Environmental Internship & Volunteer opportunities

Please also see our Education & Volunteer Opportunities flier, and Environmental Education in Rockland County.

• Keep Rockland Beautiful (Clean-ups- see below, Environmental Education)
• Rockland County Department of Environmental Resources Storm Drain markers, Stream Biomonitoring, Eel Project and more. 
• Rockland Conservation & Service Corps (Internships for 18+)
• Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Education, School Programs, Internships.
  • Summer program- Next Generation of Hudson River Educators internship
  • Science Saturdays: June to September at Piermont Pier. Public can seine, catch and ID fish, crab from the Hudson.
  • Hudson River Field Station
• Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority- Rockland Green Education
• Dominican College- Contact Regina Alvarez for Community Environmental Workshop Series. 
• Rockland Task Force on Water Resources Management- Contact Ariana Polanco, Water Conservation Coordinator.
• Sparkill Creek Watershed Alliance
• Minisceongo Creek Watershed Alliance
• Strawtown Studio
• 4-H & Youth

• NYSDEC's Volunteer opportunities:
• NYSDEC's Trees for Tribs and Urban Forestry 
• NYSDEC- Fostering the Next Generation of Environmental Scientists
• NYSDEC- TIDES paid internship for high school and college students
• NYSDEC's other Water Monitoring & Assessment Programs

Keep Rockland Beautiful!

A great way to get involved is to join Keep Rockland Beautiful at their many clean-up events in Rockland County!  

• Know a place that needs a cleanup? Report a Littered Site!  
• Want to beautify an area of your choosing? Let Keep Rockland Beautiful know! They supply volunteers with all necessary cleanup materials, and pick-up.
•  Subscribe to the KRB calendar!

Click here for additional cited works & resources.

Last updated April 9, 2025