Careers & Job Opportunities for Graduates
97% of our graduates are employed or in graduate school; 85% of those work in the field they studied in
67% of graduates working in their field work for federal or state agencies
More than 95% of our students students work and intern in natural resource professions while they're earning their degrees; more than 80% of those internships are paid.
Job Search Resources
Department Head - Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology (Closes 9/29/23)
Yellowstone Field Instructor (Closes 10/1/23)
GA Precision Ag & Conservation Specialist (Closes 10/3/23)
VA Quail and Grassland Biologist (Closes 10/3/23)
GA Farm Bill Biologist II (Closes 10/5/23)
MO Wetland Specialist (Closes 10/6/23)
Principal Wildlife Research Biologist (Closes 10/6/23)
IL Prescribed Fire Coordinator (Closes 10/8/23)
Missoula Building and Transportation Electrification Specialist (Closes 10/10/23)
GIS Professor (Closes 10/16/23)
AR Habitat Specialist Coordinator (Closes 10/31/23)
MN Habitat Partnership Specialist (Closes 10/31/23)
Land Conservation Program Officer (Closes 11/1/23)
Outreach & Engagement Program Officer (Closes 11/1/23)
SD Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist (Closes 11/6/23)
Recreation Management Specialist - multiple (Closes 2/29/24)
Recreation Assistant (Closes 5/7/24)
Research Ecologist - Study Design Evaluation (Open until filled)
USFS Fellowships in Applied Fire and Forest Ecology (Open until filled)
Video: Presentation on USA Jobs, presented by Amber Kamps, USFS Outreach, Recruitment and Retention Program Specialist, at UM in Nov. 2017.
If you have specific questions about applying for federal jobs, you are welcome to email Amber at amberdawn.kamps@usda.gov or call (406)439-9138.
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