MDC Community Conservation Internship-PAID

Description

The MDC Community Conservation Internship is available to undergraduate students who are interested in conservation. To be considered for this internship, you should have a minimum GPA of 2.8 and be able to work outside in adverse weather conditions and perform tasks requiring strenuous physical activity. As an intern, you will work closely with Community Conservation Team and partners to help citizens identify valuable ways they can connect with fish, forest, and wildlife in their communities. You will work with partners to integrate green space into the urban environment to provide equitable public access to nature and assist with identifying and implementing strategies to deliver community conservation to underserved populations and communities. You will also conduct resource-related educational functions including but not limited to library programs, fishing clinics, pond and stream management workshops, field days, community stakeholder workshops, career days, and youth organization camps. This internship is offered in Cape Girardeau, MO, at the Cape Girardeau Nature Conservation Center.