Job Opportunities
Some jobs are geared towards certain fields. With any major you will be qualified for most of these positions, but if you're interested in specific fields, you can use the following key to easily determine which jobs are geared towards which fields.
F: Forestry; E: Ecology; W: Wildlife; G: GIS; M: Miscellaneous, such as teaching, remote sensing, etc.; No letter: Any field.
Residence Assistants for Summer or Fall Camp. Open to CFRES graduate students who need graduate support. Alberta, MI.
Full Time Positions
Conservationist for Conservation Technical Assistance Initiative. Iron/Baraga Conservation District. Baraga, MI. Deadline: March 31.
F Forester and Land Manager. Keweenaw Community Forest Company. No deadline indicated. Posted February 14.
FGM Professor of Digital Forestry. Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN. Positions will be reviewed February 15, and will continue until positions are filled.
F Limited-Term Forester. Douglas County Forestry Department. Solon Springs, WI. Deadline: March 19.
W Red Wold Keeper. PDZA Red Wolf Facility. Tacoma, WA. Deadline: March 19.
G GIS Analyst. Michigan EGLE. Lansing, MI. Deadline: March 19.
F Forester. WIDNR. Dane County, Madison. Deadline: March 21.
FE AmeriCorps Positions. MIDNR. Multiple locations and positions available throughout MI. Deadline: April 15.
Lab Coordinator. Central Methodist University. Fayette, MO. No deadline indicated. Posted February 20.
E Aquatic Monitoring Crew Leads, Technicians, and Riparian Botanist. University of Montana O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West and BLM. Western U.S. Applications reviewed until filled. Posted February 14.
EM Associate Research Scientist/Postdoctoral Research Scientist. Columbia University. New York City, NY. Applications reviewed until filled. Posted February 14.
E Watershed Ecologist. Clinton River Watershed Council. Rochester Hills, MI. No deadline indicated. Posted February 14.
F Forest Technology Instructor. Umpqua Community College. Roseburg, OR. Open until filled. Posted February 3.
E Research Specialist (Plant Breeding). Holden Forests & Gardens. Kirtland, OH. Open until filled.
F Forester. Colorado State Forest Service. Multiple locations within Colorado. No deadline indicated.
E Project Scientist. Kieser & Associates. Kalamazoo, MI. No deadline indicated. Posted January 24.
F Forester. Lyme Timber. Escanaba, MI. No deadline indicated. Posted January 12.
EWM NEON. Multiple positions available throughout the US. No deadline indicated. Posted January 10.
F Forester in San Augustine or Palestine. Texas A&M. Positions available in San Augustine, TX and Palestine, TX. No deadline indicated. Posted December 8.
E Hydrologist. US Forest Service. Multiple positions available in Alaska. Open and continuous applications.
Seasonal Positions 2022
F Forest Restoration Technician. Ironwood Forestry. Northern Arizona. No deadline indicated, immediate hire. Posted January 11.
E Field Technician. Forest Futures Lab. Millbrook, NY and Fairbanks, AK. Applications will be reviewed January 8, open until filled.
E Invasive Species Technician. KISMA. Houghton, MI. Deadline: March 14.
BLM Summer Internship. Bureau of Land Management. Multiple locations and positions available. Deadline: March 16.
M Outdoor Trip Guide & High Ropes Instructor. Camp Tapawingo. Sweden, ME. Deadline: June 1.
Museum Assistant. A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum. Houghton, MI. No deadline indicated. Posted March 13.
FE Field Technician. Ottawa National Forest. No deadline indicated. Posted February 27.
FE Field Technician. Forest Ecosystem Management and Siviculture lab at MTU. Upper Penninsula, MI. No deadline indicated. Posted February 27.
F Forestry Intern. Schillinger Forestry. Traverse City, MI. No deadline indicated. Posted February 14.
EW Field Technician - Water Chemistry/Habitat Technician and FIsheries Field Technician. Midwest Biodiversity Institute. Hilliard, Ohio. Applications open until filled. Posted February 14.
FE Summer Field Technicians - Vegetation Data Collection. Deer-Forest Study, Penn State. State College, PA and Coudersport, PA. Applications reviewed as received. Posted February 3.
Outdoor Recreation Facilitator (AmeriCorps Member). Skowhegan Outdoors Americorps Program. Skowhegan, ME. No deadline indicated.
M Summer Grounds Worker. Cranbrook Educational Community. Bloomfield Hills, MI. No deadline indicated.
M Seasonal Park Employee. Iowa DNR. Multiple locations in various Iowa state parks. Open until filled. Posted January 6.
EW Field Technician. NEON. Multiple positions available throughout the US. No deadline indicated. Posted January 10.
E SERC Intern. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Edgewater MD. Various internships available.
E Ecological Restoration Technician. Heartland Ecological Group. Mount Horeb, WI. No deadline indicated. Posted January 5.
Environment for the Americas Diverse Student Internships. Multiple types of natural resource positions posted around the US.
On-call Firefighter. Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Fire and Emergency Management. Baraga, MI. Continuous Applications.
E Seasonal Restoration Technician. Stantec. Naperville, IL. No deadline indicated. Posted December 6.
Sierra Institute for Community and Environment. Multiple Permanent and Seasonal Jobs. Deadlines Vary.
American Conservation Experience job opportunities. Many positions in many locations available. Deadlines vary.
Great Basin Institute. Aquatic Ecosystem Monitoring, Ecological Restoration, Environmental Outreach and Education, Forestry and Fuels Reduction, Vegetation Research and Monitoring, Wilderness and Recreation Management, Wildlife Studies and Habitat Assessment. No deadline specified. Jobs continuously posted.
Graduate Positions
E Safford Fire Postdoc. UC Davis. Deadline: February 28, open until filled.
FE M.S. Position in the Forest Ecophysiology Lab. University of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. Applications will be reviewed beginning March 15.
W Postdoctoral Researcher: Modeling Coyote Abundance. University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia. Deadline not indicated. Posted Sept. 19th
Fellowships/Scholarship Opportunities
Morelli Scholarship. Open to students with dyslexia who are studying a STEM field. Awards up to 2,500. Deadline: February 26.
USFS Wilderness Research Fellowship Focused on Prescribed Fire in Wilderness. Candidates should have received a master's or doctoral degree in a relevant field or currently pursuing one of the degrees with completion by June 30, 2023. Degree must have been received within the past three years. Deadline: March 10 or until filled.
CDI Study Away Assistance Scholarship. Open for undergraduate students who want to study abroad or present at a national conference. Deadline: February 17 for spring, April 21 for summer.
Undergraduate Research Internship Program. Open to all Tech undergraduates interested in engaging in a research experience in a faculty member's laboratory.
Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps/Americorps Positions. Multiple types of positions in multiple locations across MI. Rolling Applications, although work typically occurs in the summer season.
Research Program Internship Opportunities. Check continuously for new opportunities!
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