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Please contact LCFEG at
info@lcfeg.org for
more information.
Application
Internship
Description
LCFEG is seeking
able bodied individuals to assist our restoration project
managers in the implementation of salmon recovery projects in
SWWA. This is a “hands-on” opportunity which will involve using
a variety of tools and equipment to complete restoration
objectives in local streams. Restoration activities will include
fastening logs to the stream bed, fastening logjams, installing
grade control structures, vegetation management, fish rescue
and establishing photo monitoring locations.
Work site
locations are stream channels and banks which are typically
slippery, wet and often difficult to navigate around. Interns
who apply to this position must be physically fit and capable of
lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs. for short distances. Interns
must be willing to work in close proximity to corrections crews
and follow appropriate protocols when interacting with the
offenders. Interns will also work near heavy equipment and must
follow all safety protocols established by LCFEG. Interns must
provide their own transportation to the worksites but will be
compensated for mileage costs.
Projects
Upper Washougal
River Phase III Restoration
Interns will help
install large wood structures designed to restore channel
conditions which were severely degraded by historical wild fire,
splash dams and log drives. Interns will learn that current
timber practices may be insufficient to restore habitat
naturally.
Hamilton Creek
Phase II Restoration
Interns will help
manage vegetation and install bank protection structures in a
chum salmon spawning channel that is being constructed as
mitigation for impacts associated with the construction of
Bonneville dam and other infrastructure.
Woodard Creek
Restoration
Interns will help
fasten logs together at Beacon Rock S.P. and learn how the
construction of SR 14 and BNSF-RR have disrupted sediment and
organic transport processes which have impacted fish habitat.
Salmon Creek
Restoration
Interns will help
remove juvenile fish from the work site and install grade
control structures in a 800’ long spring fed tributary to Salmon
Creek that is being restored as salmonid refuge habitat in
response to altered hydrological conditions related to urban
development.
EFK Lewis-Dean
Creek Restoration
Interns will help
fasten logs together and manage vegetation on a former 12 acre
gravel mining site that is being restored as fish and wildlife
habitat. Interns will learn riparian restoration techniques from
Ameri-Corps interns responsible for maintaining this site for
Clark Public Utilities.
Education
Interns will gain
a solid understanding of the physical and biological factors
that determine properly functioning stream habitats in SWWA.
Academic disciplines that are applicable to our projects include
environmental engineering, hydrology, geo-morphology, biology,
salmon ecology and natural resource management.
LCFEG staff and
consultants will articulate how each discipline relates to our
salmon recovery projects so that they gain a greater
appreciation of the complex linkages between land, water and
resource management.
Internship
Duration
July 1, 2011
through September 1, 2011
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