Forest Management Intern

Position Title: Forest Management Intern 2026

AMRO Forestry, www.amroforestry.com

Contact: Heidi Henrichs Knobel, heidi@amroforestry.com

Position Summary:

AMRO Forestry provides scientific consulting in forest, ecosystem, and wildlife management to private and municipal landowners and governmental agencies. We are seeking a motivated individual to support the company’s activities in forest inventory and management, including installing permanent forest measurement plots, timber cruising, forest/timber stand improvement, street and park tree inventory, invasive species control, and other similar forest management activities. In addition, the successful applicant would support several other projects throughout New York State, including forest and ecosystem inventory, timber marking, and a willingness to engage in manual labor (e.g., light hand tool work, tree planting, and herbicide/pesticide application). The successful candidate will work closely with a team, but may work alone for extended periods of time. 

Position Requirements:

• A valid driver’s license
• Ability and willingness to work outdoors in all weather and environmental conditions
• Must be able to lift and move objects up to 40 pounds
• 30 semester college credit hours, including or supplemented by 12 semester credit hours in forestry or natural resources management (this is a flexible requirement)
• Willingness and ability to apply pesticides - a pesticide technician certification in Category 2 or prior experience/apprenticeship is a plus but not a necessity.

Duties Description:

The successful candidate will conduct all aspects of forest inventory and measurement, including measuring tree DBH, height, log defect, canopy cover, etc. In addition, the candidate will carry out less intensive plot assessments (e.g., prism plots, 1/10 acre plots), parcel and stand identification and boundary marking. The candidate will select, measure and mark individual trees for harvest using marking guidelines and silvicultural prescriptions, and record specific data for marked trees. In addition, future work may involve hand tool work, such as girdling or felling small trees and/or brush, tree planting, and herbicide application. 

Essential skills include: tree identification, tree diameter and height measurement, log defect assessment, GPS navigation and GIS data manipulation.

Additional Comments:

This job may involve a flexible work schedule based upon the successful candidate needs, and actual work hours and schedule may vary and will be discussed at interview. There is potential for experience with grant administration should the successful candidate be interested. 

This position is flexible to become a permanent, full-time position with benefits with AMRO Forestry should you be done with your education.

Job Type: Internship

Compensation will be commensurate with experience, typically falling between $17-19/hour. Travel allowance will be discussed at interview.

Project Location:

Primarily in New York State – Catskills, Southern Tier, Finger Lakes, Central NY, and Hudson Valley, but travel to multiple states across New England and Mid-Atlantic is possible. 

We have a crew based in the Whitney Point/ Syracuse region and the Albany area. Both of these crews travel around to our different appropriate work sites. Interns can reside wherever they would like as long as they have the ability to travel/ meet up with our crew (access to a vehicle is strongly encouraged).

Non-discrimination:

AMRO Forestry is an equal opportunity and veteran-friendly employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, status with regard to public assistance, disability, genetic information, veteran status or activity in a local Human Rights Commission or any other characteristic.