Helpful Internship Links:

National Council for Science and the Environment Clearinghouse: go to http://environmentalinterns.org to look through over 100 internships (and counting!) already uploaded to the platform. You can apply directly through the clearinghouse portal.

Orion Magazine Grassroots Network: Looking for summer internships or that first job? Don't forget to tell them about Orion's job board before they're gone for the semester -- it's free to use and there are opportunities in environmental education, policy, conservation, activism....the whole gamut:  http://jobs.oriongrassroots.org

National Park Service Programs: This pdf document provides valuable information about the NPS Student Educational Employment Program and, at the bottom, provides links for student, seasonal and permanent federal jobs.

http://www.nps.gov/gettinginvolved/internships/upload/Student_Educational_Employment_Program.pdf

Internship Alert:

Sierra Club Maryland Chapter Office - Accepting Applications Now!

For information or to arrange internships please call and send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to internships
@mdsierra.org. Please have your name in each document title and CC maryland.chapter@sierraclub.org. Hope to hear from you soon! More details CLICK HERE.    --Laurel Imlay, Sierra Club Maryland Chapter Coordinator

The Delmarva Discovery Center on the Pocomoke River, a nonprofit cultural, historical, and natural learning center in Pocomoke, is looking for interns (unpaid) for credit or non-credit students.  We are specifically looking for students who would intern within our husbandry and education departments and are comfortable with a wide array of animals (snakes, turtles, frogs, fish, land and aquatic invertebrates) and who possess knowledge or are willing to learn about aquarium care and maintenance for freshwater, brackish, and marine fish and invertebrates.  In addition, our education department is looking for someone interested in wildlife interpretation and public programming and summer camp opportunities, from children to adults. Interns will gain a lot of hands on experience, will deliver public programs, and will have opportunities to work in collaboration with the National Park Service, Salisbury Zoo, Chincoteague Wildlife Refuge and NASA, as well as aquarists and herpetologists from leading zoos and aquariums. Any interested parties can contact Sarah Rubin, Aquarist/ Wildlife Educator by email at srubin@delmarvadiscoverycenter.org or by phone at at 410-957-9933 x 104.

www.delmarvadiscoverycenter.org  410.957.9933 x 104

The Nature Conservancy (TNC), MD/DC Chapter (contact: Dave Ray, d_ray@tnc.org, 850.241.6837). Established in 1951, TNC is the largest private conservation organization in the world, employing hundreds of scientists and thousands of conservation practitioners & support staff. TNC’s mission is ‘to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.’ Of our MD land holdings the 10,000-ac Nassawango Creek Preserve, stretching between Salisbury and Snow Hill, MD on the Lower Eastern Shore, is the largest and most active in terms of land management and research. Interns working with TNC staff would have opportunities to develop projects in a variety of areas of mutual interest, examples include: habitat restoration and monitoring, GIS/GPS applications, remote sensing applications, sustainable forestry, low-impact nature-based recreation, and use of dendrochronology (tree ring analysis). To learn more visit our website: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/maryland_dc/index.htm

Environmental Interpretation Internships.  Summer.  Number of Positions: 2.  Salary: $195 per week stipend with dormitory housing available.  Location: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, Maryland.  Dates of employment: May 17th, 2013 – August 16th, 2013.  Qualifications: Must have well-developed communication skills and leadership ability; be able to work independently and as part of a team; experience working with children and adults preferred. Bachelor’s degree (or pursuing) in education, natural resources, or related field desired. Driver’s license necessary. Internship is 40 hrs/wk.  Duties: Provide quality educational experiences for all visitors to the National Wildlife Visitor Center and Patuxent Research Refuge through developing and conducting interpretive and educational programs for all ages, leading interpretive tram tours focusing on wildlife management and research, working with Scout groups, and assisting with all operations of a visitor center. Work schedule will include weekends (two days off during week), and some holidays.  How to Apply: Send letter of interest, resume, and list of 3 references with phone numbers and email. Closing Date: Received by March 22nd, 2013.  Contact Person: Amy Shoop Patuxent Research Refuge.  10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD 20708-4027.  Amy_Shoop@fws.gov

Pocomoke River State Park Pocomoke River SP could use interns in a variety of possible positions and will work out specific job duties and schedules with you. They have a variety of environmental programs offered to the public and private groups that need assistance including canoe and kayak natural history tours, topic interpretation with live animals and are open to personally built lesson plans on interested topics. They also have a monthly publication, The Pocomoke Paddler, for which they always need articles, and need someone to create promotional materials such as flyers, informational sheets, etc.  PRSP will train all interns just as if they were seasonal employees and each intern would be evaluated by permanent staff. Contact Jessica Beebe [mailto:JBeebe@dnr.state.md.us]

Abbotts Mill Nature Center, Milford DE. Contact Jason Beale, Delaware Nature Society. 302-422-0847. Website: http://www.delawarenaturesociety.org/abbotts.html Interns will be able to assist with a variety of jobs, including developing and teaching natural, cultural, and agricultural history programs as well as environmental education courses to visiting school groups, and upkeep/management of the center's myriad properties, including the 6-acre Cedar Bog Preserve and 21-acre Isaacs Tract, owned by the Nature Society, the core area and buildings owned by the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, the 27-acre Lindale Tract, 12-acre Lee Tract,and the 13-acre Morton Farm, allowned by the Division of Fish & Wildlife.  The Delaware Nature Society also manages the nearby 177-acre Blair's, Savage, and Pope Tracts along Tantrough Branch, Blair's Pond, and Griffith Lake. Hiking and wildlife observation opportunities, as well as a 5K (3.1 miles) cross-country course are available on the extensive trail systems.

