Limnology Laboratory Assistant

REAL WORLD APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

The Lake Sunapee Protective Association, a non-profit environmental organization, is seeking motivated interns to fill the positions described below for the busy season this year. LSPA, in cooperation with the N.H. Department of Environmental Services, has one of the most extensive water testing programs in New England, with its own laboratory at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. The water quality programs now include the entire watershed. LSPA also works to correct known environmental problems and prevent future ones by working with state and town governments, property owners, contractors, and concerned citizens. Data from the LSPA testing program is sent directly to the NH DES Volunteer Lake Assessment Program, where it is evaluated and used to make important decisions concerning the watersheds of more than 25 lakes in the area.

Limnology Lab/Field Research Assistant

General Qualifications:

* Attendance at, or graduation from, an accredited college

* Good public relations and communication skills

* Good computer skills – word processing and spreadsheet at a minimum

* The approximate time requirements may range from 20 to 30 hours per week, mid-May through the end of August, but flexibility is a must!

Duties:

* Assist Laboratory Manager in the limnology lab analyzing water samples for pH,

conductivity, turbidity, chlorophyll-a, total phosphorus, ANC, color, chloride and E. coli

* Computer data analysis of water quality test results

* Collect water samples from in-lake and tributary sampling sites

* May perform special projects such as analysis of dissolved oxygen levels or other

water quality parameters, sampling and analysis of specific impacts

Special Qualifications:

* Interest in learning through hands-on experiences * Some flexibility in days and hours worked

* Must be detail oriented!

* Some experience or course work in water resources or limnology preferred, but all

interested, enthusiastic applicants will be considered.

* Physical ability to do moderately demanding field-work.

LSPA Contact:

* Teriko MacConnell, Lab Manager

Colby-Sawyer College/Lake Sunapee Protective Association

541 Main St.

New London, N.H. 03257

Email: teriko.macconnell@colby-sawyer.edu Phone: 603-526-3486

Covid Protocols will be followed, as necessary

Applications are now being accepted!! Deadline, Feb 28, 2023

(Deadline may be extended at lab manager’s discretion)

Send resume, contact info for 3 references and a cover letter stating your interest in and qualifications for the internship to Ms. MacConnell, (contact info above, e-mail preferred).