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Environmental Stewardship Summer Intern

DESCRIPTION
Explore and help preserve natural communities and habitats in Delaware State Parks through restoration field work. Under the leadership of our Environmental Stewardship Program staff, you will serve as part of a team restoring natural habitats in our Northern Piedmont and Southern Coastal state parks, specifically through manual removal and chemical treatment of invasive plants. Serve alongside other interns with like interests and backgrounds. This position is fully outdoors in the fields, forests, meadows, dunes, beaches, and other habitats that make up our beautiful parks. Extensive training includes native and invasive plant identification, forest ecology, and practical control mechanism ‐ both manual and chemical. Interns are crucial to our management plans. Teams meet at central location and are provided transportation to work site, if required.

LOCATIONS
A northern team will meet at White Clay Creek State Park and work primarily in Division of Parks and Recreation managed land in New Castle County. Cape Henlopen State Park will be the base of the southern team and they will primarily work in land managed by the Division of Parks and Recreation in Kent and Sussex Counties.

TERM
  • Summer – 12 weeks
  • Full Time 35‐40 hours per week

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Follow a land management plan to maintain the park’s natural plant communities and habitats
  • Assist with native and invasive plant survey and identification
  • Conduct invasive control by both chemical application and mechanical removal of invasive plants
  • Other duties as assigned

REQUIRED SKILLS
  • Must be able to work flexible hours, including some weekends
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Strong work ethic
  • Ability to perform hard physical outdoor work in various conditions
  • Willingness to operate power tools and use herbicide
  • Basic knowledge of local flora and fauna
  • Comfortable in outdoor field setting (forest, fields, along creeks)
  • Must be at least 18 years of age
  • Ability to work alone with little direct supervision