Intern - Urban Forestry (Summer)

State of South Dakota•Sioux Falls, SD

64d•$19•Onsite

About The Position

This intern will assist the Urban Forestry (UCF) Team and municipalities with ongoing community forestry projects. This will include community tree inventories, forest health projects, grant project follow-up, data entry, GIS mapping, landowner assistance, Arbor Day contest graphics, big tree remeasurements and seed collection, photography, create report templates, newsletters, and other advertising documents for program services, and other general maintenance of the UCF program. Specific Forestry coursework such as tree identification, forest insect and disease identification, forest ecology, arboriculture, and general forest management is preferred.

Requirements

APPLICANT MUST BE A CURRENT PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT (MINIMUM OF 6 CREDIT HOURS) IN UPCOMING SEMESTER OR IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SEMESTER.
Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply.
By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program.
Applicant must have a valid driver's license.

Nice To Haves

Specific Forestry coursework such as tree identification, forest insect and disease identification, forest ecology, arboriculture, and general forest management is preferred.
Preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior, South Dakota residents, and students of South Dakota institutions.

Responsibilities

Assist the Urban Forestry (UCF) Team and municipalities with ongoing community forestry projects
Community tree inventories
Forest health projects
Grant project follow-up
Data entry
GIS mapping
Landowner assistance
Arbor Day contest graphics
Big tree remeasurements and seed collection
Photography
Create report templates, newsletters, and other advertising documents for program services
General maintenance of the UCF program