2024 Williamstown Land Trust Summer Internship @ Williamstown Rural Lands

Interested in working with kids in nature? Community engagement? Want a chance to work outside in Williamstown this summer?

Williamstown Rural Lands at Sheep Hill is offering an internship to get hands-on experience with nature and science education and public outreach.

You will definitely serve as one of several counselors for our kids Nature Explorers programs:

  •   Counselor for 3 to 4 week-long outdoor children’s nature and science programs (age 5 – 12)  (definitely)

Other projects could include the following:

  • Interpretive center and nature center redesign with a focus on becoming more friendly to non-traditional outdoors audiences
  • Multimedia publicity, including creating event flyers, digital photography and videos, and contributing to WRL’s social media presence
  • Community outreach and interpretation, such as guided interpretive walks, community science and family activities

This internship is based at the Williamstown Rural Lands offices at Sheep Hill (671 Cold Spring Rd., Williamstown), 1.5 miles from campus. Check us out at www.rurallands.org. 30 – 40 hours a week, some weeks will have more work hours than others.

Interested? Send a brief note of interest, highlighting how this internship fits in with your goals, skills and experiences you may bring, and your resume to Dana Williams ([email protected]) – by March 31

This internship is eligible for a CES Summer Internship Grant, which comes with campus housing. Interviews with us start on April 1, which will enable you to apply for a CES Summer grant, due on April 7.

Williamstown Rural Lands is a non-profit, member-supported land conservation trust. Founded in 1986 to address the loss of open space and family farms in the Williamstown area, our mission is to conserve and promote the natural habitats of our region for the benefit of our communities and future generations. We strive to achieve this through land conservation, nature education, and recreation.