Also called: Forest Research Ecologist
Studies how forests grow, burn, recover, and respond to climate change.
Measures tree plots that have been tracked for 50 years, samples soil after a wildfire, and models how forests will shift as the climate warms.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's or PhD in forest ecology.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Biology, Ecology, Environmental Science.
Growing about average. Tracks BLS biological scientists.
Low risk for 10 years. Lidar and satellites map forests, but measuring plots and sampling after fires stay field work.
Classes: AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, Earth science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1029.
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