Environmental Internship & Volunteer opportunities

Please also see Environmental Education in Rockland County, 

• Keep Rockland Beautiful (Clean-ups- see below, Environmental Education)
• Rockland County Department of Environmental Resources
• Rockland County Soil & Water Conservation District
• Rockland Conservation & Service Corps (Internships for 18+)
• Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory Education, School Programs, Internships
• Rockland County Solid Waste Management Authority- Rockland Green Education
• Dominican College- Contact Regina Alvarez for Community Environmental Workshop Series and more! Karen Rispoli, M.A. (karen.rispoli@duny.edu), STEM Work-Based Learning Experience 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
• The Citizens Statewide Lakes Assessment Program (CSLAP) uses NYS Federation of Lake Associations (FOLA) volunteers to supplement LCI lake monitoring.
• NYSDEC’S Water Assessments by Volunteer Evaluators (WAVE) program is an on-going citizen-based water quality program to collect benthic macroinvertebrates from wadeable streams.
• NYSDEC's other Water Monitoring & Assessment Programs

Keep Rockland Beautiful!

The Great American Cleanup

The Great American Cleanup is an annual event that brings out over 4 million volunteers nationwide. Join thousands of Rockland County residents who come together each spring to remove tons of litter from our streets, parks, and waterways to make our community a cleaner, greener, and healthier place to live. Subscribe to the KRB calendar! To learn more about how you can get involved, contact:

• (845) 708-9164
  Waterway Cleanups:
  Know a place that needs a cleanup? Gather your friends, family, and/or neighbors to go out and clean. Group cleanups like these are great for community service, team-building, and family-fun!
  Two ways to Join KRB's Fall Waterway Cleanups:
  #1 Choose your own time & location. We'll equip you no matter when and where you go. Sign-up Online.
  #2 Join a group event.  Event Dates and Details
  Cleanups are not limited to these two campaigns - you can head out and clean up at any time! Want to beautify an area of your choosing? Let Keep Rockland Beautiful know! They supply volunteers with all necessary cleanup materials, and can help in identifying a littered sites as well. What are you waiting for? Register now!

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Last updated May 5, 2023