Internships are a critical step in discovering your career passion, landing meaningful career opportunities, and giving you a competitive edge at graduation. Students who participate in internship opportunities will gain practical skills and hands-on educational experiences. They will work closely with professionals to apply the skills they learned in the classroom while being introduced to professional practice and the rigors of the workplace. As a result of their internship experience, students return assuming leadership roles, advanced skills, a greater understanding of professional practice, and clarified career goals.
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We partner with the U.S. Forest Service, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah Forestry, Fire and State Lands, National Parks and non-profit agencies to provide valuable professional experience to students during the summer. Internships are an integral part of our college program and help students begin to build professional experience as soon as their freshman year.
Internships are open to all undergraduate students enrolled in any of the majors within the Quinney College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Beginning in 2025, summer interns will enroll in a one-credit 7-week Spring course (NR 4251) to help prepare for their internship and a one-credit 7-week Fall course (NR 4252) to reflect on and communicate their internship achievements. Students may also choose to earn course credit during their summer internship.
The Quinney Internship Program is supported in part by donors and partner organizations. If your organization is interested in joining the Quinney Internship Program to support paid student internships, please contact us
The USGS/TNC Moab internship was definitely the best field work experience I’ve ever had. Not only were all the people incredibly motivated and fun to work with, but made sure that I got what I wanted out of the internship and that I knew what the data was being used for. I was able to work on so many different projects and see what large scale research looks like at each step of the research process. I learned so many valuable skills both in the field and in the office. I also got to live in one of the most incredible and beautiful places in the world.
The goal of the summer internship is to give an undergraduate student a developmental opportunity to gain experience working in a park unit that directly benefits the student and additionally the National Park Service. This position will provide valuable... Logan City Environmental Department seeks two students for a summer internship program. The Pacfish Infish Biological Opinion (PIBO) Monitoring Program's goal is to evaluate the status and trend of aquatic and riparian habitat on lands managed by the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other federal agencies within the Interior Col... The goal of the summer internship is to give an undergraduate student an opportunity to gain experience working in a collaborative effort that directly benefits the National Parks. The Fisheries Technician Intern is a paid position that provides undergraduate students with practical experience and hands-on education through fieldwork with Trout Unlimited (TU). This position supports TU personnel conducting fisheries conservation wor... Trout Unlimited is seeking an undergraduate Fisheries Technician / Intern to support native trout monitoring, migration and habitat restoration efforts in the Bear Lake watershed, with a primary focus on its eastern tributary, North Eden Creek. This posit... The Aquatic Program Intern is a paid position that gives undergraduate students practical experience and opportunities for hands-on education through fieldwork with Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). The Fish Hatchery GIS Intern is a paid position that gives undergraduate students practical experience and opportunities for hands-on education through applied GIS data collection, creation projects and analysis work with the Utah Division of Wildlife Res... The Great Salt Lake Wetlands and Waterfowl Management Intern is a paid position that gives an undergraduate student practical experience and hands-on education through fieldwork with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). The Fish Culture Intern is a paid position that gives undergraduate students practical experience through a variety of hands-on experiences with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). The Regional Wildlife Intern is a paid position that gives undergraduate students practical experience and hands-on education through a variety of work with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). Successful applicants will work alongside DWR biolo... The Wildlife Lands Program GIS Intern is a paid position that gives undergraduate students practical experience and hands-on education through work with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). The Wildlife Lands Program GIS Survey Intern is a paid position that gives undergraduate students practical experience and hands-on education through work with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR). We are looking for two hardworking and enthusiastic field techs to join our 2025 summer research team. As an organization, we study how to balance livestock grazing with other valued ecosystem services on public land, including healthy riparian areas, soi... The student will have the opportunity to work on rangeland assessment projects with US Geological Survey (USGS) scientists and staff and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) staff. This opportunity will expose the student to a variety of research approaches, meth... This position is established to perform presale duties including timber marking, following a map and compass or GPS, and basic tree measurements. Sageland Collaborative (formerly Wild Utah Project) has established itself over the past 26 years as a leading source of conservation science in Utah and surrounding regions. Our mission is to provide science-based strategies for wildlife and land conserv... This position is established to perform presale duties including timber marking, following a map and compass or GPS, and basic tree measurements.
Golden Spike National Historical Park
Logan City Environmental Division
Pacfish Infish Biological Opinion (PIBO) Monitoring Program
Timpanogos Cave National Monument - Summer Park Technician Position (2 Positions)
Trout Unlimited - Lower Bear River Fisheries Technician
Trout Unlimited – Bear Lake Fisheries Technician
UDWR - Aquatic Program Intern (1 Position)
UDWR - Fish Hatchery GIS Intern (1 Position)
UDWR - Great Salt Lake Wetlands and Waterfowl Management Intern (1 Position)
UDWR - Logan Fish Hatchery - Fish Culture Internship (2 Positions)
UDWR - Regional Wildlife Intern (3 Positions)
UDWR - Wildlife Lands Program GIS Intern (1 Position)
UDWR Wildlife Lands Program GIS Survey Intern
Working Lands Conservation Summer Field Technician
United States Geological Survey (USGS) and The Nature Conservancy Field Technician Internship – Moab/Indian Creek/Abajo Mtns and northeastern Utah (1 Position)
USFS - Timber Crew (4 Positions)
Sageland Collaborative - Summer Ecology Internship
United States Forest Service (USFS) Timber Crew - 11 Positions
