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Natural Lands Technician<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Do you love the natural lands?\u00a0 Want to work outside? Learn practical natural resources management skills? Learn how to identify plants and animals?\u00a0 We are hiring up to three students for the summer (June — August) doing mostly outdoor work needed to maintain and expand forest, prairie, and wetland restorations on the St. Olaf Natural Lands.

Work will focus on removing invasive species, seed collection, trail maintenance, and continued ecological monitoring. You will learn local plant identification and gain ecosystem restoration skills.\u00a0You will also gain basic knowledge on safely and successfully operating and maintaining light motorized equipment such as brush saws, chain saws, pole saws, etc. as well as driving campus vehicles. This position will add experience in conservation and land management to your resume.

This position has summer and academic year positions available. Please specify which you are applying for in your application.

Applications for summer are open until March 1, 2026. Applications for the 2026-2027 academic year are open until March 31, 2026. Apply here.<\/a><\/summary>\n

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2026 Natural Lands Assistant<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do you have a passion for working in the outdoors, protecting natural resources, and exploring the natural history with others? Help us to restore and maintain the 400+ acre St. Olaf Natural Lands and to share this important work with the college and surrounding communities! We are looking for a St. Olaf graduating senior who has interest or experience with natural resources management and natural resources education. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position from June 2026 through December 2026, and it is only available to St. Olaf students who will be graduating in May 2026.

Applications are now open. Apply here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025-2026 Student Naturalist<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Work with the Natural Lands in an outdoor education-focused position. Student Naturalists work as a community engagement position, learning local natural history and species names, hosting educational events, leading field trips\/tours, strengthening website resources, designing, revising, marketing, and collaborating with others on an independent creative project, and promoting the Natural Lands through social media. This position asks you to zero in on project management, outdoor attentiveness, writing and communication skills, plant ID, and working closely with other Student Naturalists to complete tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Applications for the 2026-2027 academic year are open until March 31, 2026. Apply here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025 Student Summer StoGrow Farmer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The STOGROW farmers learn about organic farming methods and best practices in order to grow vegetable crops to be sold to the campus food service. The one acre farm enables students to experiment with different crops and develop plans to maintain\/improve soil fertility, as well as maintain a manual for future farmers. The job also teaches students how to communicate\/collaborate with the campus food service to plant, harvest, and process produce in a timely and effective manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Apply on the CURI website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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