Internships to Monitor Wildlife Populations at Channel Islands National Park

The National Park Service is providing notice of its intent to award a task agreement under a previously competed or single source master cooperative agreement to the Student Conservation Association. The project involves providing work and training opportunities for interns in the areas of wildlife inventory and monitoring at Channel Islands National Park. The interns will work on a variety of tasks, including trapping, handling, marking, and collecting biological samples from endemic Channel Islands wildlife. The project aims to support youth development and educational opportunities for student interns and to provide hands-on experience in wildlife inventory, monitoring, and research techniques. Some key aspects of the project include: • Monitoring island foxes and skunks through trapping, handling, marking, and collecting biological samples • Conducting annual population monitoring for island deer mice via capture-mark-recapture methods • Inventory and monitoring of bats, reptiles, and amphibians • Utilizing computer programs to input and manage data from field studies • Performing fieldwork during weeklong tours on remote islands