Watershed Restoration Summer Internship

SPAWNERS (San Pablo Watershed Neighbors Education and Restoration Society) is a grassroots, volunteer group whose mission is to protect the San Pablo Creek Watershed and inspire community appreciation and stewardship through advocacy, education, and habitat restoration. SPAWNERS leads community activities including restoration, invasive plant removal, water quality and creek health monitoring, outreach to residents, service learning opportunities for students, and special events such as community clean up days and Earth Day celebrations.

The ideal intern will bring a combination of strengths, including a background in watershed issues and community service experience. The San Pablo Creek watershed is home to large Asian, African American and Latino communities. The ideal intern should bring experience working in diverse communities. Interns must:
• Have an interest in watershed processes and ecology
• Have experience performing community service
• Be comfortable working independently
• Be fit enough to carry 40 pounds, climb creek banks, etc.
• Be proficient with standard office computer programs

The main responsibility of the summer intern is to assist the Program Coordinator with the implementation of a restoration and re-vegetation work plan at two sites in the San Pablo Creek Watershed. Specific responsibilities of the intern include:
• Work with neighbors and local community members to inform and involve
them in the restoration project
• Receive monitoring program training, including photo-monitoring and
vegetation assessments
• Begin baseline monitoring of restoration sites
• Assist with community and student volunteer work days

Work Environment
Work activities are split between office work at The Watershed Project headquarters, located in a beautiful natural setting on the Richmond Field Station, a satellite campus of UC Berkeley on the bay in Richmond, and field work at project sites in Richmond, San Pablo, and El Sobrante.

Compensation
The SPAWNERS Watershed Restoration Summer Internship is an unpaid position. Intern will receive reimbursement for travel expenses to and from project sites.

For more information, please visit our website at www.spawners.org.