Environmental / Geoscience Career Information
For SUNY Buffalo State students and alumni, your first stop should be the Career and Professional Education Center (CAPE). Take advantage of the resources there and sign up for a BengalLink account to get updated job listings.
Internships (incomplete list – check in the list below too)
Buffalo Niagara Waterkeepers https://bnwaterkeeper.org/programs/internships/ (check in July for Fall listings)
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Internships website https://www.dec.ny.gov/about/34336.html
Student Conservation Association Internship Positions (list opportunities at a wide variety of agencies including parks)
US Pathways Programs – Internships in a variety of US government agencies for students and recent graduates (2 years or so usually) – though goodness knows of these opportunities still really exist.
USAJOBS Federal Internship Portal
Other places to try contacting for internship opportunities
(You will have to explore the sites to find internship and careers listings – I am giving names and separate links here because these move around frequently)
Erie County Department of Environment and Planning https://www3.erie.gov/environment/
Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve of the Buffalo Zoo https://reinsteinwoods.org/tag/internship/
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets https://agriculture.ny.gov/employment-information
New York State Parks https://nysinternships.cs.ny.gov/nnyl/
US Army Corps of Engineers https://www.lrd.usace.army.mil/Careers/ (this is the Buffalo Office use the Pathways link for National)
USGS Pathways Internship Program https://www.usgs.gov/human-capital/internship-recent-graduate-and-fellowship-opportunities
American Conservation Experience (ACE) https://www.usaconservation.org/
Job Listings / Career Centers
AmeriCorp https://americorps.gov/about/what-we-do
American Geophysical Union (AGU) https://findajob.agu.org/
American Geosciences Institute Job Center https://www.americangeosciences.org/jobs/
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Career website https://www.epa.gov/careers
National Park Service “Youth and Young Adult Programs” (don’t worry – this goes from 15 – 30) Internships and Jobs
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Employment website https://www.dec.ny.gov/about/jobs.html
New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation https://parks.ny.gov/employment/
US Army Corp of Engineers https://agriculture.ny.gov/employment-information