Rookies for Recovery!
The Rookies for Recovery Internship Program is an exciting new venture cultivated through a partnership between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Center for Plant Conservation, and the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research.
Through this program, interns will be chosen based on their competitive qualifications, previous experience, eagerness to learn, and interest in the fields of biological science and conservation. This program, in its pilot year, will be selecting five interns to undergo an intensive training led by field researchers and government agency representatives to prepare them for a five-month full-time, paid internship placement within a BLM office or field location. During their program, interns will engage with science and policy, gain skills and professional development strategy and be exposed to the inner workings of management techniques for federally listed species. This year opportunities include placement in:
- BLM Royal Gorge Field Office, Colorado
Working on inventory, monitoring, and banding of Mexican spotted owls, assessing and restoring lynx habitat, and the development and implementation of a bat acoustic monitoring project. Apply here.
- Grants Pass, Oregon on the Cook’s lomatium Recovery Project and the Gentner’s Fritillary Recovery Project
Mapping, seed collecting/banking, invasive species monitoring, and mitigation strategy planning. Apply here.
- Coachella Valley, California
Tracking disturbance in habitat for Peninsular bighorn sheep, native seed collection for desert tortoise habitat restoration, and restoring habitat for desert pupfish. Apply here.
- BLM Central Coast Field Office in Marina, California
Leading a radio-telemetry study and measuring habitat requirements for the endangered blunt-nosed leopard lizard. Apply here.
- BLM El Centro Field Office in El Centro, California
Implementing the Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Rangewide Management Strategy, creating maps of Quino checkerspot sightings and suitable habitat, and identifying and monitoring the condition and use of water sources in Peninsular bighorn sheep habitat. Apply here.
For more information and to apply please visit the San Diego Zoo Jobs List website