Chehalis River Basin Land Trust Internship – Stipend Available!
Love the outdoors? Want to apply your organizational, social marketing and/or scientific observational skills to our small yet vibrant land trust? Want to gain new skills in collecting baseline data? The Chehalis River Basin Land Trust is a 20-year old organization that runs primarily on the power of volunteers. With the land trust, you can make a real difference!
Internship Title: Conservation Administrative Assistant
Organization: The Chehalis River Basin Land Trust, 417 North Pearl Street, Centralia, WA 98531; phone: (360)-807-0764; email: chehalislandtrust@yahoo.com. Website: chehalislandtrust.org
Work Schedule: Flexible: Monday through Friday, with occasional weekends.
Hours per week: 15-20 hours
Wage/Salary: Up to a $1,000 stipend available upon the successful completion of the internship. Mileage reimburse-ment may also be available.
Employment Start Date: March 28, through June 4, 2016 (10 weeks): (There is flexibility is start and end dates.)
Supervisors: Jan Robinson, Chehalis River Basin Land Trust President; Kathy Jacobson, Director of Program Services.
Job Description:
 Expand and manage social media to reach out to the greater community — with an emphasis on young conserva-tionists, 18-35 throughout the basin. Begin conversations to build interest, visibility, and recognition of the importance of the land trust to local citizens and to wildlife; with goal to increase membership, volunteers, and support for and participation in Chehalis River Basin Land Trust activities.
 Through hands-on activities, learn what it takes to run a conservation based nonprofit. Will assist with office proce-dures: collection, and tracking of membership data; tracking of expenses; and through field work, including annual site reviews. Site reviews of conserved lands include the collection of GPS, county assessor data; the inventory of Washington State species of concern and ecologically significant plants and animals; and photo documentation. Data will provide for robust and current baseline data for CRBL protected and conserved lands; and to ensure that the land trust meets required legal protection of conserved sites.
 Help to develop volunteer opportunities for stewardship of protected lands. Activities may include field studies for elementary school students along the Chehalis River Discovery Trail, the removal of garbage, invasive plant species, and the planting of native trees and shrubs; and other activities.
Qualifications: Strong interest in the outdoors, interest in working with a nonprofit organization; social marketing and organizational skills. Field experience helpful but not required. Training will be provided.
Interested in the Internship Position: Email a cover letter and resume to: chehalislandtrust@yahoo.com by February 29, 2016.