<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><b class="">NECWA</b> (the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance) has 2 fall internships available for high school, college, or graduate students. They are the Southcoast Terrapin Project (STP) and the Marine Misfit Stranding Program. If interested, please see below.</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Internships typically require a 2-3 month commitment and a 20-30 hour workweek. Interns act as research assistants and are engaged in all phases of a project, from fieldwork to laboratory work.</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Internship positions are non-paid and can be coordinated privately or through a school or university program. Interns must provide their own transportation to and from work areas and housing is not provided. </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">We are also seeking volunteers (of any age) for each of these fall programs or for additional activities. </font></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="5" class=""><u class="">Southcoast Terrapin Internship Project (STP) - Fall 2023 Season</u></font></b></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">NECWA interns and volunteers work alongside staff members to study and document Northern diamondback terrapin hatchlings in the Pocasset, Wareham (Onset, Buzzards Bay), Marion, and Mattapoisett areas.</font></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font size="4" class=""> </font></span></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Intern activities include:</font></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><ul class=""><li class=""><font size="4" class="">Collecting hatchling terrapin sighting, biological, and behavioral data at all field sites </font></li><li class=""><font size="4" class="">Collecting environmental data when in the field</font></li><li class=""><font size="4" class="">Office work including, data input and analysis using Microsoft Excel, Adobe PhotoShop, and Google Drive. </font></li><li class=""><font size="4" class="">Learning photo-identification techniques that utilize Adobe Photoshop to process photographic images of individual diamondback terrapins.</font></li><li class=""><font size="4" class="">Participating at festivals and other community outreach events with schools, libraries, and other venues in the New England area.</font></li></ul></div></blockquote><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="5" class=""><u class="">Marine Misfit Stranding Program - Fall 2023 Season</u></font></b></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">This Internship focuses on fall and early winter strandings of ocean sunfish, torpedo rays, triggerfish, and other “misfit” marine wildlife that strand along the shores of Cape Cod and surrounding areas. </font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="4" class="">NECWA also works with government and non-government
organizations to help rescue other marine wildlife, including cetaceans
(whales, dolphins, and porpoises) and sea turtles.</font></span></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><font size="4" class=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif" class=""> </font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"> </span><font face="Arial, sans-serif" class="">Intern activities include: </font></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><ul class="MailOutline"><li class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Helping NECWA staff locate stranded misfit marine wildlife in shallow water or stranded on a beach</font></span></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Use kayaks and small boats
to rescue live marine animals in shallow waters.</font></span></li><li class=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4" class="">Help with necropsies (animal autopsies) of dead stranded marine wildlife.</font></li><li class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Capture and transport injured marine birds (seabirds, sea ducks, gulls, etc.) to rehabilitation facilities on Cape Cod.</font></span></li><li class=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4" class="">Collaborate with other nonprofit and government organizations who rescue and research other marine wildlife on Cape Cod, including IFAW (marine mammals), Mass Audubon (sea turtles), and DMF (sharks and other marine fish)</font></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: large;" class="">Office work including, data input and analysis using Microsoft Excel, Adobe PhotoShop, and Google Drive. </span></li><li class=""><span style="font-size: large;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: large;" class="">Participating at festivals and other community outreach events with schools, libraries, and other venues in the New England area.</span></li></ul></p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div></div></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="5" class=""><u class="">Additional Fall Internship Positions or Volunteer Opportunities with NECWA:</u></font></b></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><ul class=""><li class=""><font size="4" class="">Program development, marketing, and fundraising activities that support our community education and outreach planning. </font></li><li class=""><font size="4" class="">Graphic design projects that support our educational outreach activities and conservation programs. </font></li><li class=""><font size="4" class="">Computer programing and software manipulation, including that of Autodesk Maya, a 3-D computer graphics program. </font></li></ul></div></blockquote><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class="">To Apply or to Learn More:</font></b></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">To learn more about our internship program, go to our Marine Wildlife Internship webpage at <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnecwa.org%2Finternships.html&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7Cff34271457474777210308db98e36c96%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638271874781533596%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=D3wIH6qebMwCHpEvF9p%2B%2BYbzDwVfKSpXBCmEQzCczHM%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://necwa.org/internships.html" shash="hdzL6L+7W9inexqd9FzHQtPF7Gui4eaGckMKlSV0op6gasIgVat1gQ5BKgBm7jO5wH6sHsXWydiL3wRuMtxKRy4JnQ//wDaXZzVFYXKtDqX9Y3GD8uRut5j4BZc4SKn2kcv/wqg2P/qKPKbs2nEL8l5I+a6BcaHBDDl4ky7OctE=" class="">http://necwa.org/internships.html</a>.</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">To apply, go to the “Internships Page” on the NECWA website and fill out the Internship Application form.</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">The New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA) is a non-profit organization based in southeastern MA. We are dedicated to the protection and conservation of diamondback terrapins and other marine wildlife in the New England area. We conduct field research on diamondback terrapins in an effort to advance our understandings of their biology and ecology, as well as support conservation efforts on their behalf. Information collected through our research activities is also used to form the basis of our educational outreach activities within the New England community. </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">To learn more about NECWA, visit us at:</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.necwa.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7Cff34271457474777210308db98e36c96%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638271874781533596%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=A99lN7HB39aVIlqIKkcEG3h8vNOb8Gyexgwqf2cAA4o%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://www.necwa.org/" shash="ugaiQPkNQh/LEyKk7IhXd4L5FaxCPBqcrSUIaYKhcil6gya3ihdkZMmuBK/BExnSMA3GVRRGFOPIed9bxJ58Y5bj6awIlGwP2ReyywGBdzzS0xLGraBaClX1Bic8OKDQvSyMnSy3aLdMqs+WvUxwG72l3sYGaLInPktHJoDCWu0=" class="">www.necwa.org</a></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nebshark.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Csemco%40whoi.edu%7Cff34271457474777210308db98e36c96%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638271874781533596%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FwwFj%2FeOOkSuMvNnQX8T0PIdNKNVK8WCzePQ1VI%2BjCY%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="http://www.nebshark.org/" shash="HB3Df6S8c5AdjfxXyARG4MTo7Ai+67sWZhWmyrUNh2UmbTVeNBnN5C4D+/aMolSgmI/ylj+mTZRakgJ59ZDs+LqygnpzigRiAsXUQ0PeNiM8ZAYwRGbrcp6qKN76fFhfE75vL6oMb2Mu1vJytQravX9EEe0Jz5mvcm21sA7G9l4=" class="">www.nebshark.org</a></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Thank you, Krill </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Carol “Krill” Carson</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">NECWA President </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><a href="mailto:krillcarson@mac.com" class="">krillcarson@mac.com</a></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">508-369-8303</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">NECWA:</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">PO Box 92</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">North Carver, MA 02355</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>