The Maine Government Summer Internship Program has two openings for summer interns. Please make these opportunities known to interested students.
1) The Maine Department of Environmental Protection, located in Portland, is looking for a land assistant to prepare an interactive map product using GIS. The student will gather data and develop GIS layers to establish a web-based interactive map tool that will provide permit history including cumulative impervious and developed area, wetland impacts, structures and any other relevant information for land parcels. Additionally the intern will assist with compliance of permitted projects carried out in accordance with project plans. Student must have knowledge and familiarity with ArcGIS, Databases, Excel Spreadsheets, and Environmental Sciences.
2) The Maine Department of Environmental Protection, located in Augusta, is looking for a hydropower assistant prepare an interactive mapping product using ARC GIS online. Primarily, the intern will gather data from various sources to populate an attribute table and work with Department GIS staff to build a map identifying the location of hydropower dams in Maine, which allows the user to access information about the dam including its FERC license and DEP WQC, the location and size of the dam's impoundment, formal recreational access sites associated with the FERC license, and physical dimensions of the structures. Additionally, the intern will assist Land staff with field work, including permit-by-rule compliance inspections to ensure that permitted projects were carried out in accordance with project plans.
This internship is full time for 12 weeks and starts on May 29. The pay is $11/hour.
The application and more information about the program are online at
The positions will be filled as soon as the appropriate candidates are found.
Thank you,
Peggy McKee
Maine Government Summer Internship Program
Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center
5784 York Complex, #4
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5784
Tel: 207-581-1644
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