Also called: Tribal Game Warden
Enforces hunting, fishing, and natural resource laws on tribal lands.
Tribal conservation officers protect treaty fishing and hunting rights, monitor salmon runs or bison herds, and patrol tribal forests and rivers. They work for tribal nations and often partner with state wardens.
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 or experience; law enforcement training.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Natural Resources, American Indian Studies, Wildlife Biology.
Growing slowly.
Low risk for 10 years. Sensors count fish and track herds; protecting treaty rights and patrolling tribal lands stay human.
Classes: Biology, Native studies or language, AP Environmental Science, PE / fitness.
Official data: O*NET occupation 33-3031.
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