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Coordinator: Rebecca Goggans, Nash 104A, 737-8166
Rebecca.Goggans@oregonstate.edu (preferred contact method)

REBECCA’S TOP TEN LIST

http://wfsc.tamu.edu/jobboard/index.htm
Fish and wildlife jobs - this is the best fish and wildlife job board in the U.S.
Click on each of the following: Temporary/Seasonal, Internships, and Volunteer

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs
All federal jobs - US Forest Service, BLM, National Park Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service Click on “Search Jobs” then select Basic Search or Series Search Basic Search job categories: Biological Sciences or Investigation and Inspection Series Search occupations: Biological Science Technician, Biologist-fishery, Biologist-wildlife, Ecologist, Fish and Wildlife Administration, Game Law Enforcement Officer, Museum Curator, Park Ranger, Range Technician, Range Manager/Conservationist, Wildlife Refuge Manager

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/hr/Jobs.html
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife job list

http://www.orst.edu/groups/orafs/jobann/jobs.htm
American Fisheries Society-Oregon Chapter

http://www.fisheries.org/html/jobs.shtml
American Fisheries Society- National
An outstanding online resource with over thirty links to well-stocked job boards.

http://tws-west.org/jobs.html
The Wildlife Society – Western Section

http://pdacrsp.oregonstate.edu/edops/edop.html
Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture/Fishery jobs and internships

http://www.aza.org/JobListings/
American Zoo and Aquarium Association

http://ie3global.oregonstate.edu/
International internships thru OSU

http://www.thesca.org
Student Conservation Association
Click on “Explore SCA Positions”, “Conservation Internships”, “Select the Best Position for You”, “Search Wizard”, Select following “Disciplines”: Natural Resources-Fisheries Management and Wildlife Management, Earth Sciences, Interacting with People, Outdoors-Physical/Manual, Specific Ecosystems, Technical
AGENCIES

http://www.eco.org
Environmental Careers Organization
Contracts with federal and state agencies, especially BLM, to hire seasonal employees. “Get a paid internship” then “available internships board”

http://www.studentjobs.gov
Federal government ob opportunities and information for student jobs

http://www.nps.gov/personnel/
National Park Service
Information on working for NPS; site refers you to SCA for seasonal positions and USAJOBS for permanent and seasonal positions

http://www.noaa.gov/jobs.html
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association jobs and internships
Information on NOAA; site refers you to USAJOBS

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
http://www.sefscpanamalab.noaa.gov/shark/internships.htm
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/internships/overview.htm
NOAA Fisheries

http://www.usgs.gov/ohr/finding.html
US Geological Survey

http://jobs.fws.gov/
US Fish and Wildlife Service

http://volunteers.fws.gov/
US Fish and Wildlife Service Internships

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/fact9a.pdf
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

SOCIETIES

http://erf.org/jobs/jobs.html
Estuarine Research Federation Jobs and Fellowships

http://www.mcbi.org/Resources/Resources.htm
Marine Conservation Biology Jobs and Internships

http://birds.cornell.edu/OSNA/ORNJOBS.htm
Ornithological Society of North America

http://www.sws.org/jobs/
Society of Wetland Scientists Wetland Positions

http://www.mammalsociety.org/
American Society of Mammalogists

http://www.aslo.org/jobs.html
Aquatic sciences and oceanography jobs

http://www.ejobs.org
Environmental Jobs and Careers

http://www.conservationbiology.org/SCB/Services/Jobs/
Society of Conservation Biology Job Listings

http://www.nafws.org
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society

NON-GOVERNMENTAL

http://nature.org/cgi-bin/zope.pcgi/careers/jobs.html
The Nature Conservancy

http://www.seaturtle.org/mtn/jobs
Sea turtles

JOB WAREHOUSES

http://www.ecoemploy.com/posts/
EcoEmploy

http://www.biologyjobs.com/
Life sciences jobs

EE-Link
A towering stack of all manner of positions related to environmental education—a prime clearinghouse for all things EE.

Cyber-Sierra Natural Resources Job Search
A tremendous set of links for Natural Resources jobs and beyond, recently expanded.

Environmental Jobs and Careers
A noteworthy assembage of links, panoramic and carefully tended.

ProType Jobs By Industry
This colossal stack of links covers virtually every field imaginable, but has specific sections for (among other things) Agriculture, Biological Sciences, and the Environment.

Ranger 146
A good set of links for jobs in natural resources (and birds on the side), assembled from the perspective of a field biologist.

Earthworks
A vast, kaleidoscopic site, with category pages in ecology, forestry, oceanography and more — as well as crossover positions in mineral engineering and petroleum exploration, among many others.

EnvironmentalCareers.com
A stylish, streamlined site listing dozens of positions across a remarkable breadth of subjects and fields.

Environmental Careers World
A superb site with abundant listings across the spectrum.

Aquatic Network
An excellent jobs site.

FedWorld: Federal Jobs
A huge government website with a searchable database, links galore, and an actual sense of humor.

Great GIS Netsites
Something of an ultimate GIS resource page, with links to employment listings.

OTHER OSU RESOURCES

http://www.hmsc.oregonstate.edu
Hatfield Marine Science Center internships & jobs

http://www.oregonstate.edu/career/students/internship
OSU career services internships

http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/career/jobs
College of Ag Science internships

OTHER UNIVERSITY RESOURCES

http://poppy.wmrs.edu/
White Mountain Research Station-California

http://www.mala.ca/fisheries/job.asp
Malaspina University, BC job board

http://www.marinetech.org/
Marine internships

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