Summer internship with the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation at Sheep Hill

What could be better than spending the summer in Williamstown, enjoying the outdoors, discovering some of Williamstown’s unique natural areas and learning about land conservation and nature education?

The Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation (WRLF), a land conservation trust dedicated to the preservation of the Williamstown area’s rural New England character, offers a summer internship in land conservation, non-profit management, natural history, and outdoor education.

Its Sheep Hill headquarters at the Mary and Craig Lewis Center for Nature and Rural Heritage in Williamstown has been developed as a place for children and adults to explore the natural environment and connect to the agricultural past of which this former farm is a part. In addition to Sheep Hill, WRLF owns 18 diverse properties totaling over 1,000 acres, many with popular hiking trails such as Pine Cobble, Chestnut and Fitch.

WRLF works with the Williams College Center for Environmental Studies to fund their summer internship. If you are offered this position, you will need to apply to for funding. Tufts Environmental Studies Funding Resources , Career Center funding

About the internship

This internship is seen as an opportunity to learn about the WRLF, its land preservation efforts, and how it works within the community. It will also offer the opportunity to experience firsthand the issues involved in non-profit and land management. Interns work directly with the Executive Director and other staff. The position may include assisting with several week-long children’s summer nature programs (conditional on current public health guidance related to COVID-19). There may also be the opportunity to join with the WOC/WRLF trail crew on trail work, conduct GIS/GPS mapping assignments, social media strategy, or work on a interpretive displays. The student will also design and undertake a special project once the internship is underway in consultation with the Executive Director.

Transportation is helpful but not required. The internship runs for eight weeks.

Contact:

David McGowan, Executive Director

Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation

671 Cold Spring Road

Williamstown, MA 01267 413-458-2494; dmcgowan@wrlf.org; www.wrlf.org