Opportunities and Resources
Scholarships
University of Montana Scholarships
External scholarships
- Intertribal Timber Council Scholarships
- Student Scholarships.org
- Scholarships Grants.us
- College Scholarships.org
- Fast Web.com
- Montana University System Scholarships
- The Gates Scholarship
- American Indian College Fund
- Eleanor Hazelton and Thilda Hartwig Scholarships
- Montana Community Foundation
- Cobell Scholar.org
- Truman D. Picard Scholarship
- SKC Pathways Program
- Horatio Alger Scholarship
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society Scholarships
- SACNAS Scholarships
- Native American Fish and Wildlife Society Scholarships
- Native Peoples’ Wildlife Management Working Group
- Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarships
- Native Forward Scholarship
- American Indian/Native American Scholarships
- American Indian Education Fund
- Dennis and Phyllis Washington Scholarship
Internships
Salish Kootenai College Center for Tribal Research and Education in Ecosystem Sciences (TREES) partners with the BIA to provide Pathways internship opportunities to students that are majoring in forestry and an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe. This is a multiple year program that pays $5,000 per academic year toward tuition, provides a summer job in forestry with the BIA or a tribe, trainings in tribal silviculture and the guarantee of a conversion to a professional series job with the BIA or a tribe upon successful completion. Apply on USAJobs.
Yellowstone National Park Native American Resource Management Internships
- Native American Resource Management Internship - Work in Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. The majority of position duties are associated with vegetation management but may also include educating and managing visitors, data entry and database management, and forest and residential pest management.
- Native American Archeology Program Internship - Work with the Yellowstone National Park archeologist as part of a team responsible for inventory, monitoring, evaluation, and management of cultural resources within the park.
Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation Wilderness Ranger Internship
The SBFC Wilderness Ranger Intern program (.pdf) is a 14-week internship for military veterans and college students doing undergraduate or graduate work in conservation, resource management, wilderness, recreation or related fields. The internship offers wilderness skills training including the basics of trail maintenance, Wilderness First Responder, and Wilderness Act history and policy, followed by 12 weeks working in the Selway-Bitterroot and Frank Church Wilderness areas, with trained wilderness professionals, U.S. Forest Service managers and volunteers.
FCFC Student Resources
Visit the W.A. Franke College of Forestry Student Resources page for more information on:
- Advising
- Course Syllabi
- Jobs
- Student Clubs
UM Student Resources
Visit the My UM page for more information on a variety of resources like some listed below:
- Financial Resources
- Housing
- Services
- Calendars
Other Resources
- Plateau Peoples' Web Portal - This portal is a collaboratively
curated and reciprocally managed archive of Plateau cultural
materials - American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
- Careers page
- SACNAS Opportunities Board
- Wildlife Society
- Native American Fish & Wildlife Society
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Native American Programs
- Animal names and pronunciation in Salish video
Fish and Wildlife Service - Native American Program
Working together with Native American Liaisons and officials from among the Federally recognized Tribes nationwide, the Office of the Native American Liaison identifies areas where both Federal and Tribal conservation efforts can most effectively conserve fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats.