Position Information
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Part-Time – Monday – Thursday
10-15
UNPAID
10/1/2018
TBD
Charissa Waters
The intern will assist the Voluntary Stewardship Program (VSP) manager in collecting data for reporting on the effectiveness of this novel approach to protecting critical areas and promoting sustainable agriculture. The VSP is an alternative to the traditional regulatory approach for counties to protect critical areas on agricultural lands by allowing farmers to develop voluntary, site-specific stewardship plans. The intern will primarily be responsible for recreating maps of environmentally critical areas and agricultural activities to show the progress of the program and any changes to the baseline since 2011.
Thurston County Community Planning Division:
Direct link to website: https://www.co.thurston.wa.us/planning/default.html
The Voluntary Stewardship Program:
Direct link to website: https://www.co.thurston.wa.us/planning/vsp/voluntary-stewardship-home.html
-Self-motivated with good time management skills necessary for the completion of independent projects.
-Excellent research and writing skills.
-Experience with creating maps in ArcGIS
-Knowledge of local environmental issues, collaborative watershed management, community planning, and agricultural land preservation is a plus, but only the desire to learn is required.
-Excellent research and writing skills.
-Experience with creating maps in ArcGIS
-Knowledge of local environmental issues, collaborative watershed management, community planning, and agricultural land preservation is a plus, but only the desire to learn is required.
-Gain knowledge of local community planning efforts, watershed management, environmental politics and collaborative projects.
-Attend the VSP stakeholder work group meetings once a month to gain hands-on experience with collaborative watershed planning.
-Recreate maps of environmentally critical areas and agricultural activities in Thurston County.
-Assist the program manager with collecting data for reporting on the effectiveness of the program.
-Collaborate with the Conservation District and other organizations to gather data on their implementation efforts for the reports.
-Attend the VSP stakeholder work group meetings once a month to gain hands-on experience with collaborative watershed planning.
-Recreate maps of environmentally critical areas and agricultural activities in Thurston County.
-Assist the program manager with collecting data for reporting on the effectiveness of the program.
-Collaborate with the Conservation District and other organizations to gather data on their implementation efforts for the reports.
Please email a resume and brief statement of interest with your schedule and availability to Charissa Waters at the following email: charissa.waters@co.thurston.wa.us
For assistance with resume and statement of interest please contact:
Evergreen – Academic and Career Advising Office – Career Advising
Library, Second Floor, #2153
Tel. 360-867-6312
Direct link to email: advising@evergreen.edu
For additional information or assistance with Internship Learning Contract please contact:
Evergreen – Internships and Employer Development Office
Academic and Career Advising
Library, Second Floor, #2153
Tel. 360-867-6312
Direct link to email: Advising@evergreen.edu