Employment
The Cascadia Wildlands Project is not currently hiring for any positions.
Internships
Cascadia Wildlands regularly works with outstanding students on a variety of intern projects. Our interns apply their classroom education to wildlands issues in our region. This opportunity provides an excellent introduction to nonprofit leadership, strategic thinking, wildlands advocacy, and more. It is an ideal opportunity to network within the environmental community, learn about local issues, and gain experience for future jobs or graduate school. Please note that we cannot provide monetary compensation to interns. However, interns often find their own grant or fellowship money to support their work with us.
We seek interns who are creative, motivated, professional, and flexible. Excellent written and verbal communications skills and ability to work independently are essential. Applicants should have a strong committment to protecting natural resources and biological diversity. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Interns are selected on the basis of interests, experience, and ability.
Legal Internships
We use environmental litigation in federal courts to accomplish many of our campaign objectives. Student legal interns work with our Legal Director, Daniel Kruse, dkruse@cascwild.org, on projects including legal research, claim testing and document drafting on topics that include public lands, and administrative law, clean water, endangered species and indigenous rights. Volunteer internships occur during the school year, and academic credit may be available depending on a student's interests, course load and faculty approval. A paid summer internship is available in 2008.
To access the summer 2008 legal internship application, click here.
Development Internships
Development professionals are in high demand at environmental nonprofits across the country. Interns in this program gain hands-on development and administrative experience. Interns work directly with Kate Ritley, Development Director, on projects such as grant writing, building membership, cultivating donors, coordinating fundraising events, facilitating online donations, developing earned income strategies, facilitating planned gifts, and much more.
This internship is available year-round, and requires a minimum commitment of five hours per week. Duration of internship may vary. Development positions are competitive and open only to graduate students and exceptional, experienced undergraduates. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and brief writing sample to: kritley@cascwild.org.
Grassroots Organizing Internships
The Cascadia Wildlands Project is looking for a dedicated individual to assist in implementing our conservation campaigns, specifically our work to: 1) permanently protect remaining old-growth forests in the region, and to 2) safeguard threatened older forests above the Rogue River in southwest Oregon through Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act designations.
We are looking for a motivated individual with a strong interest in protecting wild areas in Oregon and with a basic knowledge of implementing grassroots conservation campaigns (tabling, outreach, media, public hikes, advocacy, etc.). Intern position requires at least a five hour commitment each week for two months starting summer 2007. This is an unpaid position. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and brief writing sample to Conservation Director Josh Laughlin: jlaughlin@cascwild.org.
Forest Ecology Internships
Cascadia Wildlands Project protects old-growth and mature forests, in part by systematically documenting ecological conditions in threatened places. Forest Ecology Interns gain practical field survey, inventory and data management skills while generating valuable stand-scale information that directly supports forest conservation. Interns work with our Executive Director, Jay Lininger (M.Sc. Univ. Montana), on projects including protocol development, forest mensuration, historical ecology, botanical inventory, fire effects monitoring, wildlife survey, data analysis and summary reporting. Students with a background in statistical methods are especially encouraged to apply. Academic credit may be available depending on a student's interests, course load and faculty approval. This internship is available during the field season (April-October) of 2007 and 2008. Duration of internship may vary.
To apply, please send a cover letter stating your interest in forest ecology and reasons for seeking an internship, a resume, and a brief (<5 pages) writing sample to: jlininger@cascwild.org
Environmental Education Internships
We achieve our conservation goals, in part, by educating the public and fostering personal relationships among people and forest ecosystems. Interns in this program gain practical curriculum development and field interpretative experience by leading hikes to threatened forests. Interns work with our Conservation Director, Josh Laughlin, to identify priority interpretive sites, develop lesson plans, and organize public outings to special wild places. Environmental educators of all backgrounds including biological sciences, creative writing and literature, ecological philosophy, outdoor recreation, and public policy are encouraged to apply. Graduate students are preferred, though exceptional undergraduates will be considered. This internship is available year round. Academic credit may be available depending on a student's interests, course load and faculty approval. Duration may vary.
To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and brief writing sample to: jlaughlin@cascwild.org
