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Roosevelt Wild Life Station 2009

Adirondack Summer Internships

The Roosevelt Internship for Undergraduates provides opportunities for independent environmental research. Students work with faculty and staff on the Huntington Wildlife Forest while experiencing the unrivaled mountains, lakes, forests and wildlife of the Adirondack Park. As a Roosevelt Intern, you will:

Complete a research project of your own design
Publish as part the Adirondack Ecological Center Report series, and possibly in a refereed journal
Collaborate with other researchers in a wilderness environment
Explore career opportunities with faculty and grad student mentors
Gain skills in data collection, analysis and technical writing

Credits – Free Room and Board – Experience – Stipend

The Roosevelt Internship includes room and board for up to 12 weeks at Huntington Forest and a $200 stipend upon completion of your project report. Students may earn up to 4 credit hours of Independent Study. Credit hours are added to the Fall semester enrollment, so there is no additional tuition cost for full time students. Start and end dates are flexible.

Sample project ideas (or propose your own):

Geospatial modeling of wildlife habitat suitability
Potential for Adirondack forests to offset greenhouse gas emissions
West Nile Virus and use of Bti to control blackflies
Calcium availability, acid rain and biodiversity
Climate change: trends and ecological impacts in the Adirondacks
Effects of invasive species on native wildlife
Assessment of recreation levels on public lands using GIS
Health of fisheries in limed and untreated lakes

For more information contact:

AEC: Dr. Colin Beier or Stacy McNulty

518-582-4551; cbeier@esf.edu or smcnulty@esf.edu

On Campus: Dr. William Porter – 257 Illick Hall – wfporter@esf.edu

Visit www.esf.edu/rwls and www.esf.edu/aec