Intern Duties would be to help with prairie burns, planting prairie seed, collecting prairie seed, cleaning prairie seed, removal of alien weeds from prairie areas, and removal of woody species from prairies. Educational opportunities would be to learn the technique and function of prescribed burns, prairie and weed species identification, prairie restoration and reconstruction techniques, exotic weed and woody specie control techniques, and the business of land management, prairie restoration, and prairie seed sales. An internship responsible for Fernwood's five acre reconstructed tallgrass prairie is available. We are open to the interests of the intern such as using the prairie as the subject of artwork, wildlife of the prairie research, etc. Fernwood is located in the southwest section of the lower peninsula of Michigan.
Free housing is provided on the grounds.
Time of the internship would be from May through August with the actual dates negotiable. It also houses the Rose Ingalls Wilder archive. The library offers experience in archival arrangement, description and preservation. Interns will study with a veteran archivist in one of the finest archival programs in the country. Starting and ending dates for summer interns are negotiable.