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Careers in Water and Aquatic Science

Picture yourself with a career in water as a park ranger

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Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science

A park ranger works to educate people about the natural environment, history, and cultural resources of a park, natural area, forest, or other area of land or property.

Park ranger water career photo showing a sea turtle release on Padre Island National Seashore with Park ranger and hatched Kemps Ridley sea turtle, an image in Texas Aquatic Science by author Rudolph Rosen Photo credit: Rudolph Rosen.

Park ranger at the Padre Island National Seashore showing visitors a newly hatched Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle. Photo credits: Rudolph Rosen

Park Rangers also work to protect and conserve the natural environment, historic buildings, geologic features, cultural resources, and anything else of importance on the site. They help visitors, create recreational opportunities, and ensure visitors do not harm any resources or species. Duties are varied and include talks and tours for visitors about history, geology, local wildlife, or ecosystem science; arts and crafts demonstrations; control of traffic and visitor use of facilities; enforcement of laws and regulations; fire prevention and control; investigation of violations and complaints; search and rescue missions; and management and protection activities related to resources such as fish, wildlife, lakeshores, seashores, forests, historic buildings, archeological sites, and recreation areas.

Park rangers work for local, regional, state, and national governments, and can also work for private organizations and corporations that conserve land and properties. Education level ranges from high school to a Master’s degree and above. Degrees can be in many areas, as park rangers’ duties cover so many areas from geology to biology, history to law enforcement, paleontology to blacksmithing, and much more.

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Texas Aquatic Science is a cooperative education project sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife, The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. Additional project support came from the Ewing Halsell Foundation and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Sport Fish Restoration Program. Rudolph Rosen, Ph.D. wrote and edited the Texas Aquatic Science textbook. Videos were produced by Randall Maxwell. Sandra Johnson, Ph.D. served as educational consultant and authored the accompanying Teacher’s Guide.

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