internships--lots of them!

[Jennifer Neale]

Hi all,

The Conservation and Land Management Program (CLM) at the Chicago Botanic Garden offers real-world experience to recent college graduates and early-career professionals interested in land management, applied ecology, botany, and native seed collection. We hire folks to work with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), US Forest Service (USFS), and US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Open positions for the 2024 season will be posted soon on the CBG Job Board Page. To find more information and provide your name and email address for updates on applications opening, please visit: https://www.clminternship.org and scroll down to ‘Apply For A Position’. Positions will start from February to June 2024. Please forward this email on to folks in your network who may be interested!

 

For specific inquiries regarding Seeds of Success (SOS) positions, please reach out to Chris Woolridge at: cwool...@chicagobotanic.org. For inquires regarding our internship positions, please reach out to Monica Depies at: mde...@chicagobotanic.org. 

 

Additional points of contact for SOS positions:

·         Colorado Plateau: Reed Benkendorf (rbenk...@chicagobotanic.org) 

·         Mojave and Southwest: Rebecca Ubalde (rub...@chicagobotanic.org) 

 

Seeds of Success positions:

The Chicago Botanic Garden will soon be hiring 38 positions working on Seeds of Success crews in several Bureau of Land Management Field Offices. 

Most teams will be made up of a Lead Botanist (5-6 months), a Natural Resources Specialist (5-6 months), and a Field Technician (3 months). We anticipate the Field Technician positions to be filled by undergraduates or newly graduated folks. Positions and anticipated dates for the Lead Botanist and Natural Resources Specialist positions are below:

 

California:

·         Bishop Field Office: Bishop, CA – April 1^st – August 30^th, 22 weeks

·         Cosumnes River Preserve: Sacramento, CA – April 15^th – September 13^th, 22 weeks

·         Eagle Lake and Applegate Field Offices: Susanville, CA – May 20^th – October 18^th, 22 weeks

·         Redding Field Office: Redding, CA – April 15^th – September 13^th, 22 weeks

·         Ukiah Field Office: Ukiah, CA – April 15^th – September 13^th, 22 weeks

·         Senior Botanist to assist in coordinating CA SOS crews: Sacramento, CA – March 18^th – August 30^th, 24 weeks. (Requires MS)

 

Colorado Plateau – additional point of contact: Reed Benkendorf – rbenk...@chicagobotanic.org

·         Grand Junction Field Office: Grand Junction, CO – April 1^st – October 4^th, 27 weeks

·         Price Field Office: Price or Salt Lake City, UT area – April 1^st – October 4^th, 27 weeks

·         Uncompahgre Field Office: Montrose, CO – April 15^th – October 11^th, 26 weeks

·         Vernal Field Office: Vernal or Salt Lake City, UT area – April 1^st – October 4^th, 27 weeks

 

Southwest – additional point of contact: Rebecca Ubalde – rub...@chicagobotanic.org

·         Arizona Strip District Office: St. George, UT – March 18^th – September 13^th, 26 weeks (Senior Botanist position requires an MS)

·         Eastern Mojave (Mojave portions of AZ Strip Field Office, Caliente Field Office, St. George Field Office, Kingman Field Office, and Parashant National Monument): St. George or Cedar City, UT – February 5^th – November 15^th,  41 weeks

·         El Centro Field Office: El Centro, CA – March 18^th – August 15^th, 22 weeks

·         Southern Nevada District Office: Las Vegas, NV – January 15^th - September 27^th, 37 weeks

Great Basin:

·         Cedar City Field Office: Cedar City, UT – April 1^st – October 4^th, 27 weeks

 

USFWS Midwest

·         We plan to hire a Botanist (10 months, starting late Jan) and two Field Technicians (5.5 months, starting early May) conducting Seeds of Success collections in support of the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the Midwest. This team will likely be based at a USFWS office in East Lansing, MI, scouting and collecting at public and private partner lands, as well as USFWS refuges. For questions, please reach out to Chris Woolridge at: cwool...@chicagobotanic.org

 

CLM Internships:

CLM Internships (~5 months). For questions, please reach out to Monica Depies at: mde...@chicagobotanic.org   
USFS National Forest locations:
- Flathead - Kalispell, MT
- Helena-Lewis & Clark - Neihart, MT
- Bitterroot - Hamilton, MT
- Beaverhead-Deerlodge - Dillon, MT
- Dakota Prairie Grassland - Lemmon, SD
- Bighorn - Sheridan, WY
- Lincoln - Ruidoso, NM
- Tonto - Phoenix, AZ
- Coronado - Tuscan, AZ
- Uinta Wasatch Cache - Ogden, UT
- San Bernardino - San Bernardino, CA
- Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit - South Lake Tahoe, CA
- Lassen - Susanville, CA
- El Dorado - Pollock Pines, CA
- Sierra - North Fork or Prather, CA
- Plumas - Oroville, CA
- Malheur - John Day, OR
- Willamette - Detroit, OR
- Umpqua - Toketee Falls, OR
- Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie - Wilmington, IL
- Chugach - Moose Pass, AK
- Tongass - Ketchikan, AK

 

USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station positions:

·         Boise, ID: native seed and plant tissue collection, common garden data collection, alpine vegetation monitoring

·         Rapid City, SD: assist in botanical field data collection for a drought, climate change, and grazing study on northern mixed-grass prairie communities

 

USFWS:

·         Klamath Falls, OR: survey and monitor various threatened animal species in support of the Klamath Falls FWS office; focus on fish and electrofishing

Thank you, let us know if you have any questions!

 

Chris Woolridge

he/him/his

Senior Program Manager, Conservation Training

Chicago Botanic Garden

1000 Lake Cook Road | Glencoe, IL 60022

Cell: (224) 436-6642

Office: (847) 835-6919

 

https://www.clminternship.org