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Invasive Conservation Corps (internships) Fairfax County Park Authority
Fairfax, Virginia (VA)

Description
The Fairfax County Park Authority is announcing a Conservation Internship opportunity.

We are seeking five (5) highly motivated college students to be part of the
stewardship team (more positions may be available). A "can-do" attitude
will help rescue our 24,000+ acres of parkland from a host of different
invasive, non-native plants such as English ivy and kudzu. The paid
internship will last ten (10) weeks, this summer from May through August.
Fairfax County, Virginia, located near Washington, D.C. is located in the
mid-Atlantic and contains both Piedmont and Coastal Plain habitats.
Parkland ranges in size from several thousand acres to less than 1/2 an
acre, which allows an exploration of both the concepts of urban
fragmentation and large-scale protected habitats in natural resource
management.

Compensation
Competitive wage and housing will be provided.

To Apply
Additional information/qualifying materials are available: contact Meghan
Fellows at Meghan.Fellows@fairfaxcounty.gov.

For more information or see us online at the Park Authority's Internships
website: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/internships.htm

Or to learn more about the Natural Resource Management and Protection
Section: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/resources/resources-nrp.htm

Meghan Fellows
Naturalist Resource Specialist and
Invasive Management Area Coordinator
Natural Resource Management and Protection
Fairfax County Park Authority
703-324-8586
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/resources/resources-nrp.htm

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There is no funding for this internship in 2009, so it won't be offered.