Are you Interested in a healthy, rewarding, outdoor career to help protect and manage wildlife resources for future generations?

A press release says the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) currently is recruiting and accepting online applications to fill an academy class of conservation agent trainees.

Successful candidates will undergo 26 weeks of intense training in all facets of law enforcement and resource management/conservation stewardship.

Upon graduation, newly-commissioned conservation agents receive a county assignment and become the face of conservation in their communities – fairly enforcing the Wildlife Code of Missouri to promote voluntary compliance and serving the public “off the beaten path.”

You can get more information on essential agent job duties, education requirements, experience and knowledge needed, required skills and abilities, physical abilities required, pay and benefits, how to apply, conditions of employment and more online at short.mdc.mo.gov/45j

To learn more about the job, contact MDC Protection Branch Major Brian Ham at (573) 751-4115, ext. 3819 or via e-mail at Brian.Ham@mdc.mo.gov.