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• RISE: Summer Bioenergy Internships, CABBI (UIUC; due Feb. 24)

  Jan 22, 2022 5:00 pm60 views

  RISE is a paid summer program designed to provide bioenergy research and career development opportunities to undergraduate groups currently underrepresented in STEM fields. Housing and travel provided.

  Information sessions January 25 and February 9, 2022.

• Natural Resources Technician, Champaign County Forest Preserve District (Champaign-Urbana, IL; due Oct. 18)

  Oct 13, 2021 10:00 am60 views

• Illinois State Wild Turkey Federation Land of Lincoln Scholarship (apply by Nov. 1)

  Oct 18, 2021 1:30 pm61 views

• Naturalist: Gensburg-Markham Prairie, Northeastern Illinois University (Markham, IL; due Nov. 1)

  Oct 19, 2021 4:45 pm67 views

  The successful candidate will be responsible for creating and executing a management, stewardship, and ecological restoration plan and for aiding in research, educational, and community outreach programs.

• Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (Summer 2022), Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont, IL; due Jan. 12)

  Jan 7, 2022 1:15 pm70 views

  10-week internship program that provides undergraduate students with a STEM research experience funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

• Ecological Restoration Technician, Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (Elizabeth, IL)

  Nov 17, 2021 1:30 pm70 views

  The Northwest Illinois Stewardship Co-op (NISC), a program of the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF), is seeking a full time Restoration Technician. This position works as part of a crew that is responsible for implementing ecological restoration and land stewardship activities on sites owned or managed by members of NISC. NISC is a collaboration of 10 public and private organizations in northwest Illinois that works to address pressing and urgent natural areas management concerns across jurisdictional boundaries and service regions. NISC is based in Elizabeth, Illinois and will work on some of NISC’s conservation areas located in Jo Daviess, Carroll, Ogle, Stephenson, and/or Winnebago Counties, Illinois.

• Natural Resource Field Seasonal (summer 2022), McHenry County Conservation District (Woodstock, IL; due Mar. 27)

  Jan 21, 2022 11:45 am72 views

• Conservation Leadership Internship Program (summer 2022), Land Conservation of McHenry County (Woodstock, IL; due Feb. 18)

  Jan 5, 2022 4:30 pm73 views

• Seasonal Wildlife Monitoring Technician (2 positions), Northern Illinois University (Lake County, IL; due Feb. 11)

  Jan 7, 2022 12:45 pm77 views

  April - October 2022 (approximate dates)

• Life Sciences Career Trainee (Upward Mobility), Illinois EPA (Springfield, IL; due Dec. 15)

  Dec 8, 2021 1:15 pm77 views

  Focus Area: Grant and loan funded projects for the construction and rehabilitation of public water supply, wastewater and stormwater facilities

• Outdoor Education Instructor, NIU Lorado Taft Field Campus (Oregon, IL; open until filled)

  Nov 17, 2021 1:45 pm78 views

  The Lorado Taft Field Campus is Northern Illinois University’s outdoor education and conference center and is located in Oregon, Illinois. Taft Campus’ outdoor education program is generally multidisciplinary, place-based, and experiential, and planned in close partnership with the visiting schools with the goal of providing excellent programming and customer service to the visiting students and staff. The Outdoor Education Instructor is responsible for the instruction of outdoor education experiences for elementary and middle school students.

• Restoration Technician, The Wetlands Initiative (Wilmington, IL)

  Dec 14, 2021 12:45 pm84 views

• Aquatic Field Technician (Hourly) - Illinois Natural History Survey (Champaign, IL; due March 6)

  Jan 26, 2022 11:45 am86 views

  Up to 3 positions for summer 2022

• Natural Resources Technician, The Morton Arboretum (Lisle, IL)

  Nov 22, 2021 4:30 pm87 views

• Laboratory Assistant, Illinois EPA (Springfield, IL; due June 15)

  Jun 2, 2021 10:15 am108 views

• AGRICULTURE LAND AND WATER RESOURCE SPECIALIST I, Illinois Dept. of Agriculture (DeKalb, IL; due Jan. 25)

  Jan 13, 2022 8:00 am112 views

• Illinois Blanding’s Turtle Field Technician, Northern Illinois University (Lake County, IL; due Feb. 4)

  Jan 7, 2022 12:45 pm127 views

  May - July 2022 (approximate dates)

• The Morton Arboretum REU (Research Program for Undergraduates) Program Summer 2022 (due Feb. 4)

  Dec 21, 2021 11:30 am151 views

  We have a strong program in plant science, urban ecology, informatics, genomics, ecology, pathology, the anthropocene, conservation biology, population genetics, science communication, evolution, taxonomy, natural history collections, and more. The program is 10 weeks, pays $6,000, housing and travel are included. 

• Arborist Registered Apprenticeship, Openlands (Chicago, IL; due Jan. 28)

  Jan 24, 2022 4:00 pm169 views

  Openlands’ Arborist Registered Apprenticeship is an opportunity for individuals to participate in a 3-year registered apprenticeship program, working alongside industry professionals and gaining hands-on experience, training, and skills in arboriculture.

  Program start date is March 7, 2022.

• MS Graduate Research Assistantships (fisheries and aquatic sciences), Eastern Illinois University (due Dec. 6))

  Oct 20, 2021 1:45 pm248 views

  Two graduate research assistantships areavailable in the Department of Biological Sciences’Center for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciencesat Eastern Illinois Universitystarting in May 2022.