The Department of Natural Resources

The Department of Natural Resources

By: Nathan Bauer

Responsibilities / Duties • Monitor the wildlife population

• Enforce hunting and fishing laws

• Interact with hunters, fishers, and their staff

• Inform the people about the wildlife

Responsibilities/ Duties Cont.

• Make arrests, serve warrants, and gather evidence

• They investigate and file reports

• They issue citations and arrest• They are like the law

enforcement

Work Location • They work outside• Sometimes in offices • In there own county with

one other DNR

Pros • They providing an important

service • Enjoy working to preserve

Natural Resources • Working Outdoors

Cons• Work is really dangerous• Work Holidays • Work Weekends

Tools • Taser • Gun• Truck• Handcuffs • Ticket book• CB radio• Pepper Spray

Regulations • Watch Wildlife• Watch people Hunt • Watch people Fish • Make Boating safe • Decide Zones • The Water regulation • Enforce Snowmobiling

• Keep the Environment Safe • Operating All-terrain vehicles

Hours, Conditions, and Salary

• 40 hours a week• Weekends, weekdays,

nights, and daytime• A salary of 42,430 a year • $14.87 a hour

Pre-Requisite Knowledge • Algebra • Biology• Ecology • Natural Resources • Tech Prep

Post-Secondary Education• Need Bachelors Degree or

Associate Degree in Criminal science

• Wildlife science • Natural Resources Policy • Natural Resources

Conservation

Promotions Jobs Alike The way that

you would get this job is be a DNR for 20 to 30 years.

• Natural Resources Scientist

• Animal Scientist

The way that you would get this job would u would have to apply for it

• Police Officer• FBI Agent

Work Cited

“ Conservation Wardens.” Wiscareers. Board of Resents of the University of Wisconsin System, N.D. Web. 18 May 2011.

Wisconsin Department of

Natural Resources. Wisconsin. Gov, N.D. Web. 18 May 2011