Postgraduate Careers


Graduates of the Cultural and Environmental Resourcse Management Program have built careers in the following organizations and disciplines:

  • Various private consultants:
    - Consulting Archaeologist
    - Program Manager
    - Environmental Scientist
  • Various non-governmental organizations:
    - Operations Director
    - Habitat Program Manager
  • Various city governments:
    - Planner
    - GIS manager
  • Various county governments:
    - GIS Manager
    - Land Use Planner
    - Transit Planner
  • Various Indian Tribes (e.g., Yakama Nation):
    - Fisheries Manager
    - Historic Preservation Officer
    - GIS Analyst
  • Various public utility districts (e.g., Grant County Public Utility District):
    - Archaeologist
    - Wildlife Biologist
    - GIS Analyst
    - Fisheries Biologist
    - Recreation Manager
    - Planner
  • Various irrigation/conservation districts (e.g., Kittitas County):
    - GIS Analyst
    - Resource Manager
  • Various universities:
    - Scientific Instructional Technician
    - Professor
  • Washington State Department of Ecology:
    - Water Resource Manager
    - Regulatory Analyst
  • Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife:- Biologist
    - Planner
  • Washington State Department of Health:
    - Research investigator
  • Washington State Department of Natural Resources:
    - Forester
    - Resource Manager
  • Washington State Department of Transportation:
    - Environmental GIS/Data Systems Manager
    - Environmental Coordinator
    - NEPA Planner
    - Transportation Planning Specialist
    - Project Coordinator
  • Washington State Parks & Recreation Commission:
    - Interpretive Program Manager
    - Interpretive Ranger
  • Washington State University Cooperative Extension:
    - Forest Stewardship Educator
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:- GIS/Environmental technician
    - Project Manager
  • U.S. Army–Yakima Training Center:- Range and Training Land Coordinator
    - GIS Analyst
    - Environmental Management System and Sustainability Coordinator
  • U.S. Bureau of Land Management:
    - Archeologist
    - Resource Manager
  • U.S. Bureau of Reclamation:- Historian
    - Anthropologist
    - Social scientist
  • U.S. Department of Inspections:
    - GIS Technician
  • U.S Environmental Protection Agency:
    - Air & Radiation Manager
    - Anthropologist
    - Social scientist
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service:
    - GIS analyst
    - Ecologist
    - Anthropologist
  • U.S. Forest Service:
    - Archaeologist
    - GIS analyst
  • U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
    - Forest Technology Manager
    - Social Scientist
    - Anthropologist
  • U.S. National Park Service:
    - Archaeologist
    - Interpretative Ranger
    - Park Ranger
    - Ethnographer
    - Cultural/Regional Anthropologist

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