The VNHP internship program allows college students and other volunteers to provide meaningful assistance to the Virginia Natural Heritage Program while gaining familiarity with the operations, methodology and staff of an internationally-recognized conservation program. Field work is not generally a significant component of most internships, though some field work may be arranged. Students can often earn academic credit for their internship. Interns are treated as professional staff, and are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner. We are appreciative of the contributions of volunteer staff, and will work to provide an interesting and educational experience.
Interns work as volunteers.
They receive no wages or stipend. Internships can be arranged for any time of the year, but only a limited number of interns can be supported at any one time. Duties may include logging in and updating projects in the tracking database and the ArcView GIS, checking projects against manual and ArcView maps and files, and researching and writing responses. Supervision would be provided by staff of the Information Management section. Supervision would be provided by staff of the Information Management section.