Indigenous Internships

Please see the table below for open positions for Native American individuals with Arizona Conservation Corps. Click the 'Apply Here' link for more information and instructions to apply. If there are no open positions for a particular program or position, please check back soon!

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Position Title	Description	Location	Dates	Application
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Current Individual Placement Openings

Please see the table below for open positions with Arizona Conservation Corps. Click the 'Apply Here' link for more information and instructions to apply. If there are no open positions for a particular program or position, please check back soon!

See all Conservation Legacy program position openings here.

Position Title	Description	Location	Dates	Application
Recreation Technician Crewmember-Tonto National Forest (multiple positions filled on an ongoing, as-needed basis)	The Mesa and Cave Creek Ranger Districts of Tonto National Forest are seeking temporary, full-time Recreation Technician Crewmembers on an ongoing, as-needed basis. The primary focus of these positions will be monitoring and controlling access to highly developed recreation sites and boat launching facilities, in addition to conducting vehicle patrols and fee enforcement, at area lakes and other recreation sites on the Forest during weekends. Other duties include light maintenance at recreational facilities, painting, installing signage, vegetation control, and patrolling recreation areas. The crewmembers may also have the opportunity for involvement with larger maintenance projects and special events, such as those with agency partners.	Mesa, Cave Creek, and Globe, AZ	Ongoing	Apply Here!
Hydrological Intern-BLM Tucson (1 opening)	The Hydrological Intern, under the direction of the TFO hydrologist, will make field checks and be in communication with Borderlands to ensure that their suggested plans fall in line with the guidelines established by the Environmental Assessment. The Las Cienegas Regional Management Plan defines monitoring that should be done by the hydrologist. This includes monthly discharge measurements and recording of ground water levels. The intern will be taught proper field methods and then be responsible for collecting these measurements during the specified periods. The TFO recently received federal groundwater rights on the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. These water rights are being monitored by the USGS. The intern would monitor other wells in the SPRNCA to provide supplemental data to USGS’s efforts to help pinpoint areas of concern. Additionally, they would be able to assist with e. coli sampling at San Pedro House and the Babocomari River to ensure that TFO is complaint with all requirements for these areas. Training will be provided in Lentic and Lotic AIM, MIMs, EPA Watershed Academy, Rosgen Field Methods, and USGS Intro to Stream Gaging.	Tucson, AZ	January 20 - December 24, 2025 (anticipated)	Apply Here!
Las Cienegas Recreation Intern-BLM Tucson (1 opening)	The intern in this position will be working with the BLM Tucson Field Office (TFO) to maintain, improve, and implement land use plan decisions for the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (LCNCA) through sustainable and restorative methods. The intern will help to ensure a range of outdoor recreation opportunities meet existing and expected needs while protecting natural resources on all public lands in the LCNCA. The intern will help to patrol and monitor developed and dispersed recreation sites and points of interest sites, and assist with the Transportation Management Plan. Other duties and projects will include trail maintenance and construction, data collection and inventory, and facilities maintenance. Trail work will include using various tools and equipment to maintain, repair, and construct trails. Data collection activities will include developing sign, road, trail, and dispersed campsite inventories. The intern will be exposed to job shadowing and mentoring provided by the park rangers, including fence construction and repairs, proper maintenance of structures such as vault toilets and administrative buildings, sign construction and maintenance, trail construction and maintenance, data collection of recreation users and types of uses, coordination with partnerships and volunteers, and maintenance of recreation sites.	Tucson, AZ	January 20 - December 24, 2025 (anticipated)	Apply Here!
Las Cienegas NCA Trail Restoration Intern-BLM Tucson (1 opening)	This position will work to construct, establish, and maintain new trails and re-route existing trails onto new travel corridors, using various tools and equipment, installing water-bars, building rock walls and trail steps, reducing vegetation overgrowth along trail routes, repairing trail tread, and installing and/or repairing signs. The intern will be exposed to job shadowing and mentoring provided by the park rangers and outdoor recreation planners, provided with tools and how-to trainings on use of tools and equipment, road and trail system maps, an explanation of the tasks, an overview of proposed trail projects, and with appropriate PPE. The intern will be required to use check-in/check-out protocol with park rangers. Shadowing and mentoring would include construction of erosion control structures, trail tread construction and maintenance, vegetation clearance and reducing vegetation on the trail tread, development of a trailhead parking site, sign installation and maintenance, GPS mapping and data entry, and proper use of hand tools.	Tucson, AZ	January 20 - December 24, 2025 (anticipated)	Apply Here!
San Pedro Riparian NCA Recreation Intern-BLM Tucson (1 opening)	The intern in this position will be working with the BLM Tucson Field Office (TFO) to maintain, improve, and implement land use plan decisions for the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA) through sustainable and restorative methods. The intern will help to ensure a range of outdoor recreation opportunities meet existing and expected needs while protecting natural resources on all public lands in the SPRNCA. The intern will help to patrol and monitor developed and dispersed recreation sites and points of interest sites, and assist with the Transportation Management Plan. Other duties and projects will include trail maintenance and construction, data collection and inventory, and facilities maintenance. Trail work will include using various tools and equipment to maintain, repair, and construct trails. Data collection activities will include developing sign, road, trail, and dispersed campsite inventories. The intern will be exposed to job shadowing and mentoring provided by the park rangers, including fence construction and repairs, proper maintenance of structures such as vault toilets and administrative buildings, sign construction and maintenance, trail construction and maintenance, data collection of recreation users and types of uses, coordination with partnerships and volunteers, and maintenance of recreation sites.	Tucson, AZ	January 20 - December 24, 2025 (anticipated)	Apply Here!
