Internships and Employment - Conservation Planning

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The Bren School places a strong emphasis on gaining professional experience. Internships are an excellent way to network with professionals in your field and offer a great opportunity to gain practical training and experience. Many times, internships can lead to permanent employment.

Students specializing in Conservation Planning at the Bren School have found career positions with non-profit organizations, consulting firms, government, and more. If you would like to learn more about the placement of Bren School alumni, please see the Bren School Career Placement Statistics page.

The following links provide a number of key organizations you might explore that offer Conservation Planning internships and employment opportunities.

Internships

The following organizations offer national and international internship opportunities:

International Internships

• Conservation International
• The Student Conservation Association
• Earthwatch Institute
• International Volunteer Conservation Internships

National Internships

• American Forest
• American Rivers
• California Tahoe Conservancy
• Earth Island Institute
• National Wildlife Federation
• National Parks Conservation Association
• Smithsonian Institute Conservation & Research Center
• Wilderness Society
• The Wildlife Society
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
  
• Defenders of Wildlife

Local internships

• Catalina Island Conservancy
• Santa Barbara Zoo
• Horticulture Consortium Internships
• Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE)
• California Tahoe Conservancy

To learn more about internship opportunities that Bren students have experienced in corporate related fields and in other environmental disciplines, please visit our Career Services Internship pages (NOTE: This site also contains restricted internship sites for current Bren students only). The Career Services division maintains professional relationships with those organizations that have facilitated internship experiences with Bren students and alumni.

Employment

To learn more about employment opportunities in conservation planning related fields and in other environmental disciplines, please visit our Career Services Employment pages.

The following organizations offer positions related to conservation planning:

• The Nature Conservancy
• Center for Conservation Sciences
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Society for Ecological Restoration International
• Wildlands, Inc.
• Land Trust Alliance
• Water Conservancy District
• Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve
• High Country News-Job Listings in Western US
• ESRI Conservation Program
• International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• PCR Services Corporation
• Ecological Restoration and Management, Inc. (ER&M)
• Santa Barbara City Government
• California Department of Conservation
• UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• EPA, Office of Water, River Corridor and Wetland Restoration
• Biohabitats, Inc.
• Ardea Consulting
• Greenhorne & O'Mara (Consultants)
• Carpinteria Salt March Reserve
• NCEAS
• Center for Watershed Protection