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<p class="MsoPlainText">Ecology Project International (EPI) is hiring two field
instructors to mentor and deliver academic content for 12 Bitterroot Wildlife
Internship program high school interns this summer.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">EPI is an
international non-profit organization dedicated to addressing critical
conservation issues through field-based partnerships between local experts and
high school students. We engage adolescent youth from local communities and
visiting youth from other regions in applied hands-on science and conservation
as they learn about and help protect threatened species and habitats. </span>More
information can be found at <a href="http://www.ecologyproject.org">www.ecologyproject.org</a><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The Bitterroot Wildlife Internship (BWI) program is a
partnership between Ecology Project International (EPI) and <a href="http://mpgranch.com/">MPG Ranch</a> to offer a unique experience for high
school and early college students that combines ecological education,
conservation service, and hands-on field research at the MPG Ranch in Florence,
Montana from June-August. Each month-long intern session will be comprised of
six interns. Interns will be paired with MPG researchers to engage in ongoing
research projects and complete their own related research question. EPI has
offered the Bitterroot Wildlife Internship program in conjunction with MPG
Ranch since 2014.</p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Bitterroot Wildlife Internship Program instructors will
spend Sunday afternoon-Thursday of each week at the ranch leading interns in
completing conservation service projects (approximately 10hrs/week), conducting
ecological research (approximately 16hrs/week), and learning about the
Bitterroot Valley’s ecosystem (approximately 6 hrs/week). At night the group
will camp out under the stars. Conservation projects on the ranch might include
weed and fence removal, sage brush thinning, and seed gathering. Potential
research involvement includes avian, soil, plant, ungulate, insect, and
carnivore projects. Other activities instructors will provide to interns during
this internship include building Leave No Trace awareness, guiding wildlife
observation, and providing journaling prompts. </p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">A complete job announcement is available at <a href="http://www.ecologyproject.org/about/jobs" target="_blank">http://www.ecologyproject.org/about/jobs</a>. Applications will be accepted through March 15th here: </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://ecologyproject.submittable.com/submit/40033">https://ecologyproject.submittable.com/submit/40033</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Questions can be directed to Erin at erindc@ecologyproject.org or 406-721-8784.<br><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></p> </div></body>
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