Environmental Intern - Summer 2025

The Environmental Unit within the Division of Transportation System Development North West Region (Eau Claire) is looking to hire a summer intern for 2025! 

This internship will be a 2 year internship program (going through May 2027)

The main purpose of this position is to work with wetland mitigation and aid in environmental office duties. This position works with all phases of this process, identifying existing wetlands, determining wetland losses, the creation/restoration of new wetlands, and the reporting of wetland losses from new sites. Office duties will include tracking various environmental aspects and commitments in a spreadsheet/database.

Time in the field is spent identifying wetland communities. Delineating boundaries between wetlands and uplands is one of the main skills. It requires identifying a great variety of grasses, sedges, plants, shrubs, and trees of both wetland and upland habitats. It requires monitoring ground and surface water levels. It also requires identifying wetland soil characteristics. WisDOT will train the applicant.

Time in the office is spent compiling the information obtained in the field. Information from other sources (like consultants) must also be compiled. Information about losses and how those losses are mitigated must be communicated to regulatory agencies, the DNR and Army Corps of Engineers, to ensure requirements of the Clean Water Act are fulfilled. Detailed accurate records must be maintained to comply with the mitigation requirements, so some record/file management is required. Time will also be spent tracking various environmental aspects.