Internships

Intern holds a specimen collected as part of the ongoing Dragonfly Mercury Project

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Future Park Leaders of Emerging Change (FPL)

www.futureparkleaders.org

Intern projects address needs associated with the management of natural, cultural, or historic resources, park infrastructure, visitor use, or interpretation and education efforts in a future of novel, rapid, and/or large landscape change.

Who can apply: Graduate or upper-level undergraduates students
Schedules: 12 week project
Interest areas: Resource protection; supporting science; adaptation actions; policy and planning; sustainable operations; and communication, interpretation, or education
Stipend: $16/hour plus benefits
Partner: The Ecological Society of America

Geoscientists in the Park (GIP)

www.nps.gov/subjects/science/scientists-in-parks

Every year, the Scientists in Parks (SIP) Program places hundreds of college students, recent graduates, and early-career professionals across the National Park System to work on natural resource management needs. Each opportunity with the SIP Program affords a distinct and memorable experience with projects that vary based on location, length, focus, and complexity.

Who can apply: Undergraduate, graduate students, and recent graduates
Schedules: Summer, Fall/Winter, Year Round
Interest areas: Natural resource science fields (air resources, biological resources, geologic resources, natural sounds, night skies, and water resources)—field and office based internships focus on research, inventory and monitoring, curation of park natural resources, interpretation and education projects
Stipend: $1,400 - $2,400 per month, plus travel allowance
Partners: Stewards Individual Placements Program, Environment for the Americas, Ecological Society of America, The Geological Society of America and the National Park Foundation.

Great Basin Institute (GBI)

www.thegreatbasininstitute.org

The Great Basin Institute is an interdisciplinary field studies organization that promotes environmental research, education, and service throughout the West. GBI provides a wide variety of environmental services to train and develop the next generation of conservationists and resource managers.

Who can apply: Young adult 18+
Schedules: Summer 2024 - Summer 2025
Interest Areas: Visitor services and site operations, education and interpretation, archeological and natural resource management.
Stipend: $17-$19 per hour
Partners: Americorps, Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, The Corps Network, USDA Forest Service

Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP)

www.latinoheritageintern.com

Offers internships rooted in a variety of disciplines from community outreach and communications to architecture and underwater archeology at National Park Service sites located throughout the nation.

Who can apply: Latinx undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates
Schedules: 10 or 11 weeks with a possibility to extend the internship through the school year, Summer
Interest areas: Natural and cultural resource management, interpretation, public affairs
Stipend: $400 to $480 a week plus travel and housing stipend
Partners: Hispanic Access Foundation and Environment for the Americas

 

SCC participants take a trip down the Colorado River to remove invasive plants

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Conservation Corps

American Conservation Experience (ACE)

www.usaconservation.org

Provides a range of voluntary service programs for both American and international participants. Take a look at their NPS Academy too.

Who can apply: Conservation Corps 18-25, Conservation Internship 18-35
Schedules: 8-12 week commitment, Year-round
Interest areas: Natural and cultural resource management, recreation, restoration, interpretation
Stipend: Varies, Education Reward
Partner: Americorps

Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC)

www.sccorps.org

Empowers individuals to positively impact their lives, their communities and the environment and operates conservation service programs across the southwest region that engage youth, young adults and veterans on public lands. SCC works to foster inclusive opportunities and collaborative partnerships for positive growth through development of knowledge, leadership, and compassion towards our lands and communities.

Who can apply: Open to the public, youth and young adults ages 18-25
Schedules: 10 week commitment, Summer, Year Round
Interest areas: Field work, conservation, trail construction, vegetation removal
Stipend: Varies
Partner: Conservation Legacy
Check out their video: My JOB

Southwest Conservation Corps - Ancestral Lands (SCC-AL)

www.sccorps.org/ancestrallands

Rooted in the culture and heritage of local tribal communities and engages Native youth and young adults in meaningful conservation projects on Native Lands with the National Park Service. The SCC-AL provides opportunities to Native youth to explore career opportunities while engaging in conservation work in with the National Park Service. SCC-AL also aims to incorporate traditional culture and language as part of crew lifestyle and project work.

Who can apply: Native American youth and young adults ages 18-25
Schedules: 10 week commitment, Summer, Year Round
Interest areas: Historic and prehistoric preservation, traditional agriculture, interpretation, conservation, trail construction
Stipend: Varies
Partner: Conservation Legacy
Check out their video: Never Stop

 

CVA 2022-23 cohort Christine Longenecker surveys her surroundings while pruning the Lonely Dell orchard

NPS

Community Volunteer Ambassadors Program (CVA)

cvainternships.org
The CVA program combines the strength of a national leader in conservation service with the National Park Service in order to train a diverse group of emerging leaders to assist park units in building lasting connections to local communities.

Who can apply: Recent high school and college graduates
Schedules: February to January and September to August; Full-time, 50 weeks
Interest areas: Volunteer efforts and management, service-learning expansion, group service opportunities coordination
Stipend: Varies depending on housing, number of terms
Partner: Conservation Legacy
Check out their video A Day in the Life - Stewards Individual Placement Program

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Visit the NPS Youth Programs site for even more opportunities here in the Southwest and nationwide.