Also called: Conservation Easement Specialist, Land Trust Stewardship Manager
Works with landowners to permanently protect farms, forests, and ranches from development through legal agreements.
You visit a farm family who wants to keep their land from becoming a subdivision, walk the property, explain how a conservation easement works, and coordinate appraisals and lawyers. Then you monitor protected lands every year.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in natural resources, planning, or environmental studies.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Natural Resources, Environmental Studies, Urban Planning.
Growing about average.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI drafts documents and screens parcels; negotiating with landowners and site monitoring stay human.
Classes: English, Government, Biology.
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