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<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#194863">YOUTH INTERNS - BORDERLANDS EARTH CARE YOUTH</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#D2796D">Now Hiring</span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">BRN is seeking a total of eight motivated youth, ages 15 - 24, to participate in the
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001d7ijGUAadEFKEbU7UVfKfZzUyDPF219IgosDzMR_O67YGw78DmFQrDVyGDk1mFHcJKpnG0FeLtshEN_Cl78fasQFmdfBSN-SPDt8OYSDkWpLQTYQH6tHAK8hQZCrMOIdgXOEmYNilRG7x9wv2KKiroLs0brmjIpldE1hT4HTHR4=&c=v-EUd5sE9blLMhyAmqqzJe8yioV2fOeI5O6hm1ASlRRpnB4GxADDbA==&ch=ALpIPLC-TXkp55ady1gKlDvthHmqyv043qngXvstiDiMuGrpnjFfJw==" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#24678D;text-decoration:none">Borderlands
Earth Care Youth (BECY)</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> program occurring during school breaks and some weekends March - June 2024. Internships are open to youth from Patagonia, Rio Rico, Nogales,
and nearby borderlands regions. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">BECY interns will work as a team on a variety of restoration-based projects led by program facilitators. Educational topics include sustainability, climate change, watershed management,
water protection, rainwater harvesting, permaculture principles, and native and invasive flora and fauna of the Sky Islands region.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Deadline to apply: February 1, 2024.</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.borderlandsrestoration.org/employment">https://www.borderlandsrestoration.org/employment</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Elise S. Gornish<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Cooperative Extension Specialist in Ecological Restoration<br>
The University of Arizona<br>
School of Natural Resources and the Environment<br>
Office: N317 in ENR2<br>
Phone: 520-621-3307<br>
Fax: 520-621-8801</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#00B050">Restoration book for kids:
<a href="https://tinyurl.com/2p8hmnnj"><span style="color:#00B050">https://tinyurl.com/2p8hmnnj</span></a><br>
Y en espanol: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3udn3p9m"><span style="color:#00B050">https://tinyurl.com/3udn3p9m</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#538135"><br>
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Lab webpage: <a href="https://gornish.arizona.edu/"><span style="color:blue">https://gornish.arizona.edu/</span></a><br>
AZ Restoration Portal: <a href="https://ecorestore.arizona.edu/"><span style="color:blue">https://ecorestore.arizona.edu/</span></a><br>
Twitter + Instagram: @RestoreCAL</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#C45911">GALS (Girls on outdoor Adventure for Leadership and Science):
<a href="https://gals.arizona.edu/"><span style="color:blue">https://gals.arizona.edu/</span></a><br>
Instagram: ua_gals<br>
Facebook: Girls on Outdoor Adventure for Leadership and Science – GALS at UA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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