Kupu Internship with Big Island NARS

We are looking for an intern to participate in a variety of activities associated with the Natural Area Reserves System (NARS) with the state of Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW).  We are based out of Hilo, Hawaii but manage 8 reserves encompassing >95,000 acres on the Big Island.  Duties include various resource management and monitoring activities associated with native bird conservation focusing on endangered species such as the Akiapola’au (Hemignathus wilsoni), Alawi (Loxops mana), Akepa (Loxops coccineus), Alala (Corvus hawaiiensis), and Ua’u (Pterodroma sandwhichensis).  Activities include assisting in the capture, banding, radio-tagging, telemetry tracking, re-sighting of banded forest birds, and identifying birds by sight and sound for forest bird point count surveys.  Also assists with seabird management including nocturnal surveys, remote sensing, and predator control.  Habitat management techniques include small mammal monitoring and trapping, mosquito monitoring, fence-building and native plant seed collection and outplanting.   Throughout the year, interns will be exposed to a great variety of conservation management activities and field sites.

The successful applicant will possess ability to work independently, at high altitudes, in cold and rainy or hot and dry conditions.  We regularly work out of primitive camps in remote locations.  Ability to work around and fly in approved helicopters.

Benefits include:

Earn a $1,600 monthly living allowance (subject to taxes)

Earn a $5,920 Education Award (similar to a scholarship) towards higher education

Opportunity for interest earned on certain educational loans (during the internship term) to be paid for by AmeriCorps

Complete over 1700 hours of environmental community service

Health care and childcare benefits (if eligible)

Most field equipment 

An opportunity to work in Hawaiian forests and gain field experience in avian conservation with highly endangered species and in ecosystem management and exposure to many conservation partners in Hawaii.

To apply, please visit: https://kupuhawaii.tfaforms.net/138. For more information about the Kupu Americorps position, please see: http://www.kupuhawaii.org/conservation/. Deadline to apply is June 30. Two letters of recommendation are required. Please indicate “Bird Work” on your application. This is a position supported by the State of Hawaii Division of Forestry and Wildlife and US AmeriCorps. It is administered by KUPU Hawaii.