USFWS
Alaska Region
Conserving the Nature of America
   
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We are seeking talented students from a wide range of career paths and backgrounds for employment with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. From arctic tundra to Aleutian coastline, we offer unique jobs conserving the nature of Alaska. You will gain valuable work skills and life experience at one of our national wildlife refuges, fisheries and ecological services field offices, or regional office.

 

  
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Imagine a state the size of the Midwestern United States with a longer coastline than the other U.S states combined and fewer people than city of San Francisco. Imagine a place where herds of caribou out number people in many towns and villages, and salmon fill rivers from shore to shore on their migrations. This is Alaska!
 
 
The Service in Alaska hires numerous temporary/seasonal Biological Technicians and Park Rangers each field season to work on a variety of bird, refuge, trail, fire, wildlife and fisheries projects. These positions are usually advertised mid winter each year search USA Jobs for current vacancies. See current open positions with the USFWS.
 
 
    Download a copy of our Student Employment Program Brochure. The Service offers a variety of programs targeted at students with diverse career interests and varying levels of education including our well-known Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) and Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP).
 

 

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ATTENTION: January 27, 2012 is the deadline for SCEP Applications.
 
 
  The Service through partnerships and our volunteer program offer a wide variety of internship opportunities for individuals of all age and background, including international visitors who share a passion for Alaska’s Wildlife and would like to contribute.
   
   
 
 

The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is a summer employment program for young men and women age 15 through 18, who work, learn, and earn together by doing projects on public lands.  Work projects last approximately eight weeks. Enrollees work a standard 40-hour work week, 8 hours/ day. Each program is unique and each day brings its own set of challenges an experiences. Projects may include trail building, improving wildlife habitat, boundary sign posting, invasive plant control, bird banding, simple construction, office work and general maintenance activities.

The program is open to U.S. citizens who will be 15 years of age by June 1, and not over 19 years of age by August 30 of that year. Enrollees may be male or female with local housing and reliable transportation to and from the field station is required.

YCC Application 
ALASKA YCC Code of Conduct 

Youth Conservation Crews in Alaska 
For more information or to submit your YCC application contact the appropriate work site.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic Village, AK)
Contact Joanne_Bryant@fws.gov
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (Soldotna, AK)   
Contact Scott_Slavik@fws.gov

Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge (Kodiak, AK)
Contact Michelle_Lawson@fws.gov
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (Homer, AK)
Contact Lisa_Matlock@fws.gov

   
 

Last Updated: December 23, 2011