2025 Summer Undergraduate Internship Opportunities


The Friends of Old Woman Creek is sponsoring two undergraduate internships for the 2025 summer season.


These internships are expected to last approximately 10 weeks, from mid-May – August (start and end dates are somewhat flexible).


Interns will be members of a larger cohort of early career professionals involved in education, research, and stewardship.

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Stewardship Intern


The Stewardship Intern will assist staff with ongoing stewardship efforts and will be expected to develop and conduct independent research. Specific stewardship duties and field work may include phenological species monitoring, restoration projects, invasive species removal, native plantings, and coordination of volunteer events. The Stewardship Intern will work collaboratively as a member of the OWC Stewardship team, including the onsite Stewardship and Research Coordinators and mentors Veronica Hardy, Dr. Steven McMurray. 

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Education Intern


The Education Intern will work within the Education Program to provide visitor and customer service support and assist staff with implementing educational programs. Job duties include answering phones, responding to public inquiries, orienting visitors to the Reserve, and issuing access permits. Examples of educational programs the intern will assist with include public programs, guided hikes, guided canoe trips, and stewardship initiatives. The intern will have the opportunity to develop outreach materials and pursue an independent project for the reserve’s phenological wildlife monitoring program.

Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) is managed as a cooperative partnership between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and ODNR. Old Woman Creek NERR is managed by the ODNR Office of Coastal Management; it is also a dedicated State Nature Preserve, managed by the ODNR Division of Natural Areas and Preserves. Located in Huron on the south-central shore of Lake Erie, Old Woman Creek is one of Ohio's few remaining examples of a natural estuary. 

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