Biological Science Intern at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Position Overview
Address
Ski Hill Road PO Box 2139
Soldotna, AK 99669
United States
Date Range
May 20, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Volunteers Needed
May 19, 2025 – August 4, 2025
Recruitment Start Date
October 1, 2024
Recruitment End Date
February 1, 2025
Days
Monday - Friday
Training Required
No
Security Clearance Needed
Yes
Virtual
No
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Send a cover letter and resume to:
Kris Inman, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
PO Box 2139 Soldotna, AK 99669
907-252-3841
kristine_inman[at]fws[dot]gov
About This Position
Interns contribute significantly to Kenai National Wildlife Refuge's biological program's capacity to survey, study, and manage the Refuge's natural resources. The student will work with several professional biologists, providing the intern with practical work experience, including gaining new scientific and field skills and a better understanding of land management agencies, particularly the National Wildlife Refuge System. Internships are developed around the interests of both the volunteer and the needs of the refuge biology program. All of the projects the intern will be working on are priorities for the Refuge to respond to a rapidly changing landscape.
The intern should be flexible to changing needs to be able to assist as needed on other biology team projects. Internships typically include office and field time outdoors in varying weather conditions. Interns must provide personal clothing and outdoor gear to work outdoors in all conditions. Knee boots, raincoats, bear spray, mosquito repellent, and any project-specific field equipment are typically offered.
Duties/Activities
The biological science Intern will work on a variety of biology team projects, including assisting in managing trail cameras to document the use and effectiveness of wildlife crossing structures along the Sterling Highway, validating results from AI software regarding wildlife species determination from trail camera photos, assisting in alpine vegetation surveys to estimate Dall sheep forage response to fire, assist on surveys, tree plantings, and measuring water quality and quantity and other wildlife and habitat-related surveys. The intern will also contribute to managing data and processing biological samples in the lab.
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