Careers in Wildlife Management

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Careers in Wildlife Management

• Chapter II

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Wildlife management

• More jobs are found in wildlife management that
  other areas of wildlife
• Entry level to advanced levels.
• Work involving studying habitat and wildlife and
  developing strategies to achieve desired goals.
• Promoting 6the well-being of wildlife.
• To assure wildlife growth and wise harvesting.
• Examples include game farm operator, wildlife
  refuge technicians, and wildlife biologist.

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Wildlife Recreation

• Jobs range from serving as a hunting or fishing
  guide to operating a tackle shop, running a fee
  lake, and managing a hunting preserve.
• General nature of the work is to help people
  enjoy wildlife.
• Some college education is useful and may be
  required.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation

• Jobs involve treating and temporarily caring for
  injured and/or diseased wildlife.
• Work may involve restraining injured animals,
  bandaging words, administering fluids and
  medication, feeding, cleaning cages, and
  otherwise caring for animals.
• A college education and experience with wildlife
  are typically needed.
• Employment opportunities include wildlife
  biologist, aquaculturist, fishery scientist,
  hatchery operator, fishery biologist.

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Wildlife Education

• Involves developing materials or conducting
  programs to educate hunters, fishers, ands the
  general public, and other special interest
  groups.
• A college degree with a background in wildlife
  and emphasis in communication ant teaching is
  typically required.
• Occupations include college or high school
  wildlife teacher, gun safety instructor, birding
  instructor, park service naturalist.

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Wildlife Law Enforcement

• Jobs include enforcing laws about wildlife.
• Some are game wardens or conservation officers
  who have the authority to arrest people who break
  the law.
• May involve informing the public about game laws
  and how to good steward of wildli9fe resources.
• Some college education is typically needed.
• Occupations include game warden, wildlife refuge
  guard, park service ranger.