Careers for Graduates of OSU’s Natural Resource Ecology and Management Department

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Careers for Graduates of OSUs Natural Resource
Ecology and Management Department
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Specializing in Wildlife Ecology and Management

• The following slides will show examples of
  positions for your specialty.
• If you dont find what you are looking for,
  contact us
• http//nrem.okstate.edu

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Wildlife Habitat Manager

• Wildlife Habitat Managers manage rangeland
  wildlife, which requires a knowledge of animal
  requirements and plant attributes.
• More than 80 of wildlife species in North
  America spend a significant portion of their life
  on rangelands.

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Wildlife

• Graduates could obtain
• one of the following
• positions
• Wildlife Biologist
• Game Warden
• Conservation Officer
• Animal Damage Control
• Wildlife Extension
• Wildlife Habitat Manager
• Zoo Biologist

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State Agencies

• The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
  employs many OSU graduates.
• Positions are available as wildlife or fisheries
  biologists, area managers, and game wardens.
• The Information and Education Division and the
  Division of Natural Resources also employ OSU
  graduates.

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Federal Government Employers

• National Park Service
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• U.S. Fish Wildlife Service
• U.S. Forest Service
• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• USDA Agriculture Research Service
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Federal Agencies

• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employs OSU
  graduates in Ecological Services (mainly
  endangered and threatened species) and the
  National Wildlife Refuge System.
• Although the following agencies are
  underrepresented in Oklahoma, they employ our
  graduates in many other states National Park
  Service and Bureau of Land Management.
• The Department of Defense employs OSU graduates
  as wildlife biologists on military bases and as
  area managers for the Army Corps of Engineers.
• The Natural Resources Conservation Service and
  the U.S. Forest Service employ wildlife
  biologists.

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Examples of Private Employers

• The Nature Conservancy
• Red Buffalo, LLC
• Bluestem, LLC
• Turner Ranches, Inc.
• Cherokee Nation
• Livestock and Wildlife managers on private
  ranches
• Zoos

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University State Agencies

• Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
• Oklahoma State University
• Texas Parks Wildlife
• Texas Division of Forestry
• Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation
• Missouri Department of Conservation
• New Mexico State University

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Job Searching Websites

• http//www.hireosugrads.com/
• http//nrem.okstate.edu
• http//www.usajobs.com/
• http//wfsc.tamu.edu/jobboard/
• http//www.avuecentral.com/usfs/applicant.html