There is a tremendous amount of opportunities available for students interested in helping our environment.  Whether you want to work directly impacting the environment, advocating for the cause, teaching environmental education, spend your summer outdoors - there is something for you.  Below is a small listing of opportunities that are out there.   For more information or ideas come to the Career Resource Center.

Internship Web Resources not be construed as an endorsement of any  organization. Applicants are strongly encouraged to research all employers. If you experience difficulty linking to any of these sites, please e-mail . Suggestions for additional sites are welcomed.

Missouri Opportunities

SITES WITH MULITPLE LISTINGS 

American Zoo Association
www.aza.org 

American Conservation Experience:
http://www.usaconservation.org/Home/positions.html

Ecological Society of America Field Listings:
 http://www.esa.org/careers_certification/internship.php

Environmental Career Opportunities
www.ecojobs.com

Environmental Careers
www.environmentalcareers.com 

Environmental Jobs and Careers
www.ejobs.org/

Green Dream Jobs
www.sustainablebusiness.com/jobs/

Idealist.org (General Non-Profit Listings)
www.idealist.org

Orion Grassroots Network  (Lots of ES/Naturalist Internship Listings): 
http://jobs.oriongrassroots.org/   

Ornithological Society of North America (Job/Internship Listings): 
http://www.osnabirds.org/Jobs.aspx

Jobs in Outdoor Education:
http://www.outdoored.com/Jobs/oe/Search.aspx

SEEK (Minnesota Environmental Listings)
www.seek.state.mn.us/jobs.cfm   

Society of Wetland Scientists: 
http://www.sws.org/jobs/viewmore.mgi?ID=6960&l=t 

The Student Conservation Association
www.thesca.org (Great Internship listings for many parks and other env. organizations)

Treehugger Jobs: 
http://jobs.treehugger.com/

 

 - Becca at the Iowa DNR

SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS

Missouri: 

Cub Creek Science Camp (Rolla, MO) (Rolla, MO)
http://www.bearriverranch.com/internship.html 

Culitvate Kansas City: 
http://www.cultivatekc.org/get_involved/employment.html

Missouri Botanical Gardens (St. Louis, MO)
http://www.mobot.org/jobs/positions.asp

Missouri Deparment of Natural Resources:
http://www.dnr.mo.gov/hr/Internships.htm   Deadline is 2/5

St. Louis Zoo
www.stlzoo.org/contact/internshipsexternships/ 

Shaw Nature Reserve (Gray Summit, MO) 
http://www.shawnature.org/

Wonders of Wildlife (Springfield, MO) 
http://www.wondersofwildlife.org/

World Bird Sanctuary (St. Louis)
http://www.worldbirdsanctuary.org/  

Elsewhere: 

Alaska State Volunteer Program (Room and Board provided):
http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/vip/vvi.htm

Badlands National ParkBadlands National Park (South Dakota):
www.nps.gov/badl/supportyourpark/internships.htm   

Cedar Creek Environmental (MN)
http://www.cedarcreek.umn.edu/interns/ 

Defenders of Wildlife (Washington DC)
http://www.defenders.org/about_us/jobs/index.php 

Environmental Protection Agency 
http://www.epa.gov/careers/gradopp.html

Illinois Department of Natural Resources:
http://dnr.state.il.us/events/intbro.htm  

Illinois Governor's Environmental Corps:
http://www.epa.state.il.us/gec/index.html   

Iowa Department of Natural Resources 
http://www.iowadnr.gov/employment/index.html

Long Lake Conservation Center (Minnesota - free room/board for Summer, paid):
http://www.llcc.org/employment.html   

Mote Marine Laboratory (Florida)
http://www.mote.org

McHenry County Conservation District (near Chicago, IL): 
http://www.mccdistrict.org/web/index.asp

National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/personnel/intern.htm 

National Wildlife Federation (Wash. DC)
www.nwf.org/campusEcology/dspInternships.cfm

National Center for Appropriate Technology (nationwide):
http://www.ncat.org/jobs.php#fay_intern 

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation 
http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/careers/internships.htm

Pollution Prevention Institute, Manhattan, KS:
http://www.sbeap.org/intern-program

RISE(Research Internships in the Science of the Environment): 
http://www2.astate.edu/a/centers-programs-and-institutes/rise/

Save America's Forests (Washington DC)
www.saveamericasforests.org/assist/internships.ht 

Sierra Club (DC, San Francisco, local chapters everywhere)
http://www.sierraclub.org/jobs/internships_dc/ 

Squam Lake Nature Center (Holderness, NH - summer housing available):
http://www.nhnature.org/internships.html 

Trout Unlimited (Washington DC): 
www.tu.org

Wind Cave National Park (South Dakota - free housing/paid internship):
http://www.nps.gov/wica/parkmgmt/jobs.htm 

World Resources Institute (Washington DC):
http://www.wri.org/joblist/ 

Vermont Youth Conservation Corps (paid, room and board):
http://www.vycc.org/positions/summer_leader.html  


For more information:   

Contact the Internship Coordinator by emailing internship@westminster-mo.edu, calling 573-592-5381, or make an appointment to visit the Internship Office at Newnham Hall, lower level.

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