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Conservation Career Pathway

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Overview of Conservation

Careers in conservation use science to understand, study, and conserve the natural world. 

Conservation Career Options

  • State and Federal agencies (e.g. Fish&Wildlife)
  • Environmental consultant
  • Non-profit conservation organizations
  • Park ranger
  • Zookeeper
  • Teaching

Recommended Biology Electives

  • Bi 429 Conservation Biology 
  • Bi 410 Selected Topics (Conservation Genetics)
  • Bi330 Introduction to Plant Biology
  • Bi360/361 Introduction to Marine Biology 
  • Bi386/386L Invertebrate Zoology
  • Bi387/387L Vertebrate Zoology
  • Bi412 Animal Behavior
  • Bi413/413L Herpetology
  • Bi414/414L Ornithology
  • Bi415/415L Mammalogy
  • Bi416/416L Marine Mammals
  • Bi425/425L Natural History of Antarctica
  • Bi432 Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Bi435/435L Plant Systematics
  • Bi471 Plant Ecology
  • Bi473 Field Sampling
  • Bi479 Plant Reproductive Biology

Recommended Non-Biology Electives

  • ESM424 Wetland Ecology
  • ESM426 Ecology of Streams and Rivers
  • ESM444 Forest Ecology
  • ESM445 Old Growth Forest Ecology
  • ESM474 Fish Ecology and Conservation
  • ESM480 Coastal Marine Ecology
  • ESM483 Marine Conservation and Management
  • ESM485 Ecology and Management of Bio-Invasions
  • WR410 Science Writing
  • Geog313 Biogeography
  • Geog488 Geographic Information Systems

 

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Portland Audubon

Mostly unpaid

Portland

Xerces Ambassador

unpaid

varies

Oregon Zoo

Mostly unpaid

Portland

US Fish&Wildlife Service

varies

varies

US National Park Service

paid

 

Smithsonian Museum

paid

varies

 

 

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