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An opportunity to live and work as an intern in remote and beautiful northeastern Oregon on The Nature Conservancy’s Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, and participate in various botany and wildlife research projects.
As a Botany Field Technician, you will assist Conservancy staff members with a variety of vegetation inventory, monitoring and research projects in support of The Nature Conservancy’s conservation efforts on the Zumwalt Prairie.
You will need to commit to at least 8 weeks, starting from 1st to 15th June 2012.
Duties will include: inventory, mapping and monitoring of plant communities, surveying for rare and endangered species, as well as invasive species and assisting with other ecological field projects. You will be working in rugged terrain and will be learning and applying botany and ecology skills.
Costs: You will be required to pay a £180 application fee, and thereafter, your lodging costs in the field will be covered – and you will be reimbursed for your food up to 80$ per week.
Application:To apply/for more details, please visit http://www.workingabroad.com/page/100/oregon-nature-conservancy.htm or contact WorkingAbroad by email at info@workingabroad.com or phone +44 1273 479 047.
Expires: May 15, 2012