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St. Petersburg College<\/a>\u2019s Bay Pines STEM Center was recently awarded a grant from the Tampa Bay Estuary Program<\/a> (TBEP). The Digital Challenge Micro Grant awards a little over $900 to fund a paid STEM-based internship opportunity for an SPC student to help monitor the threatened gopher tortoises recently released at the STEM Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis grant will give us the opportunity to educate and\nengage students and community members via social media on how tortoises benefit\nthe environment,\u201d STEM Center Director Erica Moulton said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The STEM internship was awarded to Leonard Sala, who is working on his degree in Environmental Science at SPC. Sala will track the tortoises in their new habitat via photo documentation, monitor and document any other species present in the burrows, and share status updates of the project through social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sala is currently on track to graduate with an Associate\nDegree in Environmental Science at the end of the Summer 2020 term, and plans\nto continue on to earn his Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Applied Science. A full-time\nstudent and primary caretaker of his seven-month-old daughter, Sala said the\npaid internship is helpful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe TBEP grant and internship with the STEM Center will provide financial means to help support my family and school expenses accrued along the way,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sala says the internship will also will help him develop and\nexpand his professional work experience within his career field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited about learning new competencies and skills that\nwill come in handy when I\u2019m getting started in the environmental science field,\u201d\nSala said. \u201cGetting the opportunity to work up close with gopher tortoise\nconservation methods, techniques and procedures will provide tools I can take\nwith me for a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moulton says the internship provides a win-win situation.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\ngrant provides a funding opportunity for the student, who was unable to\ncomplete an internship elsewhere, and this data will really give us a chance to\nsee how wildlife adjusts and compensates on its own during this unique time in\nhistory,\u201d Moulton said. \u201cIt also gives the community of scientists information\nabout the waif reintroduction process that might otherwise go undocumented.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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