WA

Positions pay from $15.49 to $20.51 per hour.

Interpretation and Education Rangers work with diverse audiences in a variety of park settings that include grasslands, coniferous forests, subalpine, and alpine ecosystems. As communication professionals, interpreters are responsible for developing and presenting a variety of programs including guided walks, illustrated talks (PowerPoint amphitheater and campfire programs) and demonstrations.

Additional details & application process can be accessed at: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/421169200

2.

URBAN RESOURCES INITIATIVE (URI)

Partnership with the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks and the Parks & People Foundation

CLOSING DATE: January 15, 2016 (some literature says Nov 15, it is Jan 15)

Unpaid Internships, however, dependent on funding, some paid opportunities exist.

Participate in a transformative internship program for the spring 2016. Interns develop innovative pilot projects and conduct research to support restoration of Baltimore’s urban parks, natural resources, and neighborhoods. Projects are involved in research and development, youth education and training, and community building with nonprofits, community organizations, and local government agencies like the Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks.

Details on the application process, and a full-list of internship sites can be found here:

http://www.parksandpeople.org/learn/urban-resources-initiative/

3.

NASA DEVELOP PROGRAM

Application Window: January 4 – February 12

Letters of Recommendation Due: February 26

Term Dates: June 6 – August 12

Both paid and unpaid opportunities are offered.

Participants should expect to spend their time conducting literature review on the scope, methodologies, and types of NASA remote-sensing data applicable to their project. They will also utilize Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote-sensing data to conduct application projects that partner with organizations that can benefit from enhanced decision-making tools. No previous experience is required in these areas, just an eagerness and interest to learn.

Details on the application process, research areas, and eligibility can be found here:

http://develop.larc.nasa.gov/apply.html

4.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU)

Dynamic Urban Environmental Systems and Sustainability (DUESS)

CLOSING DATE: February 15, 2016

DUESS REU fellows will receive a $4,000 stipend and free housing at Rutgers University-Newark for the 8-week program (6/1-7/29/16).

Gain research experiences in dynamic urban environmental systems. The site takes advantage of a vigorous multidisciplinary effort that involves near surface geophysics, urban geochemistry and urban ecology in northern New Jersey and especially, the New Jersey Meadowlands. Each scholar will choose one area of specialization but the research and support activities will be integrated to show students: 1) how their research experience relates to the whole urban research project, 2) how their research affects real-life issues that affect them and their families and 3) how they can pursue research careers stemming from this experience.

More information on the areas of research and a link to the application can be found here: http://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/reu-site

5.

MARYLAND SEA GRANT

CLOSING DATE: February 15, 2016

Benefits Include: (1) Stipend of $6,000, (2) Housing Costs, and (3) Round-trip expenses.

This program is designed for students majoring in marine science, ecology, environmental science, biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, and mathematics.

During the 12-week program, each student works with a mentor on an individual research project at one of the two marine labs at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences located on the Chesapeake Bay: (1) Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland, (2) Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, Maryland

Details on the application process, research areas, and eligibility can be found here: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch/posts/56873

6.

THE URBAN CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION INTERNSHIP WORK-STUDY PROGRAM

Facilitated by the Baltimore National Aquarium

CLOSING DATE: February 29, 2016

This is an eight week program in partnership with the Maryland Port Administration, Living Classrooms Foundation, the National Aquarium and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The ultimate goal of the program is to provide local college students with a combination of knowledge and experiences that they can use to become stewards of the environment.

Students selected for the internship will receive a stipend. The internship will take place from June 6 to July 29, 2016.

Additional information & application documents can also be found at: http://masonvillecove.org/pages/community_programs/jobs

You may also contact the conservation department at (410) 576-1508 or cbennett@aqua.org.