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Colt
Georgian Swamp Survivor

Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 208 Location: Maryland USA |
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well, its that time to start thinking of college and a career. I would love to do something that have to do with the outdoors. Anyone have any suggestions? Im having trouble finding stuff.
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| Mon May 12, 2008 9:00 am |
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NorthernHunter
Northern Alberta Survivor

Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 746 Location: Alberta, Canada |
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how about a biologist,fish and wildlife officer or a forestry guy,military, if your skills are good enough you can be a survivalist teacher,
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| Mon May 12, 2008 10:25 am |
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Colt
Georgian Swamp Survivor

Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 208 Location: Maryland USA |
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Ive been looking at park rangers. Does anyone know what they make in a year? I cant find any of that kind of information anywhere.
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| Thu May 15, 2008 12:53 pm |
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Mystik Spiral
Survival Scholar

Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 1490 Location: Green Bay, WI |
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 |  | Ive been looking at park rangers. Does anyone know what they make in a year? I cant find any of that kind of information anywhere. |
We studied that in my class. For wisconsin the starting salary is $19.50 an hour, and there's overtime too. 
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| Thu May 15, 2008 1:55 pm |
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Drummer Dave
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Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 4399 Location: B.C West Coast, Canada |
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> Park Warden < that was my dream job ...... but Noooooo, im a finishing carpenter Blah to that. 
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Canadian To The Core
Carry Less by Knowing More
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| Thu May 15, 2008 2:10 pm |
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BushRat
Saugeen Survivor

Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 1002 Location: Toronto |
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Les started out as a garbage collector, but there's got to be some way of skipping past that. 
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| Thu May 15, 2008 3:30 pm |
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NorthernHunter
Northern Alberta Survivor

Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 746 Location: Alberta, Canada |
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 |  |  |  | Ive been looking at park rangers. Does anyone know what they make in a year? I cant find any of that kind of information anywhere. |
We studied that in my class. For wisconsin the starting salary is $19.50 an hour, and there's overtime too.  |
dude that sucks to be a park warden there i make 23 an hour lol
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| Thu May 15, 2008 5:45 pm |
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Drummer Dave
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Joined: 22 Sep 2006 Posts: 4399 Location: B.C West Coast, Canada |
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^ Are you a PArk Warden Bill ?? 
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| Thu May 15, 2008 10:20 pm |
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Brian
Equador Jungle Survivor

Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 670 Location: Spencerport, New York |
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Pay depends highly on area and level, state vs federal, etc. I am not trying to discourage anyone, but remember that you spend just as much time behind a desk doing paperwork as you do actually in the field. I wanted to be a park ranger for awhile, but when you strip away the, for lack of a better word, romanticized belief about what it is like, it wasn't what I was looking for. I still have hopes of working at a survival school teaching children, but I am getting a degree and learning to be an electrician as a back up and to give me a way to pay off college loans hopefully quickly. Good luck with whatever you decide.
ps...make sure it isnt going to ruin the woods for you, you love spending all your time in them, but would it be the same if you had to for a job? Just a thought
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Survivor Kid 909
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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1837 Location: Iowa |
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 |  | Ive been looking at park rangers. Does anyone know what they make in a year? I cant find any of that kind of information anywhere. | Informational make around 23,000, Park Cops if you will, make around 46,000. Thats just what the average stats where last time I looked. I really want to hear peoples ideas on this too. I wanted to be a park ranger but I've heard lots of bad things about it, anyone have any ideas?
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Brian
Equador Jungle Survivor

Joined: 02 Jun 2007 Posts: 670 Location: Spencerport, New York |
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 |  |  |  | Ive been looking at park rangers. Does anyone know what they make in a year? I cant find any of that kind of information anywhere. | Informational make around 23,000, Park Cops if you will, make around 46,000. Thats just what the average stats where last time I looked. I really want to hear peoples ideas on this too. I wanted to be a park ranger but I've heard lots of bad things about it, anyone have any ideas? | Yeah get rich and buy a lot of land, then you can manage it however you see fit 
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