[Biology-U-L] Become a ForestKeeper Summer Intern

[Biology Undergraduate List]

*Become a ForestKeeper Summer Intern!*

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*Earn Credits toward your degree!*

*Work hands-on protecting the health of the forest!*

*Have an experience you will remember for a lifetime!*

 

Sequoia ForestKeeper is seeking three undergraduate students who are 
seeking a degree in a relevant field (i.e. Forest Ecology, Wildlife 
Biology, etc.) from California Universities to spend the summer in the 
Sequoia National Forest performing intensive forest health monitoring. 
Interns will have the weekends off, and will be offered weekly food 
allowance, mileage reimbursement, and a stipend of up to $2,000 at the 
completion of the project. Internship will begin in June and end in 
August. Exact dates will be determined by students' school schedules.

The monitoring will include documenting the health of the forest in 
areas that have not had any logging or grazing activity compared to 
areas that have been managed. Interns will collect information about the 
condition of the forest and report back to Sequoia ForestKeeper with 
their observations. The findings will be used to determine the 
differences between managed and unmanaged forests, such as past fire 
behavior, wildlife use, canopy density (shade), watershed health, and 
more. This data can be useful to organizations and agencies across the 
nation, but most particularly in California, where forests are 
disappearing at an alarming rate due to development and logging.

The interns will camp in the forest throughout the summer, moving from 
one area to another, as they conduct their monitoring projects. Their 
specific monitoring activities will include:

*· Identifying controlled burn projects that went out of control and 
killed many trees;
· Monitoring wildlife areas for threatened and endangered species; *

*· Counting and measuring trees and determining canopy cover in areas 
that have been  clearcut, thinned, and unmanaged;
· Determining from past burned areas whether logged or unlogged areas 
are more susceptible to wildfire;
· Testing water and soil quality in different parts of the forest, 
logged and unlogged;*

*· And more...*

 

If you are interested in serving as a Sequoia ForestKeeper Summer 
Intern, please write a letter stating your interest and include your 
experience with camping, hiking, use of GPS, and other relevant 
information. Students with knowledge of GIS systems are strongly 
encouraged to apply, but it is not necessary.

   *Send your letter by May 5 to valerie at sequoiaforestkeeper.org 
<mailto:valerie at sequoiaforestkeeper.org>*


Valerie Cassity
Programs Director
Sequoia ForestKeeper
(760) 376-4434
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