Wildlife Conservation Apprenticeship stipended

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Oglebay Good Zoo, the only AZA-accredited zoo in West Virginia, is seeking applicants for our conservation apprenticeship.

The conservation apprentice will assist zoo team members with a variety of the zoo s conservation and sustainability initiatives.

Key Responsibilities Of The Conservation Apprentice Include

• Participation in head-start efforts associated with rearing Eastern hell benders in human care.
• Participation in the care and rehabilitation of ill and injured migratory birds.
• Participation in North American songbird surveys and habitat management on site.
• Participation in the development and planning of green conservation efforts at the zoo.
• Participation in the management of the zoo pollinator garden and monarch butterfly conservation efforts.

Skill training during this experience will include training in head-starting of Eastern hell benders and rehabilitation of ill and injured migratory birds.

Bachelors degree in animal science, biology, ecology, wildlife and fisheries management, zoology, or zoo science.

Free housing, utilities, and lunch duty meal on-site.

Stipend of $833.33 per month.

Interested applicants should send a current cover letter and resume via e-mail to Courtney Welsh, Associate Curator of Animals, at