Limnology Lab/Field Research Assistant

Limnology Lab/Field Research Assistant

Summer 2025

REAL WORLD APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

The Lake Sunapee Protective Association (LSPA), a non-profit environmental organization, is seeking motivated interns to gather and analyze water samples for our water quality work. LSPA, in cooperation with the N.H. Department of Environmental Services, has one of the most extensive water testing programs in New England, with its own laboratory at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. Data from the LSPA testing program is sent directly to the NH DES Volunteer Lake Assessment Program, where it is evaluated and used to make management important decisions concerning the watersheds of more than 25 lakes in the area. LSPA also works to correct known environmental problems and prevent future ones by working with state and town governments, property owners, contractors, and concerned citizens.  There is a stipend for the summer’s work ($10/hr up to $2500), plus the possibility of housing.

Limnology Lab/Field Research Assistant

General Required Qualifications:

• *Attendance at, or graduation from, an accredited college 
• * Good public relations and communication skills
• * Good computer skills – word processing and spreadsheet at a minimum
• * The approximate time requirements may range from 20 to 30 hours per week, mid-May through the end of August, typically Monday through Thursday, but flexibility is a must!

Duties:

* Assist Laboratory Manager in the limnology lab analyzing water samples for pH, 

    conductivity, turbidity, chlorophyll-a, total phosphorus, ANC, color, chloride and E. coli

* Computer data entry of water quality test results

*Collect water samples from in-lake and tributary sampling sites

*Assist with invoicing and record keeping

*May also select a research project to fulfill capstone requirements for graduation as an   additional project, pending approval      

Special Qualifications:

*Interest in learning through hands-on experiences                                                                                    * Some flexibility in days and hours worked

* Must be detail oriented!                                                                                                                         

*Some experience or course work in water resources or limnology preferred, but all

    interested, enthusiastic applicants will be considered.

* Physical ability to do moderately demanding field-work.

To Apply:

Email: *1) resume, *2) contact info for 3 references and 3) a *cover letter stating your interest in and qualifications for the internship to Ms. Teriko MacConnell, Lab Manager, 

Colby-Sawyer College/Lake Sunapee Protective Association at:

teriko.macconnell@colby-sawyer.edu   

Applications will be reviewed on Feb 27, 2025