Environmental Sciences Land Stewardship and Conservation Major

This program was formerly called Conservation and Restoration Ecology (CARE).

Ecosystems and biodiversity are at the heart of land stewardship and conservation.

The acronym fits. As a land stewardship and conservation graduate you’ll be making a difference for plants, soils, water and wildlife. Not just for now, but for future generations.

How you’ll do it is by learning practical field skills. Enough skills you'll be able to work in the field between 1st and 2nd year.

In second year, you’ll focus on best management practices and stewardship techniques. You’ll learn how to renew, restore and or conserve anything from grasslands to forest.

Field labs, outdoor classrooms, if where you practice applied skills.  Some examples include:

• identify critical habitat requirements for plants and animals
• use environmental standards to classify wetland, forest and grassland
• assess, inventory and map disturbed and undisturbed ecosystems
• apply restoration techniques to real rural and urban landscapes
• collect field data and report per industry standards

As a graduate you’re work-force ready. You also qualify for an Alberta Institute of Agrologists or the Alberta Society of Professional Biologists designations.

Or, continue your learning. One route is Lakeland’s Bachelor of Applied Science in Environmental Management. See further study for more options