Natural Resource Ecology and Management

You might choose a career in Natural Resource Ecology & Management (NREM) if you like:

• Natural Resources
• Science
• Working Outdoors
• Nature
• Wildlife
• Fisheries
• Rangeland Ecology
• Fire Ecology

For more information about NREM

Overview Brochure (Under construction)

Degree Sheets for NREM Options:

• Fire Ecology and Management
• Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology
• Forest Management
• Forest Resource Conservation
• Natural Resource Communications
• Rangeland Ecology and Management
• Urban & Community Forestry
• Wildlife Ecology and Management

Natural Resource Ecology & Managaement  Links:

• Departmental website
• National Park Service
• Society of American Foresters

Background

The Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management at Oklahoma State University was created by combining faculty in fisheries, wildlife, forestry, and reangeland ecology and management to work more effectively on projects that concern natural resources that impact Oklahomans.

The mission of the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Mangement is to conduct  interdisciplinary research, instructin, and extension education to address the sustainable management and conservation of the fishery, forest, rangeland, and wildlife resources of Oklahoma and beyond.

Careers

• Fire

• Burn Crew Manager/Member
  Fire Ecologist
  Fire Management Officer/Specialist
  Prescribed Fire specialist
  Refuge/Preserve Manager

• Fisheries

• Aquaculturist
  Conservation Officer
  Fisheries Administrator/Program Coordinators
  Fisheries Manager
  Fisheries Researcher

• Forestry

• Forest Conservation
  Forest Products
  Forest Recreatin Manager
  Forest Resource Manager
  Nursery Manager
  Urban Forester

• Rangeland

• Field Botanist
  Range Conservationist
  Rangeland Assessment
  Rangeland Economist
  Ranch Manager
  Refuge/Preserve Manager
  Restoration Ecologist
  Watershed/Riparian Ecologist

• Wildlife

• Biological Technician
  Conservation Officer/Game Warden
  Regulatory Biologist
  Wildlife Biologist
  Wildlife Damage Manager
  Wildlife Habitat Manager
  Zoo Biologist

Employers of NREM Alumni

• Agricultural Research Service
  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  Bureau of Indian Affairs
  Department of Defense
  Educational Institutions
  Environmental Consultant Companies
  National Park Service
  Natural Resource Conservation Service
  Nongovernmental conservation Organizations
  State Game and Forestry Departments
  U.S. Bureau of Land Management
  U.S. Department of Agriculture
  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  U.S. Forest Service
  U.S. Geological Survey

Frequently Asked Questions

Current Enrollment: Approximately 60 students
Student Organizations: Society of American Foresters, Forestry Club, Society for Range Management

CASNR awards more than $400,000 each year in scholarships and the department awards scholarships as well.