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Undergraduate Internships
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Agroecology Internships
The Center for Agroecology offers internships where students can gain experience working on a production farm, helping run a farm stand, or working at the Cowell Coffee Shop.
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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Undergraduate Research
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department has a helpful page listing opportunities for undergraduate students to assist with graduate and faculty research.
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Environmental Studies Internship Program
The Environmental Studies internship page offers an extensive list of relevant undergraduate internships as well as other helpful information.
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Forest Ecology Research Plot Internships
The Forest Ecology Research Plot offers internships where students will help collect data from tree measurements to understory vegetation surveys.
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Fort Ord Natural Reserve Internships
Fort Ord Natural Reserve internships include habitat restoration, stewardship, mapping, and vegetation surveys. All internships take place at the reserve which is a 45 minute to 1 hour drive from campus; carpools are available from the Coastal Science Campus.
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Norris Center Internships
The Norris Center for Natural History offers internships working with their herbarium collection, general collection management, and much more.
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Younger Lagoon Reserve Internships
The Habitat Restoration Field Crew at Younger Lagoon Reserve (YLR) works to preserve and restore the coastal habitat at the reserve. Interns will propagate and plant native species as well as removing invasive plants and helping conduct quarterly beach monitoring surveys.