The Illinois Department of
Natural Resources has several paid "urban collegiate conservation" internships
available in the Office of Resource Conservation (working with varied issues
like restoration projects, waterfowl, Asian carp, etc.) suitable for
environmental studies majors. These will be focused in the Chicagoland areas
(field work but periodically reporting into the Chicago office of IDNR) and are
available to students from Cook County and the collar counties only.
For
information please contact Jason Brewer of the IDNR (Springfield): jason.brewer@illinois.gov
Please let me know if you contact
Mr Brewer.
Mr Brewer is the Assistant Director of the IDNR Office of
Compliance, Equal Employment Opportunity and Ethic, and is also interested in
getting in touch with students from under-represented ethnic minorities
regarding opportunities in conservation and environmental studies.
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The IL DNR
and Division of Natural Heritage are anticipating the opening of 9 Natural
Heritage Resident positions. We are hoping to be able to formally announce
these openings in April with selection to occur in May. Positions will start
sometime after 1 July 2013.
Recall the
Residency Program provides 12-month, full-time employment with benefits under
the mentoring of Natural Heritage staff in field or central office locations.
Candidates must be graduate students currently enrolled in a full-time graduate
program in plant biology, forestry, zoology or related biological science field
and have the approval of their academic advisor.
The proposed
locations for these positions are:
McHenry
County
Cook
County
Ford
County
McDonough
County
Peoria
County
Jasper
County
Madison
County
Sangamon
County (2)
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