Below is a list of possible job and internship resources for undergraduates and graduates in Forest and Wildlife Ecology and not a list of open positions (a listing of the current open positions in the department can be found on our Current Employment Opportunities page).   If you have any additional resources to add, please send them to the Academic Advising Manager.

Departmental Resources

• Your advisor!
• Emails sent by faculty, staff and students in the department
• Fellow students who have already done an internship

Campus Resources

• Student Jobs Board
• Arboretum
• The International Internships Program
• Morgridge Center for Public Service has information about national and international service opportunities, many are unpaid, but can be excellent experience
• Alternative Breaks Program, over winter, spring and summer break, some with forest, wildlife and environmental projects
• College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Career Services has information on job fairs, available internships and workshops to help you with your job applications
• Handshake allows UW-Madison students and alumni to search for jobs and internships for free
• Letters and Sciences Career Services has information on available internships and workshops to help you with your resume
  • Career Community Facebook pages (open to any major): Environment, Natural Resources & Wildlife; Government, Politics & Policy; Nonprofit Management & Education; Healthcare & Wellness; and Scientific Product Development, Information & Research
• Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Environmental Jobs
• Wisconsin Ecology group holds an annual “internship” fair early in the spring semester
• Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development

Other Resources

• Federal agency jobs and internships
  • Information for students about Pathways
  • Federal jobs by college major
  • A-Z Index of U.S. government departments and agencies
• Wisconsin State Jobs
  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
    • DNR Warden Recruitment
  • Alphabetical index of Wisconsin state agencies
  • Employment in Wisconsin
• GovernmentJobs – city, state, federal and public sector jobs
• County and city jobs: search the job postings for different counties and cities in Wisconsin for job information with local governments
• Chronicle of Higher Education jobs search
• National Science Foundation – Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
• The Wildlife Society
• Society of American Foresters
• Other related organizations and societies
  • Ecological Society of America
  • World Wildlife Fund
  • Trout Unlimited
  • Ducks Unlimited
  • Conservation International
  • International Crane Foundation
  • Sierra Club
  • National Audubon Society
  • American Fisheries Society
  • Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
  • National Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Association
  • American Society of Mammalogists
  • Association of Zoos and Aquariums
  • Ornithological Societies of North America
  • Society for Conservation Biology
  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • ForestryUSA
  • Fire Science Online
    • Wisconsin specific page
  • International Association for Landscape Ecology
  • International Society of Arboriculture
  • American Geophysical Union
  • EnvironmentalScience.org – Education and Careers
• Texas A&M department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences jobs board and Texas A&M department of Ecosystem Science & Management jobs board
• University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources jobs listings
• Ecophysiology jobs postings (through the Jackson lab at Duke)