Agriculture/Natural Resources/Environmental Studies - Career Development Links
We are happy to offer these additional links to job search, professional development, trade association, and other sites relevant to your profession. If you encounter a broken link, or would like to suggest a site that isn't listed, please email ylevy@mail.sdsu.edu.
SDSU Environmental Studies and Sustainability major
Natural Resources and Environmental Geography concentration
Job Search Sites
- Conservation Job Board
- ForFarmers.com -
- ASABE Career Center - American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
- US Forest Service Jobs
- Student Employment - from the California State Personnel Board, the HR department of the State of California. Click on "Current posted vacancies" for each of the categories to see openings.
- Career opportunities from the AAEA - Worldwide
- ASLA Joblink
- 50 Careers in Trees - From The Tree Foundation of Kern (County, Central California)
- Botanical Society of America Career Opportunities
- Fish & Wildlife Service Division of Human Capital - information about the different positions available with the FWS, part of the US Dept. of the Interior. Applications must go through USAJobs.
- SAF Career Center
- Careers & Placement - from the American Phytopathological Society (APS)
- Career Center - from the Institute of Food Technologists
- Veterinary Jobs & Resources - from the AVMA
Professional Organizations/Information Sites
- Best of the Web: Agriculture Science lists agricultural science sites, including sites covering the science of forestry, agronomy, horticulture and sustainabe agriculture.
- ForFarmers.com - Online marketplace for equipment, livestock, realestate, jobs, farm-related products and services.
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) - An educational and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems.
- US Forest Service - An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres.
- Careers in Agriculture -General job duties, educational background, and areas of interest for a wide variety of agriculture-related careers, from the Florida Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
- California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) - A not-for-profit association serving the professional interests of members working in agricultural and broadly related fields of applied economics.
- National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) - The nation's largest professional association for professionals in marketing and agribusiness.
- American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) - The national professional association for landscape architects.
- The Tree Foundation of Kern - The Tree Foundation of Kern is a small local nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of sustainable urban and community forestry. Our mission is to inspire people to enhance their neighborhoods by planting and properly caring for trees.
- National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) - A federation of state agricultural educators associations with more than 7,650 members. Currently NAAE is focusing on three areas - advocacy for agricultural education, professional development for agricultural educators, and recruitment and retention of current ag educators.
- Botanical Society of America (BSA) - A not-for-profit membership society whose mission is to: promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere. Careers in Botany: BSA members talk about their jobs.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - A bureau within the Department of the Interior. Our mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
- Society of American Foresters - The national scientific and educational organization representing the forestry profession in the United States.
- American Phytopathological Society (APS) - The premier society dedicated to high-quality, innovative plant pathology research.
- Institute of Food Technologists - A nonprofit scientific society with 18,000 members working in food science, food technology, and related professions in industry, academia, and government.
- American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) - A not-for-profit association representing more than 80,000 veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook entries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (US Dept. of Labor)