Special Plant Population Intern (Position Code: 13659)
http://www.thesca.org/node/171558

To prevent and reduce poaching events, you will assist the resource
management staff and coordinate with the ranger staff, with surveying and
mapping populations most at risk, patrolling ginseng and goldenseal
populations during the harvest season, installing remote sensors,
monitoring of plant populations, proactively marking roots in the field
with traceable dye, and assisting with the processing of poached roots. You
will also establish contact with dealers to discourage the buying of marked
roots and to report potential sellers of poached roots to Law Enforcement.
To propagate ginseng plants, seeds will be gathered, and will be germinated
at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Clermont, Kentucky. Once viable,
seedlings will be returned and planted in Mammoth Cave National Park. This
project will also identify major goldenseal populations in the park, and
will begin a similar propagation program for goldenseal.


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Shannon Trimboli, Education Program Specialist

The Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning is
partnership between Mammoth Cave National Park and Western Kentucky
University. We are a member of a national network of research learning
centers based within the National Parks.

Research Learning Centers
       - Facilitate use of parks for scientific inquiry.
       - Support science-informed decision making.
       - Communicate relevance of and provide access to research
knowledge.
       - Promote resource stewardship through partnerships.

website: www.wku.edu/mcicsl

Mammoth Cave National Park
P.O. Box 7
Mammoth Cave, KY 42259
(270) 758-2422
shannon_trimboli@contractor.nps.gov

Geography/Geology Dept
Western Kentucky University
1 Big Red Way - EST 438
Bowling Green, KY 42101-1066
shannon.trimboli@wku.edu