Although I got to work at a private fishing club during one summer in college and spent two summers interning at Orvis, I still wish that I could have done something like interning with Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks. Being a lover of the outdoors, I can’t imagine many things better than spending a summer in Big Sky Country. In case you’re not familiar with what Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is, they’re Montana’s state agency charged with managing conservation of many of the state’s natural resources. Obviously, much of what they do is centered around managing fishing and hunting regulations, but they also have a huge responsibility of managing all of state parks (and there’s a whole lot to manage in a state like Montana).
To get more specific, here are some of the projects that Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks are focusing on tackling this year:
Continue working to get the grizzly bear and wolf delisted so that management reverts back to the state; boost efforts to address the issue of brucellosis transmission by elk and bison; improve public access for hunting, fishing, and other recreation through the Habitat Montana, Block Management, Access Montana Initiative, and other programs; and enhance our system of state parks and fishing access sites, especially in and near Montana’s growing urban areas.
That’s just a taste of what FWP is working on, and you can get a better idea of what they do by looking at what kind of internships they’re offering this summer. You can find general information about their internships here, and then you can check out specific openings with Montana FWP to see if there are internships that interest you. There are 22 internships listed, they’re located all across the state, and most are paid. Internship options include a Warden Trainee Program, Park Management, Natural Resources, Interpretative Technician, Webmaster Assistant, Construction Technician, Fisheries Technician, Fish Culture Technician, Big Hole River, Mountain Lakes, Fisheries, Recreation Management & Angling Education, Visitation, Parks, Parks Interpretive, Madison River Survey Coordinator, FAS Weed Management, Park Ranger Generalist, Loon Ranger, Wildlife Research, and Sate Parks Enterprise Marketing. You can apply for all of these internships directly from the listings on the FWP site.
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