{"id":48676,"date":"2023-03-18T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=48676"},"modified":"2023-03-12T13:06:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T20:06:25","slug":"internship-conservation-easement-stewardship-internship-summer-2023-the-monadnock-conservancy-keene-nh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/internship-conservation-easement-stewardship-internship-summer-2023-the-monadnock-conservancy-keene-nh\/","title":{"rendered":"Internship: Conservation Easement Stewardship Internship &#8211; Summer 2023, The Monadnock Conservancy (Keene, NH)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong> The Monadnock Conservancy has permanently conserved more than 250 properties, for a total of 23,000 acres of land across the Monadnock region. Our mission as stewards of the land is to annually monitor all our fee-owned and conservation easement lands to document changes and ensure compliance with use restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The successful candidate will have the physical ability to walk long distances to remote areas over varied terrain and have excellent off-trail navigation skills using GPS and map and compass. They will have a strong interest in conservation, land management, and natural resource protection and will demonstrate strong writing skills, a proven ability to plan and work independently or collaboratively with strong interpersonal skills, and exceptional attention to detail. Reliable transportation, a mobile phone, and the ability to work weekdays are required. Experience with GIS, GPS, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and map interpretation are desirable. Workspace and tools will be provided; a mix of remote and in office work is likely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scope of Work:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contacting landowners\/land managers, planning and conducting conservation easement monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Completing detailed and timely monitoring visit reports, noting areas of concern, and reporting back to the stewardship coordinator<\/li>\n<li>Marking protected area boundaries where needed<\/li>\n<li>Updating stewardship databases<\/li>\n<li>Assisting with GIS, trail projects, or public events as needed<\/li>\n<li>Other tasks as assigned<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Focus:<\/strong> Assisting the Conservancy\u2019s conservation easement stewardship program by conducting annual monitoring visits to conserved lands<\/p>\n<p><strong>Internship Length:<\/strong> 250 hours from June through August, although length and timing are flexible<br \/><strong>Pay:<\/strong> $2,500 ($10\/hour) + mileage reimbursement<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:<\/strong> Open until filled, interviews will begin in April<\/p>\n<p><strong>To Apply:<\/strong> Contact Richard Pendleton, stewardship coordinator, and include a cover letter and resume.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Richard Pendleton<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">stewardship coordinator 603-357-0600, ext. 110<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"mailto:Richard@MonadnockConservancy.org\">Richard@MonadnockConservancy.org <\/a>I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monadnockconservancy.org\/\">www.MonadnockConservancy.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9909,"featured_media":34096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[18,208],"tags":[2916,2918,2914,220,2912,267,277,901,38,408,251,36,2915,1996,2917,1997,2757,2913,636,281,1498,993,1756,589,1296,1289,9,221,493],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48684,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48676\/revisions\/48684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}