Botany Support Specialist Intern - Carlsbad, United States - CORPS NETWORK

Description

Address:
512 North Valley
Las Cruces, New Mexico
88005
Botany Support Specialist Intern


JOB DETAILS

Actively Recruiting :
Yes

Position title :
Botany Support Specialist Intern

Deadline to apply :


Type of Position :
Intern / Individual Placement

Town, City, Park, etc :
Carlsbad

State / Territory :
New Mexico

Benefits :
Education Award, Health Insurance, Housing Stipend/Assistance, Public Land Corps Hiring Authority

Project/Program Focus :
Data Collection, Native Plants

Conservation Corps New Mexico, a program of Conservation Legacy and AmeriCorps partner, aims to continue the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930's.

CCNM is focused on connecting youth, young adults, and recent era military veterans with conservation service work projects on public lands.

CCNM operates programs across southern New Mexico and western Texas that engage individuals and strengthen communities through service and conservation.

The CCNM Las Cruces office manages the Individual Placement Program.
These Individual Placement Positions are unique development opportunities.

Interns are paired with a local supervisor and gain technical, hands-on experience in the work of these organizations or agencies.

Site supervisors commit to facilitate career development; provide an introduction to numerous pathways within the conservation field; and create accessible, meaningful, learning opportunities and experiences for interns.

Position Summary:

The Bureau of Land Management in partnership with Conservation Corps New Mexico seeks to fill a need for a Botany Specialist Intern out of the Carlsbad BLM Field Office.

The successful applicant will provide support to the Botany Program including, but not limited to support field-going Botany crews, assist with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) actions, and monitor/manage for Special Status Plant Species (SSPS).

JOB DUTIES

Duties:
Assist CFO Botany Department with various aspects of the Botany Program on an as-needed basis.
Assist CFO Botany Department with designing and implementing monitoring projects for Threatened and Endangered plant species.
Provide SSPS identification training to project leads, interns, and third-party contractors.

Provide support (logistics, plant ID, field support) to field-going Botany crews, including Seeds of Success (SOS), Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM), and SSPS Survey crews.

Work with project leads, third-party contractors, operators, and seasonal staff to identify and communicate need for SSPS surveys.
Help write NEPA language and mitigation measures for Environmental Assessments.
Analyze data from various Botany crews and provide statistical summaries for various needs within the Carlsbad Field Office.
Manage for QA/QC of SSPS database in ArcGIS Pro.

The selected individual will work with BLM staff under the mentorship of Conservation Corps New Mexico and the BLM Botanist.

This position is intended to be a high-level botany specialist intern with the ability and skillset to provide botanical expertise for a variety of applications.

In many ways, this position will overlap with the BLM Botanist, and will occasionally share duties or tasks in order to keep up with the fast-paced work environment of the Carlsbad Field Office.

In some respects, this role is also intended to be the field-going counterpart of the BLM Botanist.

Interns must provide their own personal transportation to the duty office; however, the intern will be provided a vehicle for use between the office and the field.

No housing will be provided.

Essential Responsibilities and Functions:
Work with BLM Botanist and Botany crews to study and collect data for Carlsbad Field Office.
Provide botanical expertise to Carlsbad Field Office.
Alongside BLM Botanist, represent BLM Botany Program in interdisciplinary team contexts.
Assist with identification of plants and local community flora.
Assist with a variety of Botanical protocols and monitoring efforts.
Assist with data entry and travel preparation.
Assist other natural resource staff with project implementation.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

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