INHF selects new
interns for summer 2004
Since its inception in 1986, the Iowa Natural
Heritage Foundation (INHF) internship program has had 128 interns,
and this summer, seven new students will be added to that list.
These Iowa college students have been selected to intern in various
positions, including communications and land restoration in order
to learn more about their fields of interest while helping to
preserve Iowa's natural environment.
"These summer interns increase INHF's
staff by 50%, so that means a huge increase in what we can accomplish
for Iowa's natural resources," said Cathy Engstrom, INHF
communications director. "We also appreciate all their energy
and enthusiasm."
Ryan Marquardt, another intern, was hired
in the spring of 2004 and will continue his work through the year.
Marquardt's responsibilities include grant writing, researching
and project support.
The INHF Buckmaster Internship Program receives
its funding from the R.J. McElroy Trust of Waterloo and is named
in honor of Robert J. Buckmaster, who served as the Trust's chair
from 1979-82, and was also the first chair of the Foundation's
board. More funding comes from the Svare family trust fund in
Iowa City.
Here are
the summer 2004 INHF interns!
Back row: Heidi Von Arb, Clint
Maddix, Grant Baker, Kelly Rohder, Ryan Marquardt.
Front: Michael Blazing, Chuck McLaughlin (board member), Christina
McFall, Jessica James.
Grant Baker
of Orange City, IA, is a senior in communications studies at Northwestern
College. His duties include designing the INHF calendar, website,
brochures and other related communications projects.
Michael Blazing
of Racine, MN, is a sophomore majoring in landscape architecture
at Iowa State University. He is one of four land interns that
work to restore native prairies, which involves exotic plant removal
and collecting seeds.
Jessica James
of Boone, IA, is a senior majoring in forestry at Iowa State University.
As a land intern, James' duties primarily involve prairie restoration,
as well as its maintenance through clearing brush and replanting.
Clint Maddix of
Van Buren County, IA, is a senior majoring in life science and
conservation management at Upper Iowa University. His land internship
duties often require him to travel across the state looking at
damaged land and working with invasive species.
Christina McFall
of Roland, IA, is a sophomore majoring in religious studies at
Grinnell College. Her land internship duties involve restoring
native prairies, removing invasive species and land maintenance.
Kelly Rohder
of Plainfield, IL, is a senior with a double major in journalism
and English at the University of Iowa. Her duties as a communications
intern involve writing press releases and magazine articles, helping
to promote 25th anniversary events, maintaining the clips database
and completing other communications projects.
Heidi Von Arb
of Alton, IA, is a senior majoring in landscape architecture at
Iowa State University. As a land intern, she will assist in prairie
restoration and maintenance, including exotic plant removal, clearing
brush, collecting seeds, and replanting.
Ely Grote,
a Drake University agricultural law student, is helping INHF research
property titles and public transportation mitigation policies.
His work is funded by Drake's Agricultural Law Center's Service
Learning Summer Legal Internships program.
For more information,
e-mail Cathy Engstrom,
director of communications, or call (515) 288-1846.
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