The Center for Northern Forest Research promotes experiential, inquiry-based learning opportunities for undergraduates interested in the natural sciences. Summer research internships are available for qualified undergraduates. Internships provide opportunities to learn a number of field ecology techniques, work closely with research biologists and resource managers, conduct independent research, and assist in the development of resource management plans.

Summer Research Interns will be involved in many of the following research activities in northeastern Vermont.

Canada Warbler habitat selection and reproductive success. Interns will learn to target capture and color-band Canada Warblers, map territories, record behavioral observations in systematic sampling periods, record positions with Global Positioning System (GPS) and enter and manage those data in a Geographical Information System (GIS); vegetation sampling and measures of prey (arthropods) abundance and diversity are other elements of this study.

Determine the status and map the locations of Partner's-in-Flight priority bird populations of the Eastern Spruce-Hardwood Physiographic Region; species such as the American Black Duck, Blackburnian Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Olive-sided Flycatcher.

Estimate population size and measure of bog-dependent butterfly species on the Nulhegan Basin Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge; species such as Oeneis jutta ( Arctic Jutta) and Lycaena epixanthe ( Bog Copper). (photo credit; http;//www.chebucto.ns.ca)

Assist Nulhegan Basin Division refuge managers with a variety of tasks including mapping portions of the refuge, removing invasive plant species, mapping plant communities, measuring avian abundance at long-term monitoring stations, including a long-term M.A.P.S. bird banding station.

Assist with state-wide Vermont Butterfly Survey and Vermont Breeding Bird Atlas.

If you are interested, please contact Dr. Jameson Chace (jameson.chace at salve.edu) at Salve Regina University.
Phone; 401-578-9274 (cell),
401-294-1420 (RI --June 1 to June 25);
802-649-8867 (Norwich - answering machine after June 25);
or through the Center for Northern Forest Research;
Mailing Adddress; (P.O. Box 192, Island Pond, VT 05846).