Internship from June 5th to August 11th, working 40 hours per week. When applying please include a cover letter along with your resume.
Summary: Primary responsibility is to assist horticulture staff with the restoration and horticulture work at the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, a 34 acre environmental education center managed by the Missouri Botanical Garden. This program will have a strong focus on understanding and conducting restoration and horticulture through a flexible weekly curriculum consisting of reading, field research, and on-the-ground work. Intern is required to develop an independent, site-based research project. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: - Actively works hands-on with horticulture staff to complete prairie and woodland restoration efforts (i.e. pulling weeds, planting seeds and small plants to revegetate the land, etc.). - Identify and tag invasive plant species for eradication process; assists in control of invasive plant species through the use of manual, mechanical, and/or chemical methods. - Operates power equipment and hand tools. - Assists in trail maintenance – restore trail erosion (i.e., fill in with soil or other materials) to prevent and/or divert further water erosion; trash clean-up, etc. - Collects and cleans seeds; plant and propagate cuttings. - Assists with gathering data to complete plant population surveys - Stream monitoring; track and record depth/height of stream; conduct various types of water analyses using a microscope. - May interact with volunteers and high school groups; perform hands-on demonstrations. - Internship Project – Required to independently develop a site-based research project. - Works cohesively as a team with LREC staff. For more information and to apply, please go to https://missouribotanicalgarden.applicantpro.com/jobs/535396.html
