In partnership with the Town of Huntington, Cornell Cooperative Extension has grown and planted over two million hard clams and oysters annually in the greater Huntington-Northport Bay complex. As an added educational component to this collaboration, high school and/or college students have the opportunity to partake in a paid internship. The program will allow students to learn about shellfish aquaculture techniques including grow-out procedures, measuring growth and survival rates, and monitoring environmental parameters such as water temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll. The paid internships will be offered in two four-week sessions from July 1st through July 31st and from August 3rd through August 28th; the positions are fulltime 30-35 hours per week. A mandatory orientation will be required prior to the start of the position. Depending on timing, this orientation may be virtual or held at the Riverhead or Huntington office.


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