Get a head start on your career with the AGFC

LITTLE ROCK -What could be more enjoyable than working with Arkansas’ bountiful natural resources? The Arkansas Game and Fish can give you just such an opportunity.

The AGFC has an internship program that provides college undergraduate and graduate students practical experience and valuable hands-on training in a variety of fields. The training is critical to students pursuing a conservation career and is often the deciding factor in gaining employment after college. Students participating in the internship program will have an opportunity to:

· Gain practical job skills in the conservation field while helping the AGFC meet education and conservation goals.

· Explore the different career paths in conservation.

· Obtain college credit.

· Network with public and private agencies while working on environmental programs and projects.

The internship program enlists students from a broad range of academic majors. Internships are available in wildlife/forestry and fisheries management, interpretation and environmental education, biological research and monitoring, GIS applications, communications, environmental law, natural resource engineering and graphic design.

Applicants must have at least 60 hours of college credit and have a declared major. Applicants also must be full-time students currently enrolled in an Arkansas college or university and have a 2.5 or higher grade point average. They must have prior course work in or demonstrate knowledge related to the internship for which they are applying.

Internships typically last no more than 400 total hours with a stipend of $9.50 per hour. All interns are paid through their college or university.

Candidates for the program must complete an AGFC intern application with required support material from faculty and their sponsoring professor. AGFC agency personnel will interview qualifying applicants and select those that best fit the agency’s needs. Applications and guidelines for submission may be downloaded from the AGFC Web site at <http://www.agfc.com/education/internship_program.html>.

All funds for internships come from the sale of the popular conservation license plates that this year features the rainbow trout. For more information on the Conservation License Plate Program, go to <http://www.agfc.com/education/license_plates.html>.