Natural Resources Management

About the Program

Program Goal: Career

GE Pattern(s): Butte Local, Cal-GETC

Program Code: 07259.01AS

The Natural Resources program is designed to meet the demand for trained personnel in a broad range of Natural Resource/Environmental Science fields in addition to numerous private organizations.

Intense pressures are being placed on the nation's environmental resources as the population increases. This creates an ever-growing demand for trained people to work in forestry, recreation, water, soil, wildlife and other natural resource/environmental management areas. Career opportunities exist with the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, National Park Service, and U.S. Soil Service as well as numerous private management firms, environmental companies, and land developers, to list a few job possibilities. Employment in any of these areas will provide an opportunity for working in one of the nation's most interesting, diversified and rapidly expanding fields. The work is varied. However, certain basic skills are fundamental.

Program Learning Outcome(s): Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be able to:

1. Describe and apply the basic elements of the scientific method.
2. Identify basic environmental problems and describe how they affect the environmental's biotic and abiotic components.
3. Identify the main fish and game species located within the state and/or region of desired employment.
4. Evaluate the modern and historical roles of human impact on wildlife and wildlife management.