Our Interns

Now Hiring Summer 2025 Interns!

BCCDKY is now accepting applications for the summer 2025 season (mid-May through early August). There are two Conservation Intern positions available. Duties include assisting with summer camp and education programs, collecting wildlife population data, and assisting with habitat management at the Earl and Hazel Jones Center for Conservation.

To see the full description, please click here.

Applications are due on February 28th.

 

Why should you apply? This internship is designed to help those who are new to the field of conservation get to the next level in their career. We aim to give you experience in field work, data analysis, public outreach, and the inner-workings of local conservation. Take it from our former intern, Stephanie, who recently sent us this email:

"The internship sparked my interest in bats, and this past year I was able to attend the Midwest Bat Working Group Conference, the Ohio Bat Blitz, and a Bat Handling course at Mammoth Cave Thank you all so much for allowing me the internship opportunity and for helping me grow throughout the 2021 summer, I wouldn't be where I am today without you all! To this day I use what I learned during my internship on the job, I even use Susan and Mark's tips when teaching my coworkers new tree species!"

 

INTERN BLOG:

  • Jaron – August 2024
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  • Ilys – August 2024
    These last few weeks have been jam packed with finishing my research and learning new skills!  This […]

Summer 2024 Interns:

Jaron Cooper

Hello Boone County! My name is Jaron Cooper and am happy to be returning as one of the summer interns for the Boone County Conservation District. This is my second time being a summer intern for the district. I’m entering my senior year of my undergraduate at Eastern Kentucky University getting  my degree in Wildlife Management with a certificate in Geographic Information Systems. I like to fly fish and hike. As a Boone County native I’m happy to be working for the county and give back to the natural places that made me who I am!

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Ilys Anderson

Hi my name is Ilys Anderson!! I graduated from Hanover College last May with a degree in Biology with a double minor in Environmental Science and History. I’ve always had a love of everything outdoors from being by the ocean in California, to skiing and swimming in the mountains of Idaho, and playing by creeks and in the forests of Kentucky. Being able to work with BCCDKY this summer will give me amazing experience and skills needed for beginning my career in wildlife or conservation biology, while also working with an amazing group of people!! If I’m not in the office or out at our new property, I’m usually working at the local Y lifeguarding or teaching kids how to swim or swimming for myself!!

Ava Reed

My name is Ava Reed and I am a senior at Cooper High School. I am super excited to be interning with the conservation district! I hope to study Conservation and Biology at Morehead State University next year, and I know the BCCDKY team will have me stepping in the right direction. In my free time I like to go outdoors, work on my ceramics projects, and show horses.

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