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ES Newsletter Week of January 10, 2022

*Bowdoin ES Program Summer Fellowships- APPLY NOW!
*Jobs & Fellowships for Undergraduates
*Environmental News and Events
*Jobs & Fellowships for Graduating Seniors

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Environmental Studies Summer Fellowships- Apply Now!

Bowdoin students who are either ES majors/minors or who have taken ES core courses, are eligible to apply for Environmental Studies summer fellowships. The Environmental Studies has 11 summer fellowship placements for students this summer. Read more about last summer’s fellows. ES Majors or students who have taken at least two ES core courses are eligible for a fellowship (and this can include spring 2022 core courses).

This is a great way to gain experience in the field, work with environmental professionals, and connect your summer experience to your academic experience. The Environmental Studies Program is one of very few academic programs that has an endowed fellowship program.

The Environmental Fellowship program descriptions and applications for Summer 2022 are now on the ES website!

Winter break is a great time to start to apply for summer fellowships. All applications are online and we have included a PDF of the fellowship application on our website to help you start to prepare your application. You can apply at any time up until the deadline (see each fellowship’s deadline below).

The following fellowships fund students to work for an organization of their choice anywhere in the world

Environmental Studies Fellowships (Sustainability and Environmental Justice) (2-3) – funds students to work for an organization of their choosing. You can work in Maine, in your community, or anywhere in the world.

Deadline: February 22^nd at noon **Winter break is a good time to identify and contact organizations for this fellowship**

Cooke Fellowship (1-2) – Funds students to conduct community based research under the guidance of a faculty mentor and in partnership with a community organization of the student’s choosing **Winter break is a good time to identify contact faculty sponsors and host organizations for this fellowship**

Deadline: Feb 22nd at noon

Maine Based Fellowships (8) – funds students to work for a Maine based organization or community.

Deadline: Feb 7th at noon
We will be posting the summer 2022 placements next week! Check the Maine Based Fellowships for application information.

Feel free to email me if you have any questions at all.

Eileen
Eileen Sylvan Johnson, ejohnson@bowdoin.edu

Other Summer Fellowships, Programs & jobs

Field Ecology Intern, Maine Natural Areas Program, Maine Dept of Aggriculture, Conservation & Forestry. Preference give to electronic applications recieved by Friday, February 4th, 2022.

GMRI REU: Integrated studies in a rapidly warming fishery ecosystem. Apply by February 15, 2022.
Maine Audubon: Seasonal staff positions for conservation Projects (apply by February 11, 2022:
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge Piping Plover Technician
Tidal Marsh Bird and Salt Marsh Restoration Monitoring Technician

Acadia National Park, Seasonal positions & Internships
Friends of Acadia Digital Media Team, May 31-August 22 (1-2 positions) & May 31- November 7, 2022 (1 position available). Apply by January 21, 2022.
Friends of Acadia Social Media Specialist, May 31- August 22 (1 position). Apply by January 21, 2022.

Friends of Acadia Communications Intern, 15 hrs/ week, 6 month. Apply by January 15, 2022, commitment (split btw remote & Bar Harbor office, (Ideal: April- Sept).
Friends of Acadia, Recreation Technician, Apply by January 31, 2022.
Long season (1 position): End of April-Nov 25, 2022
short season (1 position): June 6- August 26, 2022
Friends of Acadia, Summit Steward, summer : Late May-August 2022 (up to 4 positions); Summer/Fall: Late May-November 5, 2022 (up to 3 positions). Apply by January 31, 2022.
Friends of Acadia, Wild Gardens of Acadia Intern Summer 2022, 40 hrs/ week, 500 hours. Apply by February 7, 2022.

Northern Maine Stewardship Intern, The Nature Conservancy, Maine. Apply by February 13, 2022.
James Dow Summer Intern, Blue Hill Heritage Trust. Apply by February 16, 2022.
Kennebec Land Trust Summer Internship, Kennebec Land Trust. Apply by March 1, 2022.
Policy Advocacy Intern, The Climate Initiative, Felxible, remote work for candidates in Maine. $15/ hr, 10 hrs wk for 10 wks.
Richard G. Rockefellow Conservation Internship, Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Apply by February 23, 2022.
2022 REU Program at the Shannon Point Marine Center, Western Washington University. Apply by February 12, 2022.
Climate Education Campaign Orgnaizer, Nature Based Education Consortium. Part time campiagn support to get real world policy experience. $25/ hr, 20 hrs week.
Middlebury School of the Environment, summer program. Environmental Science and Ecology Scholarships available.

