Join our team and make a difference in your watershed!
The WaterWRLD internship program provides University of Arizona students with real-world work experience and community engagement opportunities, all while earning school credit and a paid stipend. Interns work directly with WMG staff, docents, volunteers, and partners on community-based conservation and environmental justice projects.
Students participating in this internship program will:
- Increase understanding of community-based conservation and river restoration opportunities for the Santa Cruz Watershed, as well as engaging on urban ecology and environmental justice issues.
- Build relationships with WMG and other local environmental professionals, and work closely with one or more WMG staff mentors.
- Develop leadership, community outreach, and environmental education skills and experience.
- Complete 150 hours of internship work in both the fall and spring semesters, which averages to about 10 hours per week.
- Join weekly experiential education workshops on Friday afternoons from 3 - 5 p.m., learning alongside other interns and docents.
- Receive a total stipend of $1,000 per year, $500 per semester.
Internships for the 2022-2023 WaterWRLD cycle are: Bilingual Conservation Ecology, Bilingual Communications, Bilingual Environmental Education, Community Green Infrastructure Design, River Run Network Education and Outreach, Urban Sustainable Living, and Watershed GIS Support Analyst.
Learn more about the available internships and how to qualify here!
Have Questions?
We recently hosted a panel with current and former WaterWRLD interns. If you were unable to make it, you can watch the recording of the event. Watch recording here!
