The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is launching a new program to expose high school aged students to much of what goes on inside and outside the agency’s walls.
The Explorer Program, for students ages 16-18, is designed to engage and mentor youth interested in pursuing a career in natural resources, conservation, law enforcement, and other fields within the Department.
“The program is a great opportunity for students interested in a career in natural resources or the many other things we do at the Game and Fish Department,” said Bill Haase, Department wildlife division chief. “Selected participants will get hands-on experience with wildlife, habitat management, fisheries, enforcement and public outreach.
Haase said the Explorer Program is not only a win for students with designs on following a collegiate path to someday become, say, a fisheries biologist or a game warden, it’s also a win for the agency.
“We started the program, in part, as a way for the Game and Fish to recruit future staff,” he said. “Many of the people who currently work for our agency started as seasonal employees. This program will expose students to our careers and possibly become seasonal employees for us and hopefully become permanent staff someday.”
To be selected for the Explorer Program, Haase said applicants start by filling out an application on the Department’s website at gf.nd.gov. Applicants will also need to provide a letter of reference from a counselor or teacher.
The deadline to apply is March 22.
More details about the program, such eligibility, core program activities and expectations, can also be found on the Department’s website.
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