Every office of every local, state, and federal environmental agency requires specialists in environmental practice. Any sizable environmentally-related non-governmental agency and consulting firm, and many industries and legislative staffs, also require such specialists. Often these individuals are drawn from other professions, such as engineering, law, and management or from other individual disciplines. Individuals with a broader intellectual preparation for management and policy careers would have a great advantage, particularly when combined with scientific or technical undergraduate or graduate backgrounds.
California, especially the Sacramento area, is replete with opportunities for environmental policy and practice specialists in government agencies, NGOs, and firms. The nearby Bay Area also has many such opportunities, as does the more distant southern California market and the growing southern Central Valley.
A sampling includes:
Finally, there will also be professional opportunities in the many environmental consulting firms operating within California. A significant market for graduates in environmental policy and practice is worldwide, with many UC Davis graduates working in Washington, DC or overseas. Our environmental institutes have significantly increased their international collaborations in the past five years, enhancing demand for our graduates from outside the United States.
