Description

US Forestry Intern – Tumwater, WA 
June 2026 – September 2026 
Temporary/Full-time/Non-Exempt 

The US Forestry Intern will learn from foresters and team members across multiple departments and assist with a variety of projects. The intern will be exposed to multiple forestry related disciplines within the company including operations, silviculture, technology, and wildlife. Our desire for our interns is for you to complete meaningful work, to be able to apply learnings in a real-world environment, and for you to leave the internship trained in foundational areas of forestry with exposure to multiple parts of forestry operations. 
 
About Us 

Port Blakely grows and markets renewable forest products around the globe. Guided by the principle that tomorrow comes first, we take great care in advancing the ideals and best practices of good corporate and environmental stewardship. We are devoted to our employees, customers, and the communities where we live and work, and are determined to do our part to help them prosper and thrive. Through our work, we hope to inspire the next generation, so they will inspire the one after that. For five generations, the future-first vision of our family owners has kept our sights squarely on the horizon, on making sure that the decisions we make today have a lasting, positive impact on tomorrow.  

Port Blakely manages forestlands in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and New Zealand.    

What you’ll do: 

• Work with members of our operations team to accomplish tasks such as: harvest unit and road layout, permitting, contractor compliance/quality control visits on active harvesting and/or road maintenance/construction projects.
• Work with members of our resources team to do: spraying projects, plantation evaluations, pre-commercial thinning (PCT) and hardwood slashing, cruising and cruise projects, permanent plot installation, GPS data collection, and forest data requestions (including GIS).
• Work with members of our wildlife and environmental education team to accomplish tasks such as: resource classification and mapping, compliance and effectiveness monitoring, and environmental education trail work, tour set up, and program delivery.
• May perform short duration miscellaneous assignments. 
  Some travel to Oregon may be included during the internship.  

Requirements

We’d love to hear from people with:

• Proficiency in basic forestry navigation (compass, pacing), use of basic forestry tools (Relaskop, prism, clinometer, Spencer tape, range-finder), reading and navigating with a map, photo interpretation and able to work alone on specific assignments.
• Experience with hand-held GPS devices is a plus.
• Current enrollment ina degree program forforestry, natural resources, or other related fields.