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Internship Opportunities
Housing is not included in any APCC internship program. APCC will assist interns in locating housing, but it is ultimately the responsibility of the intern. Cape Cod is a tourist destination and the cost of housing can be expensive. All applicants should be able to physically traverse rough terrain. APCC will make reasonable accommodation for otherwise qualified students who have a physical handicap. Work will often entail travel across all of Cape Cod. Applicants must provide their own means of transportation but will be reimbursed for mileage at standard rates.
Openings 2012 Maggie Geist Internship: Recognizing former APCC Executive Director Maggie Geist’s numerous contributions to advancing Cape Cod’s environmental protection, the APCC Board of Directors has established the Geist Internship. The Geist Internship is a funded position designed to provide undergraduate students who are committed to ecology and environmental protection a meaningful and substantial learning experience working in one of the greatest ecosystems anywhere—Cape Cod. For 2012 APCC is seeking a student entering their junior or senior year of college who has an interest and coursework related to innovative stormwater management practices. Under the supervision of APCC’s senior scientist, the intern will embark on a study and evaluation of innovative stormwater management practices and installations across the Cape. Travel across all of Cape Cod is likely, so candidates should have access to their own transportation and will be reimbursed for documented travel. Responsibilities include: field evaluation, literature searches, taking scientific measurements and interviewing government officials. The selected intern will also author an evaluation of stormwater practices across Cape Cod. The duration of the project is 8 to 10 weeks. Students should submit a letter of interest outlining their qualifications, relevant coursework and career goals with a technical or scientific writing sample to info@apcc.org. Applications received prior to March 1, 2012 will receive preference.
2012 Salt Marsh Monitoring Internships: In 2003 APCC launched a Salt Marsh Program to monitor the health of salt marshes on Cape Cod. The program focuses on tidally restricted salt marshes and studies four areas, salinity, vegetation, nekton, and birds, at tidally restricted salt marshes. APCC is seeking two interns for the summer of 2012 to work as salt marsh monitors. Responsibilities include:
Ideal candidates have earned or are pursuing a degree in biology or other related field. Applicant must have good organizational skills and be able to maintain accurate records. They must also be physically able to walk through salt marshes and other difficult terrain. Fish seining and field study experience is preferred. Fish, plant and bird identification skills, YSI datalogger and GPS experience are a plus. Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest and resume to info@apcc.org. 2012 Whitlock Internship: Mapping Cape Cod’s Natural Plant Communities: In 1990, APCC published the Cape Cod Critical Habitats Atlas that identified sensitive habitats and natural resources on Cape Cod, using a combination of maps and narrative. Information on wetlands, rare species habitat, coastal landforms and other sensitive habitat was presented for each of the 15 towns on Cape Cod. Since 1990, new approaches for classifying and understanding habitats have been developed. One of these is the classification of habitats based on native plant communities, the “natural communities approach” developed by the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, or NHESP (Swain and Kearsley, 2001, “Classification of Natural Communities in Massachusetts”). Using this approach, natural communities in many areas of Massachusetts have been mapped, but most of Cape Cod still remains unsurveyed in terms of natural communities. As part of APCC’s program to update the 1990 Atlas, our goal is to map the natural plant communities of Cape Cod in order to raise awareness of the habitats present and to improve environmental protection. Under the supervision of APCC staff and an expert botanist, the 2012 Whitlock Intern will conduct field surveys to document natural plant communities on Cape Cod. The intern will use the field methodology for documenting plant communities which was developed by the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, entitled “A Guide to the Natural Communities of Eastern Massachusetts” (2004). This guide was developed to be used by land trusts and other volunteer groups with experience in identifying native plants. A hand-held GPS will be used to document survey locations. The information collected will be organized into a GIS database and GIS maps of natural communities will be prepared. The deliverables will include copies of all field notes and data, a brief written report, GIS database and GIS maps. Ideal candidate qualifications include the following:
Interested students should submit a letter of interest outlining their qualifications, relevant coursework and career goals to info@apcc.org. |
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