Internship Contacts

LOCAL
	COMPANY/AGENCY	CONTACT	INTEREST AREA	PAID?	TERMS
»	Department of Natural Resources West Central Region 1300 Clairemont Ave. Eau Claire, WI 54701	Colleen Higgins (715-839-3700) www.dnr.state.wi.usa	Variety of resource management areas  related to land and water resources extending  from La Crosse to St. Croix Falls, from River Falls to Wausau Area	Most paid	Summer
»	Natural Resource Conservation Service Altoona Office 227 W 1st Street Altoona, WI 54720	Jeff Knowles District Conservationist (715-839-4786)	Soil conservation, wetlands, GIS, computer mapping skills; buffers	Some paid	Summer/ SchoolYear
»	Natural Resource Conservation Service Chippewa Office Weatheridge Road Chippewa Falls, WI 54729	Kelly Olson District Conservationist (715-720-9083)	Soil conservation, wetlands, GIS, computer mapping skills, GPS, and conservation planning	Most paid Federal work study available	Summer/ School Year
»	Chippewa County Land Conservation Department 711 N. Bridge Street Chippewa Falls, WI 54729	Jane Tetzloff-Jensen (715-726-7920)	Soil conservation, wetlands, non-point pollution, watershed management, GIS, computer mapping skills, GPS	All paid	Summer/ School Year
»	West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission 800 Wisconsin Street Eau Claire, WI 54703	Jerry Chasteen, Director (715-836-2918)	Land use, land use planning, zoning,GIS	Most non-paid	Summer/ School Year
»	Eau Claire City Planning 203 South Farwell Eau Claire, WI 54701	Pat Ivory, City Planner (715-839-4914)	Planning, land use, zoning	Most non-paid	Summer/ School Year
»	Eau Claire County Department of Planning  and Development 731 Oxford Avenue Eau Claire, WI 54703-5441	Todd Andrews (715-839-5055)	Land use, planning and zoning	Most non-paid
»	Eau Claire County Parks  and Forest 227 W 1st Street Altoona, WI 54720	John Staszuck, Administrator (715-839-4738)	Outdoor Recreation, GPS work	Most non-paid	Summer/ School Year
»	Beaver Creek Reserve,  Eau Claire County Fall Creek, WI 54742	Rick Koziel, Director (715-877-2212)	Environmental education, naturalist	Most paid through work study	Summer/ School Year
»	Student Conservation Assistant Program	Lisa Theo	Resource management, outdoor recreation. Positions throughout the U.S. at national parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, etc.	Transportation and living expenses provided
»	WEAU-TV 1907 S Hastings Way Eau Claire, WI 54701	John Hoffland (715-852-1581)	Various aspects of weather forecasting; requires that students get academic credit	Not paid
REGIONAL
»	Wildlife Technician 941 Mallard Lane Balsam Lake, WI 54810	Michael Johnson (715-485-3518)	ArcView, GIS, GPS, interest in Ecology	Paid	Summer/ School Year (May – July)
»	Department of Natural Resources Northern Region 810 West Maple Spooner, WI 54801	Jim Bishop Public Affairs Manager (715635-4242)	Variety of resource management areas  related to land and water resources extending from Superior to Eagle River	Most non-paid
»	Tetra Technology, Inc. 175 North Corporate Drive Suite 105 Brookfield, WI 53045	Tom Girman, Environmental Scientist (262-879-0175) Ext. 227	Natural resource assessment, wetland restoration, site investigation, environmental investigation	Most non-paid	Summer/ School Year
»	Ramsey County Human Services Agency St. Paul, MN	Laurie Hestness &  Brady Foust	General GIS, ArcView  and database management skills. Interpersonal skills. GEOG 280, 326, 328	Paid summer
»	Johnson Controls Milwaukee, WI	Brady Foust	General GIS and  ArcView competency, database management skills, good background  in Business Geographics (GEOG 155, 352, 328, 280), interpersonal skills	Paid summer
»	Department of Natural Resources Madison, WI	Bill Jacobson (First contact) (715-836-5358) Georgia Euler,  Personnel Manager (608-266-9462) eulerg@DNR. State.Wi.O.S.	Variety of resource management areas  related to land and water resources across the state	Paid internships for summer	Summer
»	Sauk County Land Conservation Department 505 Broadway Baraboo, WI 53913	Brent Bergstrom (608-355-3245)	Watershed management, non-point pollution, land use	Paid	Summer
»	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore National Park Service Box 4 Bayfield, WI 54814	Neil Howk Assistant Chief  of Resource Education (715-779-3397) Ext. 302	Outdoor recreation, environmental interpretation and education, visitor services, resource management	Most non paid but housing can be provided and federal work study
»	St. Croix National Scenic Riverway P.O. Box 708 St. Croix Falls, WI 54024	Ann Adams (715-483-3284) Ext. 603	Outdoor recreation, environmental interpretation and education, visitor services, resource management	Most non-paid	Summer
»	Red Cliff Tribal Administration 88385Pike Road Bayfield, WI 54814	Jim Darringer (715-779-3700)	GIS mapping of the reservation	Non-paid	Summer
»	American Family Insurance Madison, WI	Brady Foust	AtlasGIS/ArcView competency, database management skills, good background in Business Geographics (GEOG 155, 352, 328, 280), interpersonal skills	Paid summer	Summer
NATIONAL
»	ESRI, Inc. Redlands, CA	Cathy Mueller (909-793-2853) and Brady Foust	General interns: ArcView and/or Arc/Info competency. database management skills. GEOG 328, 335, 338 Programming interns: computer science courses. GEOG 328, 335, 338	Paid summer	Summer
»	ESRI - BIS. Washinbgton D.C. Lajolla, CA	Brady Foust	GIS database development, production mapping, database operations, GIS courses, computer science helpful	Paid summer	Summer
»	Student Conservation Association	Shaundrea Kenyon shaundrea@sca-inc.org	4 interns will work on Capitol Hill from late January - late May, then in a National Park from June - August. 2 interns will work in a National Park from June - August, then on Capitol Hill from September - December.	Paid	Year-round
»	Resources for the Future (RFF)	John Mankin Quality of the Environment and Energy and Natural Resources 1616 P St., N.W.Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202-328-5060 Fax: 202-939-3460 or Marilyn M. Voigt Risk, Resource, and Environmental Management 1616 P St., N.W.Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202-328-5077 Fax: 202-939-3460	Work with RFF researchers on a variety of ongoing projects, or assist in the development of entirely new areas of research and policy analysis.	Paid summer	Summer