Natural Resources - Gogebic Community College

Natural Resources from Gogebic Community College is a Campus Associate Natural Resources degree that prepares you for a Science career. Nature of the Work Forests and rangelands serve a variety of needs from supplying wood producs, livestock forage, minerals, and water, to serving as sites for recreational activities and providing habitats for wildlife. Foresters and conservationists manage, develop, use, and help protect these and other natural resources . Employment Foresters and conservationists held about 41,000 jobs in 1994. About 12,000 of the salaried workers were in the Federal Government. Another 24% worked for state governments, and 7% worked in local governments. The remainder worked in private industry, mainly in the forestry industry. Other significant employers included logging and lumber companies and sawmills. Job Outlook Employment of foresters working for the Federal Government is expected to grow as fast as the average for all occupations through the year 2005. Demand will continue to increase at the state and local levels because of the increasing need to do environmental impact studies and assist in regional planning commissions on land use decisions. Most graduates entering employment with the Federal Government as foresters, range managers, or soil conservationists with a bachelor's degree started at $18,700 or $23,200 a year, depending upon academic achievment. In 1995, the average federal salary for foresters in nonsupervisory, supervisory, and managerial positions was $44,700, for soil conservationists $42,220, and for forest products technologists $58,680. View more details on Gogebic Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Natural Resources courses.