Internship Opportunities for Wildlife Management Degree

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I’m trying to help out my cousin who is looking for a summer internship. As a native of northeast Pennsylvania, one of his objectives is to see some new terrain/habitat etc and make it an experience to remember

One place he’s applying is in Wyoming for a Moose Habitat project and Bighorn Sheep Nutrition study.

It can be anything to do with habitat, wildlife, fish… let’s find something cool for him

Please email him directly with any opportunity
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When I finished my wildlife life degree I looked for jobs in the field and was disappointed. I started over in fields that had jobs, most with double the wildlife pay. My engineering degree gave me more than enough pay and the ability to hunt every day in Montana.
 
I got a wildlife and fisheries degree. Did many internships and was also disappointed in the job market. Pretty much need to start at the bottom to get experience and work your way up unless you can get a foot in the door with a federal agency. Same with most jobs but getting out of a four year degree making sub 20/hr is rough. Almost every decent wildlife or habitat job requires 3-5 years applicable work experience to even apply. Now I work in energy production and distribution and never looked back.
 
I would look at USA jobs for federal and your state wild life site for internships. After college will probably need to do several short term jobs (usually 6 months) to get experience. Usually those short term positions are lower pay and no benefits. At least in my state. If he has any interest in being federal law in force ment I know a lot of those guys work boarder patrol for a few years to get in the system. Once in it is easy to transfer. Least that was the case when I graduated in 2015.
 
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