Students/Interns

  Please Note: If a Consortium member institution is not listed below they do not have any positions available
Member Institution
Location
Contact
California Department of Fish and Game 4001 North Wilson Way
Stockton, CA 95205
Simone Dumas
209.942.6067
sdumas@delta.dfg.ca.gov
Notes:  DFG has a contract with the Community Colleges Foundation (CCF) for student assistants. Students work in field, lab and administrative support positions at CVBDB. CCF provides student eligibility verification, ongoing validation of eligibility, and payroll services. The project staff prepares and advertises job opportunities and selects students. They must be enrolled and maintain a minimum of 6 semester units at any accredited post secondary school or university (2 or 4 year institution) with a cumulative GPA of =>2.0. A registration receipt or class schedule substantiates initial eligibility and grade reports or unofficial transcripts are required at the end of each semester to provide ongoing substantiation of GPA eligibility. Simone is our Personnel Officer, and all staff requests from projects go through Simone. Contact Simone Dumas in the Human Resources department for details and current opportunities.
  

California Department of Water Resources 3251 S Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
P.J. Stipanic
916-227-0432
pjstipan@water.ca.gov
Notes:  Volunteer and internship opportunities are available to participate in biological surveys, restoration planning, GIS, etc. towards developing a restoration plan for a proposed tidal restoration in Suisun Marsh. This is a great opportunity to assist research scientists, help restore vital marsh habitat, learn the fascinating ecology of Suisun Marsh and learn about the complexity of restoration planning. Duties and hours per week are flexible and can be made on a case by case basis. This site could also provide opportunities for graduate level research, but due to the state hiring freeze funding is not available.
  

Cal State Hayward, School of Science Main Campus
25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94542
Charlene Lebastchi
510.885.3441
clebastc@csuhawyward.edu
Faculty sponsors:
Joy Andrews (Chem, 510-885-3492)
Sue Opp (Bio, 510-885-3475)
Mitch Craig (Geol, 510-885-3425) or go to the Career Development Center at www.csuhayward.edu/cdc
Notes:  To hire students they use traditional academic methods where students contact the researcher whose work they find interesting. Students should contact Charlene Lebastchi or faculty sponsors directly.
  

City of Rio Vista One Main Street
Rio Vista, CA 94571
Genia Silva
707-374-2206
Notes:  Rarely does the city have a student intern but it does happen occasionally. The intern usually performs administration and planning duties. To inquire about internships, contact Genia Silva.
  

Natural Heritage Institute Berkeley and Sacamento offices
2140 Shattuck Ave., 5th floor
Berkeley, CA 94704
Sarah Beamish
510-664-2900 x 113
sarahb@n-h-i.org
Notes:  NHI regularly hires student interns for a variety of tasks including scientific, administrative, and paralegal. To learn more about current opportunities, contact Sarah Beamish.
  

PRBO Conservation Science Stinson Beach/Pt. Reyes and other sites
4990 Shoreline Highway
Stinson Beach, California 94970
http://www.prbo.org/
Notes:  Interns are not paid but receive a stipend to cover the cost of living plus lodging. Most internships are available in the spring and summer. Post Doc positions are also available. All positions are posted on the PRBO Conservation Science website.
  

Romberg Tiburon Center (SFSU) 3152 Paradise Drive
Tiburon, CA 94920
RTC website:  
http://www.rtc.sfsu.edu
Main SFSU web-site www.sfsu.edu
Notes:  To hire students they use traditional academic methods where students contact the researcher they would like to work with directly. Information on Professors and their research is available on-line.

Click here for a summary of information from the Peterson's Guide.

  

San Francisco Estuary Institute 7770 Pardee Lane
Oakland, CA 94621
Linda Russio
510-746-7355
linda@sfei.org
Notes:  SFEI occasionally hires students as part-time or temporary employees. Students should ontact Linda Russio for details and current opportunities.
  

United States Bureau of Reclamation Federal Office Building
2800 Cottage Way
Sacramento CA 95825
Student Programs
916.978.5480 or
916.978.5475
Notes:  Students should contact the Student Programs department for details and current opportunities.
  

United States Environmental Projection Agency NA See website: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/
Notes:  In its Requests for Applications (RFA) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invites fellowship applications in the following areas of special interest to its mission: (1) Fall 2004 EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Study, (2) Fall 2004 Minority Academic Institutions (MAI) Fellowships for Graduate Study, and (3) Fall 2004 Minority Academic Institutions (MAI) Undergraduate Student Fellowships.
  

United States Fish and Wildlife Service 4001 North Wilson Way
Stockton, CA 95205
Student Career Experience Program
Russ Bellmer
209.946.6400
russell_belmer@fws.gov
Notes:  The USFWS runs the Student Career Experience Program to help them locate and hire quality student employees. For more information on this program, please visit the website. For further details specific to the Bay-Delta region contact Russ Bellmer.
  

United States Geological Survey Placer Hall, CSUS
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819
Karen Kreun: 916.278.3042
Cynthia Morrison: 916.278.3035
Notes:  Students at the USGS are typically hired after establishing personal contact with a researcher. Therefore, it is in a students best interest to identify staff at the USGS whose work interests them and contact staff directly to create opportunities. The project chief will then write a position description and the personnel department will advertise for a few weeks in OARS (On-line Automated Recruitment System) where anyone can apply. The positions are usually Federal temporary positions (kept on month by month, no benefits) but sometimes are term positions (term positions are typically longer, lasting up to 4 years, and include benefits). Students can also be hired through a student services contract, which means the student is hired like a self employed contractor (no benefits). Also, they sometimes hire students through ECO (Environmental Careers Organization). ECO screens the students to interview and the USGS pays ECO who then pays the student (ECO works like a temp agency). Student projects, pay rates, and lengths of appointments vary. The main USGS website is located at http://www.usgs.gov. The OARS website is located at http://www.usgs.gov/ohr/oars/. The ECO website is http://www.eco.org.
Current Opengings:  Wildlife Intern (1 position)Wildlife and Restoration Interns (2-4 positions)

United States Geological Survey 345 Middlefield Rd.
MS 470
Menlo Park, CA, 94025
Main USGS website: http://www.usgs.gov.
OARS website: http://www.usgs.gov/ohr/oars/.
ECO website: http://www.eco.org.
Notes:  Students at the USGS are typically hired after establishing personal contact with a researcher. Therefore, it is in a students best interest to identify staff at the USGS whose work interests them and contact staff directly to create opportunities. The project chief will then write a position description and the personnel department will advertise for a few weeks in OARS (On-line Automated Recruitment System) where anyone can apply. The positions are usually Federal temporary positions (kept on month by month, no benefits) but sometimes are term positions (term positions are typically longer, lasting up to 4 years, and include benefits). Students can also be hired through a student services contract, which means the student is hired like a self employed contractor (no benefits). Also, they sometimes hire students through ECO (Environmental Careers Organization). ECO screens the students to interview and the USGS pays ECO who then pays the student (ECO works like a temp agency). Student projects, pay rates, and lengths of appointments vary.
  

University of California, Davis 183 Kerr Hall
Davis, CA 95616
http://www.ucdavis.edu
Notes:  To hire sutdents they use traditional academic methods where students contact the researcher whose work they find interesting. Information on Professors and their research is available on-line.