Biological Intern - BLM Tucson (1 opening)	The intern selected for this position would assist biologists with various tasks such as vegetation management/surveys and biological surveys on Las Cienega’s National Conservation Area (LCNCA), the San Pedro National Conservation Area (SPRNCA), and the Ironwood Forest National Monument (IFNM). The Biological Intern will be working closely with the Wildlife Intern. Tasks may include the following but are not limited to: Biological (wildlife/plant) surveys throughout Tucson Field Office focused on wetland and riparian resources such as: Pond vegetation maintenance in the SPRNCA and LCNCA Fish and habitat surveys in LCNCA and SRPRNCA; Riparian non-native invasive plant surveys and treatments in LCNCA and SPRNCA; Riparian vegetation monitoring in LCNCA and SPRNCA; Cross training with other resource specialist (hydrology, wildlife, range, archelogy, geology, and recreation) on various projects. The intern will be able to take part in various BLM certifications.	Tucson, AZ	January 20 - December 24, 2025 (anticipated)	Apply Here!
Wildlife Intern-BLM Tucson (1 opening)	The intern selected for this position would assist biologists with various tasks such as vegetation management/surveys and biological surveys on Las Cienega’s National Conservation Area (LCNCA), the San Pedro National Conservation Area (SPRNCA), and the Ironwood Forest National Monument (IFNM). The Wildlife Intern will be working closely with the BLM Biological Intern. Tasks may include the following but are not limited to: Wildlife surveys throughout lands managed by the Tucson Field Office, including threated and endangered species surveys; Conducting habitat assessments for wildlife species as needed; Non-native invasive plant surveys and treatments; Upland vegetation monitoring; Maintaining wildlife cameras; Monitoring and maintaining wildlife drinkers; Fence mapping and removal; and data entry and compilation. The intern also be working on projects with other biologists in the office including the fisheries biologist, botanist, and the hydrologist, and may work with the park rangers and recreation specialists on projects.	Tucson, AZ	January 20 - December 24, 2025 (anticipated)	Apply Here!
Content Creator and Program Evaluation Assistant (1 opening)	The intern selected for this project will assist Arizona State University’s Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions and Urban Nature with a shade tree program for Phoenix area communities who have indicated that they need shade. This project aims to improve depleted and dangerous urban heat island environments through piloting and scaling plans, and infrastructure to grow nature-based solutions to mitigating extreme heat, conserving water, increasing a biodiverse and resilient urban forest in metro Phoenix. The intern will work with Neighborhood Tree Action Plans, long-term shade canopy heat mitigation efforts; co-developing an urban nature entrepreneurship program for those interested in launching and scaling businesses to support the full life-cycle of a tree, and assisting in raising visibility of project activities with multiple audiences, with particular attention to increasing engagement with residents in frontline communities, many of whom are Spanish-speaking or Spanish-English bilingual, and in documenting and assessing the project’s outputs, outcomes and impacts with multiple stakeholders. This position supports multiple partners and requires attending local community activities and events off campus, which may be scheduled on evenings or weekends. The intern will also receive mentoring and have ongoing opportunities for job shadowing and networking with leaders in various strategic and field-based positions in university, community, industry and municipal settings.	Tempe, AZ	January 27 - January 2, 2026 (anticipated)	Apply Here!
Botany Survey Technician Lead (1 opening)	The selected individual will support the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) on the Tonto by accomplishing required surveys for at-risk natives and invasives. This position will work with and act as team lead for a crew consisting of 2 Botany Survey Technician members and will be conducting rare plant surveying and monitoring with the Botany Survey Technician members. The Botany Survey Technician Lead will work closely with and report to the North Zone Botanist at the Payson Ranger District office in Payson, AZ. This position is mostly field-going but may include some office work such as setting up field equipment, compiling survey and monitoring forms, data entry, or other routine project tasks. This position will entail a significant amount of camping throughout the term, typically requiring 3 nights of camping in the field per week. The crew lead must be able to drive an AZCC or Forest Service vehicle to several different areas of the Tonto National Forest, hike up to several miles per day, off trail, carrying equipment throughout a “hitch”. Hitches are typically 10-hour days, 4 days on/3 days off. The crew usually camps multiple nights with loaned camping gear and share camp meals and chores. Crews are responsible for their own housing, transportation, and food between camping trips. Embrace of an unconventional schedule and a level of flexibility are necessary to be successful.	Payson, AZ	April 7 - October 10, 2025	Apply Here!
Botany Survey Technician Intern (2 openings)	The selected individuals will support the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) on the Tonto by accomplishing required at-risk native and invasive plant surveys. This entry level position will receive developmental experience in rare plant surveying and monitoring and mentorship from the more experienced Botany Survey Technician Lead and the Forest Botanist. The botany survey technicians will work closely with the Botany Survey Technician Lead and report to the North Zone Botanist at the Payson Ranger District office in Payson, AZ. This position is mostly field-going but may include some office work such as setting up field equipment, compiling survey and monitoring forms, data entry, or other routine project tasks. This position will entail a significant amount of camping throughout the term, typically requiring 3 nights of camping in the field per week.	Payson, AZ	April 14 - October 10, 2025	Apply Here!
San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge Technicians -AmeriCorps (2 openings)	The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is looking for 2 technicians to help support the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge biology and management staff positions. One technician will act as a shadow and direct support to the refuge biologist and will primarily be responsible for assisting in the collection and processing of data taken in the field. The other technician will primarily support refuge management by assisting with projects related to refuge management, maintenance and administration. Overlap between positions is expected to meet larger program needs.	Douglas, AZ	May 12 - September 12, 2025 (anticipated)	Apply Here!