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This internship is based out of San Angelo and provides hands-on experience in natural resource management and outreach. This intern will assist with field work projects, including vegetation monitoring and prescribed fire operations, and will participate in the summer Prescribed Burn School. In addition, this intern will gain communications experience by writing blog posts, developing educational content, and creating social media posts to share project updates with the public. The position offers a balance of applied fieldwork and professional communications, giving an intern a well-rounded introduction to rangeland management and outreach.

The Grazingland Animal Nutrition Lab (GAN Lab) is a part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Center for Natural Resource Technology Information, CNRIT. The GAN Lab provides diagnostic diet analyses and nutritional decision support information for monitoring grazing animals (livestock and wildlife) using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) of feces. The outputs of this analysis include diet protein and digestibility, fecal nitrogen and fecal phosphorus which are used in conjunction with animal and environmental descriptions to inform a nutritional balance software package (NUTBAL). Combined results generated by this “NIRS/NUTBAL System” serve to optimize nutritional and grazing management decisions. Students will have the opportunity to obtain commercial lab and research skills that are valuable to employers in several agricultural business or natural resources professions.

The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) is seeking a dedicated intern to join our Herpetological Research Team. This internship offers the opportunity to work on wildlife conservation research, focusing on species of conservation concern, such as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Threatened and Endangered Species (T&E). The intern will also be encouraged to present a poster summarizing their summer research at a professional outlet (e.g., Texas Herpetological Symposium, Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society, TAMU EEB Ecological Integration Symposium). This is an excellent opportunity for students to gain hands-on experience in field research while contributing to meaningful conservation efforts. This immersive experience will equip you with the skills necessary to contribute to meaningful conservation efforts and pursue a career in wildlife biology and natural resource management.

NRI is seeking a student assistant to support the institute's efforts in natural resources research, education, and extension through the execution of field surveys and the dissemination of findings to various stakeholders. Responsibilities include assisting with wildlife and plant field surveys, entering and analyzing data, maintaining field equipment and vehicles, supporting communications efforts, collaborating with project technicians, and performing general office duties such as filing, copying, and database maintenance. This internship is based in College Station, but will include travel to field sites where lodging and food will be provided. 

The location is a 7-acre property in North Bryan (Sandy Point Road) with a half-acre shallow pond. This urban pond has fish and other aquatic species, but a complete inventory has not been made. The objectives of this internship are to outline and initiate a pond management plan that considers an ecosystem-based approach to maintaining healthy aquatic species populations, with an emphasis on biological and mechanical methods of vegetation management to maintain water quality and stable trophic interactions and population densities. The pond has in the recent past had overgrowth of giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrrhiza), watermeal (Wolffia sp), and mosquito fern (Azolla caroliniana). The intern should be able to transport him/herself to the pond at least once a week to work, and spend the other half of the weekly hours creating deliverable vegetation surveys and aquatic species inventories.