Conservation and Research Internship
Its a jungle out there...Why not prepare for it with an internship at the zoo?
Job Description: We are looking for undergraduate or graduate level college students wishing to earn course credits for work with the zoo's living collections. Our internships include offer hands-on experience in animal care, horticulture, animal behavior, conservation, and research.
What we offer...
Unfortunately, we cannot offer a salary, but we do offer the following benefits:
- The chance to develop your talents and skills.
- Experience that will look great on your resume.
- A progressive management style that allows interns to take on a great deal of responsibility and provides a supportive, stimulating and fun work place.
- Letters of reference for future job opportunities.
- The Zoo...you get to visit every day!
What you would do as an intern...
The Conservation Research Section accepts a limited number of interns each year who assist in our own research and conservation projects. We have an ongoing understanding with Michigan State University and sponsor students from MSU who wish to fulfill their Zoo and Aquarium Science Internship requirement at the Oregon Zoo. Upper division and graduate students from other institutions seeking research or conservation internships at the Oregon Zoo are evaluated on a case-by-case basis depending on the needs of our current conservation and research projects. To be considered for a Conservation and Research Internship, a student must be receiving academic credit from or be fulfilling an academic requirement of an accredited Institution of Higher Education. It is the responsibility of the intern to ensure that all university or college requirements are met to receive credit.
Ongoing conservation and research projects include:
Western pond turtle head starting.
Propagation, behavior, husbandry, and health of pygmy rabbits.
Propagation and translocation of Oregon silverspot butterfly larvae.
Cultivation of the threatened Kincaid's lupine.
The Conservation Research Section also maintains the Zoo's Animal Management Library. Internship opportunities are available to library science students who are interested in putting their academic skills to work in a small but professionally cataloged research library.
How to apply...
Send your resume, application form, and a cover letter that answers the following questions:
- What are your career goals and how would this internship help you achieve them?
- What kind of course work and/or experience do you have that would make
you a valuable intern?
- A description of your computer skills
- In what areas are you most interested in attaining experience through this internship?
- A letter of recommendation from your academic advisor or sponsor
From the letters/resumes/application forms, we will select interns to be interviewed. Deadline for applications is:
- Fall term August 1
- Winter term November 1
- Spring term February 1
- Summer term April 1
Mail resumes to:
Conservation Program Coordinator
Living Collections Division
Oregon Zoo
4001 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR 97221
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