General Links & Outdoor Careers

General Links

Banff Mountain Festivals & Culture
Promoting understanding and appreciation of the world’s mountain places by creating opportunities for people to share and find inspiration in mountain experiences, ideas and challenges.

GORP: Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
Pro: A well established adventure and outdoor related site. Lots of in-depth features and globe-trekking travel ideas. Con: excessive advertising.

National Geographic Society
Their mission: to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world’s cultural, historical, and natural resources.

Nature of the Northwest
An information center for nature and recreation in Oregon and Washington.

Outdoor Careers

OutdoorEd.com
A site geared toward the professional outdoors person. A wealth of information along with current outdoor job listings.

Princeton University OA Guide to Outdoor Careers
Princeton’s well respected outdoor program. Have a love for the outdoors? Here are some ways to make a career of it.

The Student Conservation Association
SCA members help to protect vital habitats, threatened wildlife, and other at-risk resources in our nation’s parks, forests and urban green spaces.

UO Outdoor Pursuits Program
This UO program offers a comprehensive selection of courses for academic credit, and has a highly respected Outdoor Leadership Training Program.

Peace Corps
Serving in the PC will earn you federal job points, giving you a leg up when applying for a federal job

Federal Jobs
Apply for BLM, NPS, USFWS, USFS, USGS, EPA, etc...