Internships
All students in the Department are required to complete at least one Experiential Learning Requirement. This requirement is most commonly satisfied with an internship. Internships are not just part-time jobs. They are designed to give students valuable work experience in their field of study and may be paid or unpaid.
There are numerous reporting requirements that must be met before, during, and after the internships. In order to receive course credit for the internship, students must enroll in WSES 4084 during the semester in which the internship is performed, most commonly summer. Students are responsible for securing their own internships, but prospective internships must be pre-approved by the Departmental internship coordinator, Dr. Hennen Cummings. For more information, contact Dr. Cummings [email protected].
An excellent resource for students seeking internships in the natural resource sciences is the Texas A&M Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Job Board.
Students have conducted internships at the following locations:
- 10x Buck Ranch
- 4M Whitetails
- Addison Ranch
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Austin Wildlife Refuge
- Austin Wildlife Rescue
- Beck’s Bay Hunting Club
- Biology Department at Tarleton State University-Jenna Jensen Thesis
- Box H Game Birds
- Brazos River Authority
- Brindley Ranch
- Buck Valley Ranch
- Buena Vista Wildlife Safari and RV Park
- Cameron Park Zoo
- Cameron Park Zoo
- Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
- Cedar Hollow Ranch
- Center for Animal Research and Education
- City of Waco Water Utilities Dept. Zebra Mussel Awareness Program
- Cody Samek
- Collier Consulting
- Colorado Bend State Park – TPWD
- Concho Reo Resources inc.
- CropDocs Agricultural Consulting, LLC
- Cross Canyon Whitetails
- Cross Canyon Whitetails
- Dallas Zoo
- Dead Man’s Pass Ranch
- Diamond T Ranch
- Discount Tire Company
- Double Down Deer Feed
- Dublin Veterinary Clinic
- Emirates Park Zoo
- Environmental Monitoring Laboratory
- Exotic Resort Zoo
- Fanimal
- Fifty-Eight Fifty- Mingus Lake Ranch
- Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge (City of Ft. Worth)
- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
- Frank Buck Zoo
- Friends of Texas Wildlife
- G4 Ranch
- Garatt Ranch
- Greens Creek Veterinary Hospital
- Greystone Castle Sporting Club
- Greystone Castle Sporting Club
- Harbin Triple Cross Ranch
- Havens Whitetail Ranch
- Herradura Ranch
- Hidden Falls Golf Course
- HighPoint Ranch
- Hood County Animal Control
- Hotton Ranch
- Houston Zoo, Inc.
- Hunters Ridge Ranch
- Inks Dam NFH
- Integrated Environmental Solutions
- International Exotic Animal Sanctuary
- J.D. Murphree WMA, TPWD
- JC Pace LTD
- JS Pet Shop
- Krenek Enterprises
- Lake Mineral Wells State Park and Trailway
- Latte Da Dairy
- Lazy 3 Animal Care
- Lonesome Coyote Ranch
- McCoys Dairy
- Miller Double A Ranch
- Moores Farm Botanical Garden
- Mossy Rock Whitetails
- MT 7 Ranch
- Neets Bay Hatchery- Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association
- New Mexico Wildlife Center
- NRCS
- NRCS Brownwood
- NT Ranch
- NTR
- Oak and Prairies Joint Venture- Partnered with: TPWD/ American Bird Cons.
- Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture Partnered with: TPWD/ American Bird Cons.
- OC Handyman & Lawn
- Oceans Campus
- Palo Duro Feeders
- Paraiso Escondido Ranch
- Pettit Cattle Company
- Philmont Scout Ranch (Boy Scouts of America)
- Pineywoods Ecosystem Project Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Preston Road Animal Hospital
- Price Surveying, LP
- Quail Ridge Ranch
- Reeder Distributors – Cedar Hollow Ranch
- Rio Vista Ranch/John E. Williams Jr.
- Rocker B Ranch
- Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
- Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch
- Rough Creek Lodge
- Roy’s Rentals
- San Antonio Zoo
- San Christoval Ranch
- San Juan Ranch
- Sandstone Ranch
- Save Volunteering (GoECO.org)
- Scorill Zoo
- Shield Ranch
- Shoemaker Farms
- Silverhorn Ranch
- Social Tours
- Somervell County/ Squaw Valley Golf Course
- South Africa Shark Conservancy
- Stephenville Medical and Surgical- Better Breathers
- Styles Farm, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension
- Synergy Ranch
- Tarleton State University
- Tarleton State University @ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Research Center
- Tarleton State University ALE Program
- Tarleton State University Office of Student Research
- Tarleton State University- Office of Student Research
- Tarrant Regional Water District
- Texas A&M Agrilife Extension-Brownwood
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agency
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Stephenville
- Texas AgriLife Research
- Texas Brigades
- Texas Health Resources
- Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research
- Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept./Matador Wildlife Management Area
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Texas Pro Lake Management
- Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board- Dublin Regional Office
- Texas Wolfdog Project
- TH Ranch
- Tharwood
- The Heard Museum
- Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge
- Tridevi Sadak
- Triple Cross Ranch
- Triple R Ranch
- Trophy Club Country Club
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Army Garrison – Natural Resources
- U.S. Army Garrison – Natural Resources
- University of Wyoming
- Upper Trinity Groundwater Distinct
- US Army Corps of Engineers of Proctor Lake
- US Fish and Wildlife Service: Alligator Refuge and Pen Island National Wildlife Refuge
- USDA- NRCS
- USDA- NRCS Breckenridge
- Vaquero Club
- Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary
- WB Land Company
- Whisper Valley Ranch
- White Elk Ranch
- Whitetail Deer of Texas
- Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
- Wildwood Wildlife Park
- Zach Epperson