Smoky Mountain Center is hiring Individual Placement Interns for placements starting August 10th!
Position Description: Smoky Mountain Center’s Native Plants Interns work with MountainTrue, a non-profit that performs non-native invasive plant control on public lands and protected conservation easements where rare plant and animal species occur. With training and supervision from MountainTrue, the Native Plants Intern will help control and eliminate non-native invasive plants from up to four different wetland bog sites that have been protected due to federal and state listed species occurring within them. Invasives currently threaten these rare species and this work will restore these natural ecosystems. The intern will be treating up to 24 different non-native invasive plant species through manual, mechanical, and chemical control methods. Intern will work 4 ten hour days in the field each week and may be camping during projects.
Program dates: August 10, 2015-October 31, 2015
Location: Project sites in Western North Carolina, based out of Asheville, North Carolina
Living Allowance: $225 weekly living stipend. Possible option to camp at Smoky Mountain Center headquarters in Burnsville, NC during off days and take advantage of activities happening on site.
AmeriCorps Award: Eligible for an AmeriCorps education award upon successful completion of the program.
Age:18+
See the full position description for more information and to apply
Please contact: Heather@conservationlegacy.org for more info
