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Environmental Science 
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.

SITES WITH MULITPLE LISTINGS 

American Zoo Association
www.aza.org 

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

International Environment and Development Web Portal:
http://www.iedonline.net/jobs_interns.htm

Orion Grassroots Network 
(Lots of ES/Naturalist Internship Listings):
http://www.orionsociety.org/pages/ogn/ics.cfm   

Ornithological Society of North American (Job/Internship Listings):
www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm

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

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

with the Iowa DNR  

 - Becca at the Iowa DNR

SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS

Missouri: 

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


Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture:
http://www.kccua.org/getinvolved.htm 

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


Missouri Department of Conservation:
https://mdc5.mdc.mo.gov/recruitment/InternshipJobs.aspx?strRoute

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/volunteer/default.aspx 


Wonders of Wildlife (Springfield, MO)
http://www.wondersofwildlife.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=161&Itemid=89 
  

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

Brad with CERC  
- Brad working with the Columbia Environmental Research Council


Elsewhere: 

Alaska Conservation Foundation (paid + RT airfare to Alaska):
http://akcf.org/_pages/programs_amp_initiatives/

Badlands National Park
Badlands 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/epahome/intern.htmMote 

Glen Helen Ecology Institute (Yellow Springs, OH)
http://www.antioch-college.edu/glenhelen/SummerJobs/index.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
www.iowadnr.com/employment/employment.html 


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

Marine Laboratory (Florida)
http://www.mote.org/~ccooper/Intern/Welcome.htm


McHenry County Conservation District (near Chicago, IL):
http://www.mccdistrict.org/ab-employment.htm   

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

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


Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
www.wildlifedepartment.com/internpositions.htm

RISE(Research Internships in the Science of the Environment):
http://programs.astate.edu/rise/ 


Save America's Forests (Wash. 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 

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

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

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

United States Geological Survey:
http://www.usgs.gov/ohr/student/apply/index.html 


For more information: 
 

Contact the Internship Coordinator by e-mail , call 573-592-5381, or make an appointment to visit the Internship Office at Newnham Hall, lower level.

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