Fisheries & Wildlife - Job Announcements

Internships, Summer, & Permanent Jobs

• The Environmental Careers Organization - Has great opportunities.  See www.eco.org.
• Subscribe to Fish and Wildlife Jobs - A FREE job service that emails jobs to you. Go to http://www.fw.msu.edu/employmentresources/er_email.html and sign up for FWJOBS. Alternatively, regularly check their archived jobs at http://list.msu.edu/archives/fwjobs.html.

Wildlife

• Great all-around - Job announcements at http://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/. Internships, seasonal and permanent wildlife jobs are listed here.
• Bird Jobs - Many more bird jobs exist than mammal jobs simply because birds are abundant, diverse, easy to see and can act as indicators. Do NOT be quick to rule out working with birds. You can learn a lot working with birds! Maybe you don't have the experience to get a telemetry job working with jaguars, but if you had some telemetry experience with red-tailed hawks, you could be competitive for the jaguar job. Check out the job postings at the Ornithological Societies of North America job site http://www.osnabirds.org/on/ornjobs.htm. The same jobs can also be found at http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/BJOB.html.
• The Wildlife Society - Maintains a job board at http://www.wildlife.org/jobs/index.cfm?tname=jobsboard.
• MSU - Maintains a job board and an email list service. Go to http://www.fw.msu.edu/employmentresources/er_email.html
• Amphibians and Reptile Jobs - http://www.parcplace.org/jobs.html

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

• American Fisheries Society - Lists jobs at http://www.fisheries.org.
• North American Benthological Society - Lists jobs at http://www.benthos.org.
• MSU - Maintains a job board and an email list service. Go to http://www.fw.msu.edu/employmentresources/er_email.html

Ecology

• Ecological Society of America - http://www.esa.org/opportunities.
• Society for Ecological Restoration Int'l - http://www.ser.org/working_resources.asp.
• Society of Wetland Scientists - http://www.sws.org/jobs.
• Conservation Society - Posts jobs at http://www.conbio.org/Jobs/search.cfm.

Government Agencies

• NYDEC - Jobs are posted at http://www.dec.ny.gov/about/27863.html
• The Federal Government - Posts all jobs such as working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service. Go to www.usajobs.com, click search jobs, then search all jobs in biology. Refine your search with words like "wildlife."
• The Department of Defense - Often has great jobs for natural resource students.  See The Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (http://www.cemml.colostate.edu/) and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (http://www.orau.gov/orisemaryland/projects.htm).

Other Job Sites

Other jobs sites exist. If you know a species or organization with which you would like to work, check their websites. For instance, Ducks Unlimited posts jobs at http://www.ducks.org/about/jobopportunities.asp.

Career Information

For more career information see http://www.fws.gov/jobs/
Mammal Jobs - http://www.mammalsociety.org/uploads/careersinmammalogy.pdf