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Dakota County Community Corrections
Internship Opportunities
Community Corrections has a broad range of volunteer and intern opportunities available. We offer unique opportunities, whether you want to contribute to your community or are a student looking for work experience to fulfill academic requirements. Position openings vary throughout the year.
Examples of volunteer and intern opportunities
- Help with juvenile offenders engaged in community projects
- Assist probation officers in juvenile or adult supervision
- Assist juveniles participating in extended day treatment
- Perform computer queries on information systems
- Help manage paperwork
Volunteer Opportunities
Community Corrections has a broad range of volunteer and intern opportunities available. We offer unique opportunities, whether you want to contribute to your community or are a student looking for work experience to fulfill academic requirements. Position openings vary throughout the year.
Examples of volunteer and intern opportunities
- Help with juvenile offenders engaged in community projects
- Assist probation officers in juvenile or adult supervision
- Assist juveniles participating in extended day treatment
- Perform computer queries on information systems
- Help manage paperwork
Dakota County Environmental Resources
Wetland Health Evaluation Program (WHEP)
The Wetland Health Evaluation Program engages citizen volunteers to help monitor wetlands in their community. Since 1997, WHEP volunteers have been monitoring wetland health throughout Dakota and Hennepin counties. The WHEP program provides important information to city and county planners, engineers, resource managers, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and other local agencies to track wetland health throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
WHEP volunteers work in teams to evaluate the biological health and stability of wetlands pre-selected by their community. All training and equipment is provided and volunteer times are flexible and adaptable to a busy summer schedule. Family-friendly and all ages welcome but we recommend this program to those who are 5 years old or older.
For additional information about this program, check out this intro video , awesome WCCO news story or visit the MN WHEP website.
Please select the WHEP team you would like to join. If your desired team is full, please join the team nearest to where you live. For assistance, please contact Garrett Zaffke at garrett.zaffke@co.dakota.mn.us.
- WHEP - Apple Valley Team
- WHEP - Burnsville Team
- WHEP - Cannon Falls Team (North Cannon River Watershed Management Organization)
- WHEP - Dakota County Parks Team 1
- WHEP - Dakota County Parks Team 2
- WHEP - Eagan Team
- WHEP - Farmington Team
- WHEP - Hastings Team
- WHEP - Lakeville Team
- WHEP - Mendota Heights Team
- WHEP - Rosemount Team
- WHEP - South St. Paul Team
- WHEP - West St. Paul Team
Dakota County Historical Society
Dakota County Historical Society - Community-wide Opportunities
Sibley Historic Site - Mendota, MN
Visit some of Minnesota's oldest buildings and explore the early 1800s, when Mendota was a major center of the region's fur trade. Among the buildings is the home of Henry Hastings Sibley, successful fur trader and first governor of Minnesota.
1357 Sibley Memorial Hwy
Mendota, MN 55120
651-452-1596
Open for seasonal events and programming.
Dakota County Parks
Lebanon Hills Regional Park
Lebanon Hills Regional Park is the crown jewel and largest park in the Dakota County park system. Containing almost 2,000 acres, the park offers miles of trails and many lakes for year-round outdoor sports, recreation and environmental education. The Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, located in the eastern section of the park, offers park information, interactive nature displays, courses and programs for all ages, and equipment rentals.
