Life Of A DNR

There is a lot to know about the life of a DNR. They have a lifestyle that is hard to find in any other type of jobs. There day is different each day, they also have a lot of work to do though. A lot of people have no idea what a DNR is or even what they do.
The reason i have choose this topic is because there is a lot of information to learn about a DNR. Also I am having a job shadow with a DNR so there is already a lot of previous knowledge to be told about one. I have wanted to be one since i was a kid and ever since i started to want to be one i realized that it is possible.
They have a lot of different jobs that they are in charge of. They also have a lot of power. Unlike a police officer that has to have a warrant to search a person

and their belongings a DNR has the power to just go in that person's car/house without a warrant. Mostly they are in charge of making sure that people have their proper hunting and fishing licenses/permits. Each year you have to renew your license so that you are up to date with the laws.
Other tasks of a DNR include enforcing the laws related to hunting and fishing, trapping, navigation, snowmobiling and all-terrain vehicles. They investigate incidents involving outdoor recreation. Another one of their jobs is that they inspect game breeders, taxidermists , bait dealers and any other commercial users.
They educate adults and children through their hunter education, outdoor skill workshops and other outside courses. They also communicate with schools and community groups through public programs. Also with media including the television , newspaper and the radio shows. Another job that they do is go to different lakes with trucks to have fish releases to help keep a large flow of fish in a pond/lake.
A DNR has to have a lot of experience. They have to be able to drive a car , truck , boat and possibly a plane. When they are on duty, they also have handcuffs , a taser and a gun. They can also pull cars over just like a regular police. In the scott county area a typical DNR works from about 7a.m to 5p.m. As a park ranger you have to make sure that everyone that is camping is paying for their nightly staying fees.
The only thing that i would not like about being a DNR is the fact of the weather conditions.

It does not matter really how cold or hot it is outside, you still have to go to work. Unless there is a severe threat, then they still have to go to work. When you enter as a DNR your entry wage is about $23 an hour and about $50,000 a year. An experienced DNR makes about $33 an hour and about $70,000 a year.
You have to have a lot of education to become a DNR. According to the State Career Cluster you have to have a college degree in environmental resources, natural resources, park management and recreation management. College programs in this field take about 2 to 4 years to complete and leads to an associate's or bachelor's degree. You also have to pass most police training considering that you carry everything that the police do.
There are also some qualifications that you should have when you become a DNR. You have to be interested in the environment and nature concerns. You have to be able to handle heavy workloads. Leadership skills are important for you to have. It is good if you are able to talk fine in front of groups of people. You can get good work experience by working in a state park. Also doing outside volunteer work for environmental areas is a good skill to

have.
When you get a job as a DNR you get a vehicle that they let you drive. It will usually be a truck that you are driving around. If you are a person that is just driving around and that is it then you usually get a car to drive around. If you are doing work though then you will be driving in a truck that is there for you. Sometimes you will be driving in a boat so you will have to have a boat license. They drive around on the river and stop boats to make sure they have all of their proper paperwork.
As a DNR you are responsible for the people that are staying at a campground.

If someone is hurt then if they can not help then they have vehicles that can take you to a hospital. If there is anything against the rules that is going on in the campground then they are the people that are gonna respond to the problem. They do not have to have permission from a police officer to make an arrest.
They have a lot of responsibility, that is why they work a lot. They must get a certain amount of work done a day. They need a whole lot of education and training. A DNR must go through a lot of research and have a lot of time put into what they do. You will have to do a lot of work before actually becoming a DNR. You also have to have a lot of outside experience with the nature.
Most of my information came from previous research that i have done. A lot of it came from the previous powerpoints that i have made for becoming a DNR. I already knew a lot of the information that i put into this paper considering that i have wanted to become one since i have been a child. One of the websites that i used in my power point is called State Career

Clusters.