Wisconsin – Urban Forestry Internship

Wisconsin DNR

Urban Forestry Internship Application Period Now Open

These are summer internships, taking place between mid-May and mid-August, and will be based in the Milwaukee DNR office. No housing is provided, though there may be student housing you can rent for the summer. The positions are paid $16.24 an hour. The urban forest interns will be focused on data collection and analysis projects, to expand our knowledge of community forests so that they could be more sustainably managed. The work will mostly be composed of different tree inventory projects, but with opportunities to learn about the wider forestry and urban forestry fields in Wisconsin.

Eligible applicants must meet the following requirements:

• legally authorized to work in the United States,
• at least 18 years of age at the time the internship program begins (May 19, 2025),
• currently enrolled in, recently graduated from (2024/2025), or planning to attend a 2-year, 4-year, or graduate school (2025), and,
• living in Wisconsin during the internship program period (mid-May 2025 through mid-August 2025).

The application deadline is February 7.

For more information on the State of Wisconsin Student Diversity Internship Program (SWSDIP), to read about other opportunities, or to apply to the Urban Forestry position (position number 370115), please visit the SWISDIP website.

To apply for this job please visit dpm.wi.gov.

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