Wildlife Resources - After Graduation

Future Careers

MHCC Career Coaches are here to help you explore your career options after graduation. Below are a few common paths graduates can pursue.

Foresters

As a forester, you will monitor contract compliance and the results of forestry activities to ensure adherence to government regulations. You will also plan and supervise forestry projects, such as determining the type, number, and placement of trees to be planted, managing tree nurseries, and thin forests, and monitoring the growth of new seedlings.

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists

In exciting roles such as these, you get to study animals in their natural habitats, assess the environment's and industry's effects on animals, interpret findings, and recommend alternative operating conditions for industry. You will also inform and respond to the public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.

Fish and Game Wardens

In these roles, your daily tasks will include protecting and preserving native wildlife, plants, or ecosystems and, issuing warnings or citations, and filing reports as necessary.

Park Naturalists

As a park naturalist, you will conduct field trips to point out scientific, historical, and natural features of parks, forests, historic sites, or other attractions. You will also provide visitor services such as explaining regulations, answering visitor requests, needs, and complaints, and providing information about the park and surrounding areas.

Conservation Scientists

If you become a conservation scientist, you will monitor projects during or after construction to ensure they conform to design specifications and advise land users, such as farmers or ranchers, on projects, problems, or alternative conservation solutions.

Range Managers

As a range manager, you will manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land. You must study grazing patterns to determine the number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and the best grazing seasons.

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Job Boards

Here are places to search for current openings at organizations that hire for your skill set.

• Handshake
• Indeed
• Conservation Job Board