[ES_JOBS_NET] Graduate/Undergraduate Climate Change Internships in National Parks

[Amanda Babson]

Subject: Graduate/Undergraduate Climate Change Internships in National Parks
To: YLCC <ylcc at uw.edu>


Dear Colleagues:

Please help distribute this announcement plus attachment to universities,
graduate students, and advanced undergraduates.

Thank you,
Tim


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The National Park Service Climate Change Response Program and the
University of Washington are pleased to announce paid summer internship
positions to address climate change in national parks!

The George Melendez Wright Initiative for Young Leaders in Climate Change
(YLCC) offers twelve positions for the summer of 2016 in national parks and
program offices all around the country -- from Florida to Alaska, and
Washington DC to American Samoa. Applications will be accepted until 12:00
PM PST on January 28, 2016.

Quick Facts and Deadlines:
• The YLCC is managed cooperatively with the University of Washington
• Internship opportunities and application forms are posted on
parksclimateinterns.org
• Internships are 12 weeks (40 hours/week) during the summer
• Interns are paid $15/hour plus benefits
• Applications for the summer 2016 season are accepted from December 7,
2015 until January 28, 2016

Eligible students are highly accomplished graduate students and upper-level
undergraduates (current juniors and seniors). Applicants must be US
citizens or nationals, and be enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate
degree program.

Students who complete their internship and academic requirements with a
high degree of success are subsequently eligible to be hired by the NPS,
Fish & Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management without having to
compete for jobs.

For further information, list of available internships, and application
directions please  visit the program website: parksclimateinterns.org








-- 
Amanda L. Babson, PhD
Coastal Landscape Adaptation Coordinator
Northeast Region
National Park Service
University of Rhode Island Bay Campus
215 South Ferry Rd.
Narragansett, RI 02882
(401) 874-6015
(401) 932-9812 (mobile)
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