Renewable Natural Resources

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LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources
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Conserving our Natural Resources
The worlds human population just passed 6
billion, and is increasing by 90,000,000 per
year 246,000 per day 10,274 per hr
171 per min 2.85 per sec
At this rate, we will have 12 billion people on
Earth by 2040
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Conserving our Natural Resources
Our future depends on the conservation and wise
use of the Earths living resources.
We need dedicated professionals to meet the
resource challenges of the future.
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We challenge you to consider an exciting and
rewarding career in Renewable Natural Resources
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Forests are Renewable Natural Resources
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Wildlife are Renewable Natural Resources
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Fish are Renewable Natural Resources
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Wetlands are Renewable Natural Resources
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Forestry
Our students study harvesting water quality
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Forestry
forest management
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Wildlife
... game species
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Wildlife
threatened and endangered species
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Biodiversity?
Were all about it!
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Federal agencies
Careers in Renewable Natural Resources
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State agencies
Careers in Renewable Natural Resources
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Forest Resource Companies
Careers in Renewable Natural Resources
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Non-governmental agencies
Careers in Renewable Natural Resources
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Careers our students really get out there!
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Careers in Renewable Natural Resources

• Private forest and environmental consulting
  companies

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Graduate school?
Careers in Renewable Natural Resources
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Forestry
Bachelor of Science in Forestry

• Areas of Concentration
• Forest Resource Management
• Ecological Restoration

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Wildlife and Fisheries
Bachelor of Science with a major in Natural
Resource Ecology and Management

• Areas of Concentration
• Conservation Biology
• Fisheries Aquaculture
• Natural Resource Conservation
• Wetland Science
• Wildlife Ecology
• Wildlife Law Enforcement
• Pre-Vet Wildlife

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Survey results Why did students choose RNR?

• Care about the environment
• Want to improve the environment
• Like to learn how nature works
• Like hands-on activities
• Like the outdoors

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What do students like best about RNR?

• Close-knit community
• Student-professor relationship
• Interactions with other students
• Get-togethers
• Hands-on learning
• Interesting (awesome) classes
• Great Careers

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Got Scholarships?

• Yes, we do.

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Join us for an exciting, challenging, and
rewarding career in Renewable Natural
Resources www.rnr.lsu.edu Dr. Charles Shilling
cshilli_at_lsu.edu
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LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources