SOUTHERN UTAH PUBLIC LANDS INTERNSHIPS

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INTERGOVERNMENTAL INTERNSHIP COOPERATIVE (IIC)

The IIC was established as a partnership between Southern Utah University and Public Lands Agencies in the Southern Utah Region to develop a more effective work and project based internship program that will benefit students, agencies and faculty.

For students, the process has been streamlined to make it even quicker and easier to apply for internships with the public land agencies in the Southern Utah region.

For agencies, there is now one centralized location to advertise internships, post one-time projects and check out needs from university classes.

For universities and agencies who have a need for assistance in small one-time projects, they can post or browse the listings.

University and college students from all disciplines are encouraged to apply:

• Sciences: Biology and related disciplines, Physical Sciences (Geology, Physics, Chemistry), Agriculture, Nutrition, Forensics, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Medical
• Business: Accounting, Economics/Finance, Hotel, Resort & Hospitality Mgmt., Marketing
• Education: Elementary, Secondary, Outdoor Recreation, Physical Education
• Humanities & Social Sciences: Anthropology/Archeology, Communication, English, Foreign Languages, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
• Performing & Visual Arts: Art, Dance, Design, Music, Theater Arts

Public Lands Agencies that are currently participating include:

• National Park Service
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Cedar Breaks National Monument
• Pipe Springs National Monument
• Zion National Park
• US Forest Service
• Dixie National Forest, Cedar City Ranger District
• Dixie National Forest, Pine Valley Ranger District
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
• Cedar City
• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
• Utah State Parks

Internships are both paid and unpaid and can include volunteer opportunities, as well as partially and fully funded internships, many of which may lead to part and full time career employment within the public land agencies. Internships may include (but not be limited to) work and project-based opportunities in:

• Interpretation
• Natural & Cultural Resource Staffing (Wildlife, Vegetation, Archeology, GIS)
• Fee Collection
• Research (field and other)
• Trail Building
• Outdoor Education
• Maintenance
• Emergency Services
• Administration (Budget Analysis/Accounting, Personnel/Human Resources, Contracts, etc)
• Advertising & Public Relations
• Photography/Video Production
• Surveying
• Living History
• Fire Management
• Web Site Development, Computer Design
• Museum or Curatorial work
• Landscape Architecture, Environmental Design
• Environment Assessment/Land Use Planning
• Supervising Volunteers
• Library Cataloging & Research

This website is sponsored by the Intergovernmental Internship Cooperative (IIC), a resource for students, faculty and public lands agencies to more easily and effectively be informed about, to apply and advertise internships and projects with the public lands in the Southern Utah region.

For more information on the IIC, click here.
Or Contact:

Anne Smith, IIC Coordinator
PE 220
Southern Utah University
351 W. University Blvd.
Cedar City, Utah, 84720
(435) 586-1981 & iic@suu.edu