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Want to spend a summer on a boat monitoring the health of our rivers, at summer camps helping kids navigate unique environmental experiences, or in an underwater grass processor prepping grass seeds for restoration projects? Then join Arundel Rivers as one of our 2025 Summer Interns!

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We are hiring two college-level interns who will be embedded within our monitoring and outreach teams for 24 hours each week for up to 12 weeks between mid-May and mid-August with flexible start and end dates. Interns will have an opportunity to learn from leaders in the environmental field as they contribute to critical environmental programming. Read more about both internship opportunities below: 

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Arundel Rivers Monitoring Intern

• Assist the South, West, and Rhode Riverkeeper in monitoring the health of our local waterways. Join the monitoring team for weekly water quality monitoring testing by boat at nearly 40 tidal monitoring sites across our three rivers, measuring water clarity, dissolved oxygen, nutrients, algae, and other essential parameters. Assist our monitoring team in calibration and handling of monitoring equipment, data entry, sample collections and handling, and more. 

• Collect bacteria samples at neighborhood docks and swimming beaches weekly. The intern will assist in publishing these weekly bacteria results to the general public and work with the monitoring team in educating the public in safe swimming practices. 

• Support submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) restoration by assisting our monitoring team in harvesting, processing, storing, and planting native SAV seed.  All summer long, Arundel Rivers will manage a turbulator – a machine that separates SAV seeds from collected SAV stems – at South River Farm Park on the Mayo peninsula. The intern will help to coordinate volunteers to collect SAV from our rivers, process the SAV through the turbulator, prepare the SAV seeds for restoration plantings across the county and region, and conduct SAV plantings in our rivers.

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Please note that the Arundel Rivers Monitoring Intern will be required to spend a large portion of their time in the field, often on the boat, in the river, or working at the turbulator outside for up to 8 hours a day. These can be hot, wet, and messy days that require physical work. While most work will be completed in the field, desk work associated with Monitoring tasks will likely also be necessary at our office located in Annapolis.

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Arundel Rivers Education and Outreach Intern

• Assist the Outreach Coordinator in running youth summer camp activities across three partner sites, including YMCA Camp Letts, Marshall Hope Corporation at Quiet Waters Park, and the West River Center. The intern will have the opportunity to lead lessons and potentially develop their own. Sample activities include seine netting, planting on shorelines, watershed table lessons, and Invasive Plant Mafia. 

• Support outreach events like litter pick ups, shoreline plantings, oyster drop off days, and more to connect with our community and get hands-on experience in volunteer engagement.

• Collect bacteria samples at neighborhood docks and swimming beaches weekly. The Education and Outreach Intern may also assist with some monitoring tasks as suits their interests and their workplan.

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The Arundel Rivers Education and Outreach Intern will spend a majority of their time in the field, whether that be at camp, on a restoration site, or out with our monitoring team. The intern can expect around 4 hours of in-office time each week, to be used for programming preparation and occasional computer tasks. The Education and Outreach Intern will also complete an internship capstone project, to be designed alongside their supervisor.

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While most work will be completed in the field, our interns may conduct any necessary desk work at our office located in Suite 208 at 2444 Solomons Island Road, Annapolis, MD, 21401. Our interns will receive $16.00/hour plus a $30/month cell phone stipend and reimbursement for any travel to and from the office to field locations in their personal vehicle. 

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Please submit your resume and a cover letter to jobs@arundelrivers.org. Please include your first and last name and the position(s) for which you are applying in the email’s subject line. Example: Jane Doe’s Application for the Education and Outreach Intern

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Please submit all internship applications by Thursday, February 20, 2025.