LunaLee Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Classes include: Natural Resource Conservation and Policy, Native Trees & Shrubs, Wild Flowers of Nor Cal, Fishery Ecology, The Forest & Environment, Intro to Wildlife Biology, Principals of Sustainability... Obviously Park Ranger is an option, but what else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 My sister has a degree which is pretty much the one you describe. Currently she works for a business which does environmental impact statements for new projects done either by the state or in the private sector. She is planning to go to grad school next year to do her PHD, although she could continue in her present job. She doesn't love it, but it works. :) She'd love to have a job with the park service or similar in her perfect world. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 My sister and BIL both have degrees in Natural Resources Management (which is how they met). They both have had jobs as park rangers, but the pay is pretty low and the competition for jobs at places like Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Canyon, etc. is great. BIL ended up going back to school and is a paramedic now, and my sister is a SAHM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 My friend has a Masters in Natural Resources and ended up going into the world of bioscience and statistics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I know a gal with a BS in that and then an MA in something else though possibly related. She pulls down a very tidy six figure salary doing environmental impact statements for G.M. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*lifeoftheparty* Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Government- Nepa compliance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Spinoff--What DO park rangers do? Ds was asking me just yesterday. I could see this being a real career for him someday. :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 The younger sister of a friend got her undergraduate degree in Natural Resources, worked as a park ranger for a few years, then went back to school to get her PhD. in Environmental Economics. She is now some sort of analyst for the EPA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5wolfcubs Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 What universities offer such a degree? I'm trying to get my oldest interesting in going to college! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 What universities offer such a degree? I'm trying to get my oldest interesting in going to college! :) My sis has her degree from the University of Idaho, located in Moscow. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 What universities offer such a degree? I'm trying to get my oldest interesting in going to college! :) University of Michigan I'm sure there are loads more, but it is what I'm familiar with. Go Blue :001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 My friend's sister did her undergraduate degree somewhere up in Oregon. Oregon State maybe? I'm not 100% sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applesing Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) Purdue University offers such degrees. In fact, my husband has his forestry degree from there. He manages conservation areas and helps landowners plan timber sales. He love his job. The pay is not outstanding, but his job satisfaction is off the charts. We both loved our time at Purdue, and I highly recommend looking into it! Edited December 13, 2010 by applesing Edited to add that Purdue University is in West Lafayette, Indiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaLee Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 I am still trying to figure out a major for an AS and this particular degree offered at our local CC has a lot of things I was looking for, plus transfers nicely to the local universities. I want something that is scientific in nature, where I'm working with nature and possibly able to do research. I also want someting where I can do field or "office" work. I'm thinking about getting a certificate in Technical Communiations which is a lot of Art New Media, Computer Information Sciences, and various kinds of writing. I think the two could compliment each other and offer a lot of opportunites. At this point in my life I am looking for job satisfaction and something I can do well into later in life, and since I am not the primary wage earner, I don't have to make a lot of money, but if I had to, the potential is there. Thanks for the replies everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Spinoff--What DO park rangers do? Ds was asking me just yesterday. I could see this being a real career for him someday. :lurk5: Here you go: usajobs.gov park ranger job description at Yellowstone National Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Here you go: usajobs.gov park ranger job description at Yellowstone National Thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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