Environmental News and Events

Inside the Amazing Cross-Continent Saga of the Steller's Sea Eagle, Nicholas Lund, Maine Audubon, January 10, 2022

At 10 pounds and with a 7-foot wingspan, the Bald Eagle is one of the largest flying birds in the United States. Yet the two juvenile Bald Eagles I saw perched in a tree in Massachusetts on December 20, 2021 looked like pigeons compared to the other bird on the limb with them: a Steller’s Sea-Eagle.

Everything about seeing a Steller’s Sea-Eagle in New England is incredible. It’s an awe-inspiring bird—about a foot longer and taller than an adult Bald Eagle and as many as five pounds heavier, with a massive golden bill that looks like pirate treasure. It’s rare: There are only about 4,000 of this vulnerable species left in the wild, compared to hundreds of thousands of Bald Eagles. And of course, it’s not supposed to be here. Steller’s Sea-Eagles are native to far eastern Russia, the Korean peninsula, and northern Japan.

Westbrook's famed ice disk is taking shape again in the Presumscot River, Portland Press Herald, January 11, 2022.

Taking Action on Climate: A Virtual Speaker Series
January-February, Thursdays 7:00-8:30 PM
Learn about Maine's bold Climate Action Plan from those involved in crafting it.
Maine Won't Wait, January 13, 7-8:30 pm
The roles of land conservation, transportation, and climate justice in ME's climate plan. Click here for useful resources related to this topic.

Early Data suggests 2021 was one of the hottest years on record in the Gulf of Maine. Part of the Climate Driven series, Maine Public, by Fred Bever, January 12, 2022 > Listen 1:33

Climate Driven- A deep dive into Maine's response, one county at a time.
The next decade is a critical time for the planet. Scientists say there will need to be a rapid, transformational shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energy to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. That's the threshold that avoids the most catastrophic effects of climate change. Can the world meet the challenge? And what are we, all of us, prepared to do about it?

Climate One, podcast

Groups claim 'alarming levels' of 'forever chemicals' found in Brunswick, Times Record, by C. Thatcher Carter, January 10, 2022. > Listen 5:08

Maine Environmental Group finds high levels of PFAS in the Androscoggin River, Military Poisons, by Pat Elder, January 3, 2022.

Featured Jobs and Fellowships For Graduating Seniors

Eastern Maine Land Protection Steward, Maine Coast Heritage Trust, Apply by January 9, 2022.
Land Steward (2 vacancies) Maine Farmland Trust
Resiliency Planner, Kennebec Valley Council of Governments, Fairfield, Maine. Apply by February 7, 2022.
Northern New England Land Steward, Northeast Wilderness Trust. Apply by February 1, 2022. Anticipated start date: April 1, 2022 (flexible)
Tidal Marsh Bird and Salt Marsh Restoration Monitoring Technician, Maine Audubon & Rachel Carson National WIldlife Refuge. Full time, 40 hours week, May 23-October 14, 2022. Apply by February 11, 2022.
School Partnerships Coordinator, St. Mary's Nutrition Center. Full time, Feb 2, 2022 start date.
Visitor Programs Educator, Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment (Oceanfront) Late May- October.
Stewardship Manager, Western Foothills Land Trust, Start date: April 1, 2022. Apply by February 28, 2022.
900 HR Environmental Steward, Maine Conservation Corps. Apply by March 14, 2022, Service dates: May 31-November 11, 2022.
Stewardship Field Assistant (2 6-month positions), The Nature Conservancy, Maine. Apply by February 13, 2022.
Southern Maine Land Steward/Burn Crew Leader, The Nature Conservancy, Maine. Full time, 26 week position, April 22-October 2022.
Garden Coodinator, Kittery Land Trust. Paid 8 month position, 20-25 hrs week (March - October 2022). Apply by January 15, 2022.
Farm Program Coodinator, Maine Coast Heritage Trust. Apply by February 16, 2022.
Climate Education Campaign Orgnaizer, Nature Based Education Consortium. Part time campiagn support to get real world policy experience. $25/ hr, 20 hrs week.

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