I’ve done some field work, namely tagging and monitoring northern diamondback terrapin populations, however i’m looking for opportunities to work with snakes more, do I just email researchers until someone lets me help? I heard of a couple opportunities through Texas A&M from a wildlife biologist bu…

I think answers will depend largely on your “life-stage” (e.g., are you in high school, college, or post college?). But here are some ideas that are relatively applicable regardless: See if your state has a herpetological society. Often they will have volunteer events and/or job boards posted on t…

Are you looking for paid research opportunities? If not you don’t need anyone else. Most of the first naturalists were just people trying to answer their own questions about the world around them.

[image] kevintoo: Most of the first naturalists were just people trying to answer their own questions about the world around them. Yeah, but that was before a permit was needed for everything.

no offense taken lol, I myself prefer herping alone, however i’m just looking for an opportunity to learn more about what I love doing!

are there any possibilities for high-school students?

[image] sopacexplorer: Some high proportion of researchers are not people-friendly in general. I’d count myself in that, I don’t want to babysit some kid tagging along, or worse some birdwatcher. No offense meant, though I’m sure it’ll be taken. (not a herper, an ecologist) I am generally pe…

[image] charlie: entry level ‘internships’ and ‘volunteering’ are often very exploitive even if not intentionally so, and won’t get you the experience you want. I’m in the process of retraining myself to try and get an environment-related job (not necessarily a field one) and that’s been a co…

[image] elapidsss: are there any possibilities for high-school students? I think getting involved with your state’s herpetological society is great idea. Even if their meetings are in a different part of the state, they likely will have state bioblitzes or field herping trips at various locat…

[image] bvcz: Would you say you’d be better off getting related skills (like DB management or GIS), or are those jobs so sought after that you’re unlikely to get in without a subject-appropriate degree and the networking it brings? i’d say those are more sought after by employers than employe…

I joined my states’s herpetological society as a teenager which gave me lots of experience in herping and I made connections with the local herpetologists. That led to a work-study job in college in a herp collection. Which led to volunteer and paid field jobs in herpetology and mammalogy during and…

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Yeah, but that was before a permit was needed for everything.

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