<div dir="ltr"><font color="#0000ff">Paid internship doing Bioblitz and inaturalist activities! Deadline is March 1.</font><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><br><blockquote type="cite"><div id="m_3724850763032354769appendonsend" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"></div><hr style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;width:1167.171875px"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline!important"></span><div id="m_3724850763032354769divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Mackenzie Nelson <<a href="mailto:mackenzie@mdlt.org" target="_blank">mackenzie@mdlt.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 6, 2025 11:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> Breann Lindsey <<a href="mailto:breann.lindsey@ucr.edu" target="_blank">breann.lindsey@ucr.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> WISDOM internship</span><div> </div></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Hi Bree, </div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">MDLT is currently recruiting for our next round of WISDOM interns. If you happen to know of any future women in STEM who may be interested, please share this opportunity. I have attached a poster for you to share as well. </div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>More information about the internship: </b></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin:0px 0px 15px"><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Women In Science Discovering Our Mojave (WISDOM) is a collaborative internship program offered by the Mojave Desert Land Trust (MDLT) providing femme-aligned students an opportunity to explore careers in environmental science and receive mentorship from working professionals.</div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Participants are provided with field transportation, gear, and a stipend.</div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Interns will be conducting biodiversity surveys, or “Bio-Blitzes”, throughout Afton Canyon through the community science platform iNaturalist. Their observations will contribute to biodiversity data within Mojave Trails National Monument and a global database used by scientists and researchers. The goal of this project is to eliminate gaps in biodiversity data on iNaturalist and other resource management systems, introduce interns to field sampling techniques, build upon naturalist identification skills, provide in-field experience, and educate the public about the natural and recreational values of public lands through community science initiatives.  </div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Activities for this internship begin April 2025, and will include orientation, monthly office days, monthly field days, and a final presentation concluding in September 2025. Orientation, monthly office days, and the final presentation will be remote. Interns will also complete a creative project.</div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.</div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Applicants must be enrolled in a higher education program or have graduated within the past two years and have federally valid identification. All academic majors are welcome to apply.</div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Application deadline: March 1, 2025</div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>How to apply:</b></div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Please email your resume and a thoughtful cover letter addressing your interest and how your experience prepares you for this position to<span> </span><a href="mailto:internships@mdlt.org" target="_blank">internships@mdlt.org</a>.</div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">For more information, visit<span> </span><a href="http://mdlt.org/wisdom" target="_blank">mdlt.org/wisdom</a> or email<span> </span><a href="mailto:internships@mdlt.org" target="_blank">internships@mdlt.org</a></div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">This internship is supported by the Conservation Lands Foundation.</div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Feel free to reach out with any questions. </div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Have a great day, </div><div style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;margin:0px 0px 1em;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Mackenzie </div></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div id="m_3724850763032354769x_Signature" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:n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