Two 24- week internships Natural Resource and Water Quality Interns Interns will work on multiple riparian forest habitat restoration projects within City of Houston Parks. Daily tasks will include removing invasive species and installing native trees along Sims Bayou. Monthly water sampling will take place at each of the sites along with monthly volunteer workdays to restore and create forested buffers in the parks. …
What is a herbarium? It is a historical and research collection of pressed, dried, andmounted plants. These are stored on acid-free paper in climate and pest-controlledcabinets. Mercer Botanic Gardens herbarium, registered as MERCA in IndexHerbariorum, is a global directory of herbaria and staff, includes plants of eastTexas, rare Texas species, permanent sample sites that include Harris County salineprairies, and specimens…
Reports To: Executive Director Employment Status: Full-time About the Arboretum Located on the western edge of Memorial Park in Houston, Texas, the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center (the Arboretum) is a 155-acre nature sanctuary and center for nature education. The mission of the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center is to provide education about the natural environment to people of all ages and to…