Duration/Hours: June to August (May is also welcome). Dates are flexible. 10-20 hours per week.
Description:
Tree/Forest Ordinance Collection and Coding for SESYNC Project on Changing Urban Woodlands: This internship focuses on gathering and/or coding municipal ordinances (e.g., a city's regulations) for 4 metro areas (DC/Baltimore, NYC, Philly, and Chicago) that can affect urban forest patch vegetation. Ultimately, these ordinances will be coded and included in multivariate analyses with other social and ecological drivers of change in forest patch condition, so there is opportunity for the intern(s) to learn about social-ecological research in urban areas. Data collection will be done through websearches and potentially phone calls. Training on this project will be provided, but interns should be comfortable with spreadsheets and Internet searches and have an attention to detail. This internship is part of a larger Social-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) project on Changing Urban Woodlands.
Duties include: Online searches, storing electronic documents, coding documents by keyword, phone calls, spreadsheet entry
Application:
- Cover Letter
- Resume
Please submit all materials to Michelle Johnson at michelle.l.johnson@usda.gov by May 1st
This internship is unpaid.