Salisbury University—opportunity to work w/ENVR & BIOL profs and BIOL students  in the Nassawango tract, at Pemberton, and on the Nanticoke River. Students will investigate the potential impacts of invasive earthworms on ground nesting birds. The project will involve earthworm surveys, mistnetting and banding birds, nest searching, and vegetation measurements. Each student will focus on a different component of the system, but we'll cooperatively collect data. The project lasts 10 weeks, from ~June 3 - Aug 7.  BIOL students will commit to all ten weeks as part of a grant available to Henson students: ENVR students can volunteer for all or part of the time—or, arrange an ENVR 480 summer internship! For more information, contact Dr Ransom tsransom@salisbury.edu

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater MD 21037-0028. 443-482-2216, email contact Jane Holly, School Programs Coordinator hollyj@si.edu website: www.serc.si.edu (Summer or semester off) Paid internships from 10 to 26 weeks, with stipend of $425/week, on-campus housing available. Interns may work in one of 18 research labs or in the Environmental Education department, teaching visiting school groups from mid-March through June and then summer camps.

Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: Main office 580 Taylor Ave E-2, Annapolis MD 21401, 410-260.8744. (Semester or summer) Monie Bay wetlands, near Deal Island, are its largest component. Contact Coreen Weilminster, Education Coordinator email cweilminster@dnr.state.md.us ; website www.dnr.maryland.gov . A their website says, “Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (CBNERR-MD) was established in 1985 with Monie Bay, a large wetland near Deal Island on the lower Eastern Shore, being the sole component. In 1990 Otter Point Creek and Jug Bay were added to the reserve. Together, these three reserve components reflect the diversity of estuarine systems found within the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay providing essential habitat for commercially as well as recreationally important fish and crabs, filtering mud from the Bay's murky waters, and protecting the shoreline from flooding. CBNERR-MD promotes educational opportunities and scientific study of these estuarine systems so that we can better manage and successfully restore these important habitats, as well as enjoy a healthy and productive Bay.” Interns will help strengthen the protection and management of the Reserve, advance Bay conservation, research and education, increase the use of science and of the Reserve sites and help address management issues.

Assateague State Park: 6915 Stephen Decatur Highway, Berlin MD (Assateague Island). Semester or summer: Contact Angela Baldwin, abaldwin@dnr.state.md.us  410-641-2120, ext 20. Interns can work on a variety of projects: developing education programs, teaching student groups, developing and restoring play spaces, and working on the interpretive program and trail for the Rackliffe House, a restored 18^th-century coastal plantation house now serving as the park’s Coastal Heritage Center.

Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (All Semesters) We have 8 internship positions in 2 divisions. Visitor services Internships are open to all Majors, English, Education, Environmental Science, etc. FOR APPLICATION/MORE INFO VISIT: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/chinco/internvolunteer.html

Internships

ENVR students can gain valuable experience in the field—and fulfill the Environmental Experiences component of the major—through internships. Internships provide you with an opportunity to learn in a work setting, with a 3-credit internship typically requiring supervised work of 10 hours a week for 12 weeks during a regular semester, or 120 hours of work in a summer or winter term. An internship is not interchangeable with a research project or a directed study – an internship must involve a student placement with a supervisor in a work setting. In the past few years, ENVR students have interned at organizations as diverse as the Colorado Sierra Club; National Park Service; National Forest Service; Maryland Coastal Bays; US Fish and Wildlife Service; Maryland Department of Natural Resources; Chesapeake Bay Foundation; MD Department of the Environment; Horn Point Laboratories; Chesapeake Bay Trust; Sussex County Preservation Office; Montgomery County Department of the Environment; Old Growth Forest Network; Adrenaline High, an eco-tourism company; Bienvenidos a Delmarva, an immigrant outreach consortium; and the Salisbury Zoological Park, to name a few. ENVR students have also taught environmental education in a Peruvian orphanage, worked at two different environmental education camps, and interned on three different organic farms.

Students can set up internships in the Salisbury area during the fall or spring, or literally anywhere in the world during the summer. Internships are student-generated; with the assistance of Environmental Studies faculty, Career Services staff, and a little research, you’ll find a myriad of possibilities in addition to the organizations mentioned above.

To create an internship,