What is the NRWT Program?

You can be a part of state, national, and private sector efforts to conserve and manage dwindling resources like wildlife, fisheries, forests, soils, and water. You can make a significant difference by choosing a career that involves managing natural resources. Garrett College's Natural Resources and Wildlife Technology Program provides education and state-of-the-art technical training in many natural resources management fields.

The NRWT Program emphasizes experience in practical settings in the field as well as in the classroom. This makes our graduates especially attractive to employers. The NRWT Program is also unique because several of the specialized NRWT courses offered are taught by professors who are also natural resources managers employed by State Natural Resources Agencies (see adjunct professor biographies hyperlinks below). This provides students excellent training opportunities that are based on actual practices in the "real world".

Students can also develop personal contacts with professionals in the field. This is invaluable for developing your career! In addition, professors within the program have secured several grants and can provide students with training and summer employment opportunities in a wide variety of fields such as wetland monitoring and restoration and capture, banding, and monitoring of migratory northern saw-whet owls. These grants are funded by a variety of private and governmental entities, including the state of Maryland's Department of Natural Resources and the Maryland Environmental Trust Fund (see hyperlinks below). The program also works closely with The Nature Conservancy, a highly successful and respected nonprofit environmental organization. Join our program and get on the job training using the latest technology and earn college credit in the Natural Resources and Wildlife Technology Program.

For more information about the Natural Resources and Wildlife Technology Program at Garrett College call our admissions office at (301) 387-3010 or contact any of our faculty members.