These resources will help you navigate professional opportunities across the Chicago Wilderness region.      

Community Job and Internship Board

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Resources for Conservation Careers

• Chicagoland Environmental Network job board
  
• Advocates for Urban Agriculture
• Association of Zoos and Aquariums
• City Colleges of Chicago Jobs and Internships
• Conservation Careers
  
• Conservation Job Board
  
• Cyber Sierra
  
• Earth Works
  
• Eco Jobs
• Ecological Farming Association
• Environmental Law and Policy Center
• Environmental Career.com
• Good Food Jobs
• Green Jobs
• Green Jobs on Instragram
• Illinois-Indiana Seagrant Career Opportunities
  
• Illinois Parks and Recreation Association
  
• Illinois Prescribed Fire Council Job Board
• Land Trust Job Board
  
• NPO.net
• Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
• Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
  
• National Recreation and Park Association
  
• NC State Job Board
  
• Orion Magazine Job Board
  
• Society for Conservation Biology
  
• Texas A&M Wildlife Job Board
• USAJOBS.gov (federal government jobs)
  
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Yale School of the Environment Job Board
  
• Young Non-Profit Professionals Network
  

For teens

• Illinois Conservation Foundation: Scholarships
• Lincoln Park Zoo: Jobs for Teens

Calendars of events

• Chicago Wilderness Alliance and partners events
  

Career resources

Regional Newsletters

• Calumet Seed Collectors 
• Calumet Stormwater Collaborative
• Citizens for Conservation 
• FPDCC Volunteer Newsletter 
• Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative
• Nachusa Grasslands 
  
• UIC Green Lights
• Volunteer Stewardship Network 

Regional Organization and Agency Career Sites

• Audubon Great Lakes
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• Brookfield Zoo/Chicago Zoological Society
  
  
• Calumet Heritage
  
  
• Calumet Outdoors
  
  
• Chicago Botanic Garden
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• Chicago Farmers Market Collective
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• Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
  
  
• Chicago Park District
  
  
• Citizens for Conservation
  
  
• Conservation Corps
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• Conservation Foundation
  
  
• Environmentalists of Color
  
  
• Enviro Law and Policy Center
  
  
• Field Museum
  
  
• Forest Preserves of Cook County
  
  
• Forest Preserves District of DuPage County
  
  
• Forest Preserves District of Kane County
  
  
• Forest Preserves District of Will County
  
  
• Friends of the Chicago River
  
  
• Friends of the Forest Preserves
  
  
• Greencorps Chicago
  
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• Habitat 2030
  
  
• Lake County Forest Preserves
  
  
• Lincoln Park Zoo
  
  
• McHenry County Conservation District
  
  
• Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (Jobs) (Internships)
  
  
• The Morton Arboretum
  
  
• Openlands
  
  
• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
  
  
• REI
  
  
• Shedd Aquarium
  
  
• Student Conservation Association
  
  
• The Nature Conservancy
  
  
• USDA

Manage your time at home 

• Chicago Wilderness Networking 101 (download slides or slides in note mode) 
  
• 47 free online courses you can finish this year
• 10 ways to spend your time and gain new skills
  
• Tips for dealing with social distancing and preventing loneliness as we all switch to more virtual communications and learning
• Free online Ivy League courses
• Virtual museum tours
• Chicago Farmers Market online
• Chicago Wildlife Watch