Internship and Employment Opportunities

Each year 2-8 internships are available for college students interested in pursuing a career in natural resources. Typically internships are hosted during the summer months, but may also be hosted during the spring, fall or winter if a qualified applicant is interested.
An intern is a college student or recent graduate that works full-time for 12 weeks or more to acquire experience or college credit. Interns may be provided with housing depending upon availability. Interns will receive a stipend funded by the Friends of Great Swamp, the Mushett Family Foundation or federal grants.

Please see usajobs for information on jobs in the government and other career opportunities.

Credit: Lee Bessler/USFWS Pictured l to r: Bio-SCEP student Chris Hernandez, interns Greg Cooper and Amy Dubriel, Refuge Wildlife Biologist Craig Bitler, volunteer Leo Hollein, intern Bridget Goldsmith and graduate student intern Lindsey Wight.

On July 1, 2009, Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (GSNWR) assisted New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife (NJDF&W) in their annual Canada goose roundup and banding program at five different County parks. Volunteers, interns, and the biologist from GSNWR worked with personnel from NJDF&W to corral geese into staging pens. The band numbers from geese that were previously banded were recorded, and those geese were released. Geese without bands were given to the banders who sexed, aged and banded them.