Wildlife Natural Foods Internship - Unpaid

The Stark County Park District is currently seeking Wildlife Natural Foods intern to further their education and experience at our Wildlife Conservation Center. If youre passionate about wildlife and wish to gain some handson experience in the care cultivation and maintenance of live food colonies were the place for you!

Students Can Expect To:

• Cultivating food to feed rehab and education animals at the Wildlife Conservation Center
• Cultivation and distribution of wild caught insects from provided traps and as well as wild greens and wild berries. All wild foods harvested will be weighed and recorded in a daily log.
• Possible Internship Project: Collecting data to determine financial gain of wild food collection vs. purchased food
• Weekly duties of aquatic plant harvesting cutting branches with beneficial leaves aero garden harvesting dirt and rotting log collection cleaning colony enclosures cultivation of insects from any at capacity tanks and feeding weekly colonies
• Nuts and berry harvesting from other Stark Parks locations aquatic species collection (fishing crayfish collecting etc. deseeding produce seed and nut drying/ freezing and working with the Natural Resources staff for native seed cultivation that can be used in food plots the following year

Requirements:

• Must currently be actively working on a degree in field of biology ecology and/or environment science zoology conservation or equivalent field(s)
• Effective interpersonal skills
• GPA of 3.00 or higher preferred

Hours: 2432 hours a week for duration of 14 weeks May 12 2025 through August 18 2025. Ability to work a pre determined hours and days of the week and a varied schedule including weekends is required. Typical scheduled shifts are between 8:00a.m. and 5: may vary with advance notice.

EOE M/F/D/V

Required Experience:

Intern