Program Overview
AgriLife Extension’s Green Infrastructure for Texas (GIFT) program with an environmental literacy grant from EPA is seeking interns for a High School Career Development Internship Program focused on Green Infrastructure (GI) job skills. The primary focus is nursery production of native wetland and coastal prairie plants to be used in GI projects. Other topics covered include watershed and non-point source pollution issues in communities, what is green infrastructure (including its purposes and variety of practices). The goal is for students to identify green infrastructure practices suitable for different areas and be able to obtain National Green Infrastructure Certification Program certification upon graduation from High School if they so choose.
There are weekly field trips to local GI project sites as well as presentations by industry professionals who have volunteered to share about their jobs and projects. Much of our learning will be hands on and experiential in nature. Students are asked to complete an individual project, a group project and give a presentation of what they learned at the conclusion of the 12-week session.
At the conclusion of the student’s participation in the program, interns will receive a $500 stipend.
Schedule
Each internship consists of a 12-week session. There are three sessions for each of the next two school years (2022-23 and 2023-24). Each session will have up to 10 students, limitations are due to the workspace available at the wetland nurseries where students will be working. This years sessions are scheduled for:
- Sept. 19 – Dec. 19, 2024 (application open due Sept. 13, 2024)
Interns will meet 2 days a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Interns should arrive at 4:30pm and will return to the office by 7:00pm.
Where do we meet?
The Texas Community Watershed Partners AgriLife offices at 1335 Regents Park Dr. Suite 260 Houston, TX 77058. Transportation to and from this program is not provided, and is required to participate. Transportation to weekly field trips and internship activities is provided.
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This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement MX-02D20322-0 to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. The contents of this program do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does the EPA endorse trade names or recommend the use of commercial products mentioned in this program or its curriculum.