Current Opportunities

Photo courtesy of Wisconsin DNR

Here is a list of a few opportunities. Click to go to details below. But don't limit yourself to this. Search for many more opportunities found on links at the ES jobs page, the ES internship page, & our two paid subscriptions of current openings in environmental jobs you can access through D2L. And be sure to keep checking Titan Jobs.

Environmental Jobs: get paid to do good work
Environmental Internships: learn as you work
Volunteering: the Earth needs a little love & you need experience
Proactive Learning: extend your learning off-campus
Advocacy and Activism: make a difference

ENVIRONMENTAL JOBS

• Lots of ECO-JOBS & INTERNSHIPS listed at TITAN JOBS! 
  
• Some notable jobs at the Wisconsin DNR and County Conservation Programs.

• Water Resources Management Technician, Peninsula State Park (posted 4/27/12; deadline 5/4/12)

• Conservation technician/invasive plants. (posted 4/26/12)
  
• Aldo Leopold Nature Center Naturalist (posted 4/17/12)
  
• Aldo Leopold Nature Center Exhibit Team. (posted 4/13/12)
  
• Bioenergy Outreach Specialist. Deadline April 19, 2012.
  
• See also our Environmental Jobs website
  

INTERNSHIPS

• Aldo Leopold Nature Center Education Summer Intern (posted 4/17/12)
  

• Education/Captive Wildlife Management Internship, Northwoods Wildlife Center, Minocqua. (posted 4/13/12)
  

• International Crane Foundation has two six-month internships starting the end of April or early May. "Good pay and housing included, the staff is great" -- former intern Brianne Fischer. (posted 4/12/12)
• Conservation/Education Internship, Racine Zoo. (posted 4/13/12)
  
• COTS Riverview Gardens internships in Appleton. (posted 4/10/12)
  
• City of Appleton Wastewater Treatment Plant. Paid Internship. (posted 3/1512)

• Calumet County Land & Water Conservation Department. Paid internship. (posted 3/14/12)

• Clean Boats Clean Water, Oshkosh area. Paid internship. (posted 3/13/12)
  

• Fraser Farm CSA internship. (posted 3/12/12)
  

• Student Conservation Association: many great opportunities!

• Clean Boats Clean Water (Lake Winnebago)
• Clean Boats Clean Water (Oneida & Vilas Counties)
• Watercraft Inspector (Sheboygan County)
• See also our Internship & Volunteering website
  

VOLUNTEERING

• AmeriCorps: Dunn County Food Preservation Program (posted 5/1/12)
• Americorps: Marshfield Food Preservation Program (posted 5/1/12)

• Good Shepard Volunteers (posted 4/22/12)
  
• Lots of Bird Monitoring Opportunities (posted 4/12/12)
  
• Help pull Garlic Mustard along Wiouwash Trail. Date: April 14 & May 5. (posted 4/12/12)
• Central Wisconsin Trout Unlimited River Keepers is looking for volunteers to monitor and protect our rivers. They will hold a training session on April 28 at 10:00 am (posted 4/12/12)
  
• Oshkosh Shoreland Restoration Project: April 28 (posted 4/12/12)
  
• Water Action Volunteer Upcoming Events (posted 3/23/12)
  
• Riveredge Nature Center volunteer opportunities! Lots of different volunteer opportunities. Call 800-287-8098. Registration is ending soon. (posted 3/6/12)

• Kohler-Andrae State Park has volunteer opportunities! The park offers numerous volunteer positions throughout the year. .  (posted 3/15/12)

• DNR wildlife survey opportunities! Interested in volunteer opportunities with DNR biologists surveys? Contact David Barnhill, barnhill@uwosh.edu. (posted 3/6/12)

• Assistant Naturalist & other volunteer opportunities at Kettle Moraine State Forest-Northern Unit. (posted 3/7/12)
• Various opportunities at Horicon Marsh: naturalist, bird-banding, invasive species control, & more
  
• The Gottfried Prairie and Arboretum at UW-Fond du Lac is currently looking for volunteers in many different areas.
  
• See also our Internship & Volunteering website
  

PROACTIVE LEARNING

• Oshkosh Bird Fest, Saturday May 5. (posted 4/27/12)
  
• Cedarburg Bog Educational Events, spring-summer 2012. (posted 4/12/12)
  
• Wisconsin Society for Ornithology Annual Convention, May 10-13. Register now. (posted 3/24/12)
  
• Summer Field Studies course at Gulf Coast Research Lab, Florida. (posted 3/21/12)
  
• UWM Natural History Workshops, Beginning in June! Many learning opportunities!! Find out more information! (posted 3/15/12)

• Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop at The Riveredge Nature Center, May 5, 8:30am-12:00pm. Pasture walk at Suave Terre Farm, 2-3:30pm  (posted 3/15/12)

• Water Quality Monitoring Workshop, April 28, 9:30-3:30. Water quality analysis is a great skill to have. (posted 3/4/12)
• Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin field trips (spring, summer, and fall). These are usually great opportunities (posted 3/4/12) 
• See also our Proactive Learning website.
  

ADVOCACY AND ACTIVISM

• Greenpeace Semester. The Greenpeace Semester is an environmental leadership training for college students. The program combines classroom style-learning with hands-on work to teach grassroots organizing, strategic campaigning and the principles of non-violent direct action. (posted 4/12/12)

• WISPIRG Activism Internships If you want to make a difference and learn valuable skills, join our team of interns and volunteers. (posted 2/1/12)