1. Forest Ranger

2. North Lawndale

3. What does a Forest Ranger do?
Conservation
Recreation
Education

4. Conservation Protection and Management of Ecosystems

5. Prescribed Burns
We conduct controlled fires prevent future accidental fires
Native Illinois plants need fire to survive!!!
The fires destroy non-native plants

7. We Clean Forest Preserves

8. We Protect Animals

9. Willowbrook Wildlife Center

10. Recreation

12. Education

13. Nature hikes
Flower identification classes
Bird identification walks
Bicycle wildlife tours
Dog sledding programs
Archery
Junior Rangers program

14. Go to College!!
Environmental Science
Biology
Forestry

15. Wilderness Therapy Leader
Other Outdoor Jobs
Environmental Engineer
Marine Biologist
Interpretive Naturalist
Trail Crew
Wildlife Biologist
Zoo Keeper
Wilderness Therapy Leader
Conservation Officer

16. Salaries Zoo Keeper $25,000-$32,000 Forest Ranger $26,500 - $35,493
Conservation Officer
$35,000-$55,000
Marine Biologist
$45,000-$75,000
Wildlife Biologist
$50,000-$61,000
Environmental Engineer
$75,000-$150,000
Convert salaries to hourly:
$25,000 = $12.00/hr. $75,000 = $36.06/hr.
$35,000 = $16.83/hr. $85,000 = $40.87/hr.
$45,000 = $21.63/hr. $95,000 = $45.67/hr.
$55,000 = $26.44/hr. $105,000 = $50.48/hr.
$65,000 = $31.25/hr. $110,000 = $52.88/hr.

17. Pros: Outdoors every day! Everyday was different
I was doing what I love!
Outdoors every day!
Everyday was different
Prescribed burns
Education
Emergencies

18. Cons: Salary Very physical job Not many women
Outside every day- regardless of weather

19. Want to be a Forest Ranger?
Get good grades in school
Talk to your science teacher
Get a summer job with the park district or forest preserve in the summer
Read!!

20. 1. What is the biggest environmental issue in Chicago?
Quiz
1. What is the biggest environmental issue in Chicago?

21. Air Pollution

22. 2. What is the biggest threat to wildlife in the United States?

23. Habitat Destruction

24. 3. Name this bird!

25. Pseudemys concinna concinna
Eastern River Cooter
Pseudemys concinna concinna
Interesting Fact: This turtle has the ability to breathe underwater through a sac called the cloaca bursae which is in his tail