Intern with EPIC

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Outreach and Communications (Ongoing)

 

• Social Media Internship: Contribute to EPIC’s social media accounts and online presence by creating content, with a special emphasis on fun and educational TikTok videos and Instagram reels. This is a fun and useful internship that includes researching and compiling information about local botany, animals, environmental issues and more for EPIC's followers and members. Develop important communication skills through content creation, storytelling, videography, photography, and graphic design.​

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• Campaign Outreach Internship: Work with EPIC’s Outreach Department to organize activists at the local, regional, and state level. Reach out to targeted constituencies to get people involved in campaigns. Recruit activists by organizing and participating in campaign actions and events. Table at festivals, the Co-Op and Arcata Farmer’s Market.

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• Event Coordination Internship: Learn how to successfully plan and execute fundraising and community outreach events by working directly with EPIC staff to solicit donation items, manage event materials, make connections with community members, and organize large-scale auctions. (Generally between July-November). ​​​​

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A background in conservation science, environmental law, policy, natural resource planning and/or forestry is not required, but encouraged upon application. EPIC requires a good sense of humor.

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Compensation: These positions are unpaid.

 

To Apply: Please send a resume, two original writing/media samples, and a cover letter to Abigail Lowell (abigail@wildcalifornia.org). In your cover letter please include:

• Why you want to work with EPIC

• What your career aspirations are and how this internship would help you achieve your goals

• How much time you can commit to an EPIC internship (hours/days per week for how many weeks)

• Your relevant skills and interests

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We will get back to you within 7 business days. Depending on the applicant’s skills, level of commitment, and organizational capacity, discrete projects/tasks will be assigned based on EPIC’s needs.

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Environmental Law Summer Externship (Not Currently Available)

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Come spend a summer defending California’s redwood coast! The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) is seeking passionate law students interested in a career in public interest environmental law. 

 

Since 1977, EPIC has advocated for the protection and restoration of Northwest California’s forests. A core component of EPIC’s conservation work depends on strategic litigation and administrative rulemaking. EPIC is unique among small environmental organizations—it conducts much of their legal work in-house. EPIC has a history of precedent setting cases, including Marbled Murrelet v. Babbit (ESA take case) and EPIC v. Johnson (forestry cumulative effects). 

 

Legal externs will conduct legal research and write legal memoranda in support of EPIC’s ongoing litigation and to help develop future cases. Externs will work closely with EPIC’s in-house counsel on a variety of federal and California environmental laws including the Endangered Species Act, California Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, National Forest Management Action, National Environmental Policy Act, Healthy Forest Restoration Act, California Forest Practice Act and Forest Practice Rules, and more. We anticipate a healthy litigation schedule for this summer and we need your help! 

 

Compensation: The position is unpaid. If this presents a hardship, some resources may be made available. 

 

To Apply: Please send a resume, a cover letter detailing your interest in environmental law, and two writing samples to Tom Wheeler (tom@wildcalifornia.org) and Matt Simmons (matt@wildcalifornia.org). 1Ls are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications are accepted on a rolling deadline.