BLM Outdoor Recreation Planners work with public land visitors in multiple settings. Outdoor Recreation Planners may manage off-road vehicle areas, white-water boating locations, wild caves, National Trails, Wilderness Areas, or developed campgrounds. They may be responsible for long-range plan development and implementation or visitor use tracking in one or more outdoor settings. In all settings, the work requires applied knowledge of economics, sociology, and other social sciences as well as the practices of natural resource conservation.

 

 

 

Related Studies:

 

• Recreation

• Natural Resources Management

• Sociology

• Park Management

 

A college degree is preferred, but not mandatory.

 

Applicants who qualify on the basis of graduate work must have one or more courses in outdoor recreation.

 

Consideration is also given to persons with experience or training in visitor services or as a park technician.