{"id":437,"date":"2013-05-20T09:48:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T13:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/?p=437"},"modified":"2013-05-20T09:48:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-20T13:48:56","slug":"internship-summer-naturalist-internship-with-stowe-land-trust-vt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/envs\/2013\/05\/20\/internship-summer-naturalist-internship-with-stowe-land-trust-vt\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERNSHIP: Summer Naturalist Internship with Stowe Land Trust, VT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stowe\u00a0Land\u00a0Trust<br \/>\nSUMMER\u00a0NATURALIST\u00a0INTERN<\/p>\n<p>GENERAL\u00a0DESCRIPTION<br \/>\nGain\u00a0valuable\u00a0on\u2010the\u2010job,\u00a0career\u00a0driven\u00a0work\u00a0experience\u00a0with\u00a0Stowe\u00a0Land\u00a0Trust\u00a0(SLT)\u00a0as a\u00a0summer\u00a0naturalist\u00a0in\u00a0Stowe,\u00a0Vermont.\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0position\u00a0assists\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0operation\u00a0of\u00a0the 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