Specially funded internships are available with non-profit, public service organizations, including many with an environmental focus, but scholarships support many other internships as well. An internship fills four and one-half days of the week and placement is arranged in consultation with each student. Also included are an academic course, occasional lectures on politics and public policy, student housing, and other student services. The ACM Wilderness Field Station is located on remote Low Lake in the Superior National Forest, just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, in Ely, Minnesota. The program offers an exceptional opportunity for direct observation of northwoods organisms and habitats.
Courses vary from year to year.
Recent offerings have been in aquatic biology, ornithology, animal behavior, and behavioral ecology of vertebrates. Much of the field work in this program is done on long canoe trips, involving paddling, portaging, and camping. The base camp's well-equipped laboratories and herbarium enable students to supplement their field study with modern analytical techniques.