The Nature Conservancy. Protecting nature. Preserving life.™

If your environmental studies or ecology program offers you school credit for applied, hands-on experience, consider pursuing your academic goals with us!

Students at all levels (including associates, undergraduates, graduates, etc.) are welcome to contact us. While the majority of our practicum students conduct outdoor field projects during the spring and summer, we do offer outdoor placements for the fall and winter months as well as some indoor, office-based placements.

Current Opportunities

Zumwalt Botany Field Technician (Northeast Oregon)
Assist with a variety of vegetation inventory, monitoring and research projects at Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Shared housing on site will be provided. Time commitment of 40 volunteer service hours weekly, for a minimum of 8 weeks, beginning in early June is required.

Please get in touch with us at least two months before you would like to begin a placement.

Past practicum students have made incredibly valuable contributions to The Nature Conservancy through their work and have used their experience to further their academic and professional careers in the environmental field.

If our goals are well-suited, we will work with you in tailoring placements to complement your studies. A few examples of past placements include projects conducting invertebrate, amphibian, and avian inventories and surveys at preserves throughout Oregon and projects researching and mapping the abundance of invasive, exotic species.

The Nature Conservancy is not able to offer a stipend for these positions. If you are interested in paid seasonal fieldwork, please visit employment section of The Nature Conservancy's web site, nature.org/careers, or call our National Job Hotline at (703) 247-3721.