Also called: Conservation Planner, Natural Resources Conservationist
Helps farmers and ranchers protect soil and water using conservation practices, often with federal funding.
You visit a farm with gullies forming in its fields, design terraces and cover crops to stop erosion, and help the farmer apply for USDA cost-share money. It's part science, part engineering, part kitchen-table diplomacy.
Conservation scientists; federal GS scale.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in soil science, agronomy, or natural resources.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Soil Science, Agronomy, Natural Resources.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Conservation scientists and foresters.
Low risk for 10 years. GIS and AI help plan practices; on-farm planning and earning farmers' trust stay human.
Classes: Earth science, Agriculture science, Biology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1031.
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