Engagement Opportunities

Visit this website for all posted American Conservation Experience Opportunities. Internships available across the country in a variety of disciplines. Many opportunities within US National Parks.

Environment for the Americas and its partners are committed to connecting diverse students with careers in conservation, natural resources, history, geology, with skill-building internships with national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, and other sites.

Environment America is a national network of 30 state environmental groups. Our staff work together for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate. Our members across the United States put grassroots support behind our research and advocacy.

Hosted within the ELA division, the RISE intern will learn about the role the public sector plays in the development of stormwater infrastructure design, communication, and construction, while collaborating with the ELA team to improve their design communication skills and shadow project managers in landscape construction.

Hosted within the ELA division, the RISE intern will gain insights into the significance of stormwater infrastructure design in nurturing community environmental resilience, while collaborating with the ELA team to devise community engagement strategies that champion equitable and socially responsible project outcomes.

The Dredging Operations and Environmental Research (DOER) Program supports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Operation and Maintenance Navigation Program. Research is designed to balance operational and environmental initiatives and to meet complex economic, engineering, and environmental challenges of dredging and disposal in support of the navigation mission. Research results will provide dredging project managers with knowledge and technology for cost-effective operation, evaluation or risks associated with management alternatives, and environmental compliance.

Earthworks is looking to interview potential candidates for the position of Environmental Consultant/Compliance Manager in Tucson, AZ and surrounding areas. Earthworks specializes in NPDES and Stormwater Consulting for construction projects throughout the United States.

This internship will be performed in connection with the OER’s current O’odham-Piipaash Documentary History Project. The intern will assist Dr. Dale Brenneman with research pertaining to the O’odham Revolt of 1751–52 by creating a catalog of microfilmed documents housed on specified reels, transcribing a selection of those documents according to a project style guide, and preparing written summaries in English.

The Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC), College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu, is looking for a highly motivated undergraduate to assist in the center’s science communication.

This communications student worker will work with the College of Pharmacy Communications Manager and the Associate Director of the SWEHSC Community Engagement Core to prepare highlights for the SWEHSC website, newsletter, social media, and press releases.

The curatorial assistant supports the mission of a living agricultural heritage museum located on a historic and archaeologically significant site, operated by the non-profit organization Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace.

The curatorial assistant works under the guidance and supervision of the Curator to maintain and expand records of the botanical collections of Mission Garden.