The DNR, one of Minnesota’s largest state agencies, offers a broad range of paid internships for college students. Internships are available at locations across the state. As an intern you’ll work with dedicated professionals to create a healthy, sustainable, livable Minnesota for generations to come.
Opportunities for summer internships are posted on the Minnesota Careers website opens in a new browser tab during the month of January. Find your internship opportunity!
Examples of internship opportunities include:
- Accounting
- AIS Watercraft Inspector
- Aquatic Invasive Species
- Aquatic Vegetation
- Fisheries Education
- Fisheries Management
- Forestry Management PDF
- Interpretive Naturalist
- Lake Habitat Restoration
- Land Survey
- MinnAqua
- Mississippi River Fish
- Mussel Propagation
- Mussel Survey and Monitoring Diver
- Natural Resource Management
- Naturalist Corps
- Outreach and Information
- Park Operations
- Park Security
- Plant Ecology Monitoring
- River Crew
- Stream Fish Habitat
- Waterfowl Banding
- Wildlife GIS
- Wildlife Management
We offer memorable internship experiences by providing an opportunity to learn and grow in a hands-on environment – and it helps create a better Minnesota! A typical year provides more than 200 summer internships all around Minnesota and a variety of work ranging from fisheries to forests, park operations, aquatic invasive species watercraft inspections, or even communications.
