How Do You Become A Wildlife Manager?
Although your love of nature probably steered you toward a career working with wildlife, you will also need an education to become a wildlife manager. Working in the wildlife and forestry department will be work–lots of hard work–even if you love the outdoors and animals. Wildlife management jobs can be found within wildlife and forestry departments, at zoos and at ecological and conservation agencies. Related jobs can be found with museums. Step 1 Finish high school. If you are still in high school, take all the advanced math and science courses available. Biology and chemistry are both highly useful in wildlife and forestry careers. While biology may seem obvious, often wildlife management issues deal with water sources, including contaminants and pollutants, so a knowledge of chemistry will be useful. And because wildlife managers may be called upon to speak to the public, having good communication skills helps, so consider public speaking classes. If your high school has an FFA o
