About the Program
As a Conservation Law Enforcement student at UMFK, you’ll benefit from faculty who have worked in the field and from a program that emphasizes hands-on learning! You will learn the necessary skills to be career-ready.
Potential employers include:
- Maine Warden Service
- Maine Forest Rangers
- National Park Service
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Maine Department of Conservation
- Fish & Game
- Bureau of Land Management
- Department of Homeland Security
- Bureau of Parks and Lands
- Maine State Police
- Local Police Departments (various)
Graduates have careers as:
- Game Warden
- Forest Ranger
- Conservation Law Officer
- Marine Patrol
- State Trooper
- Sheriff Deputy
- Police Officer
- Border Patrol Agent
- Customs and Border Officer
- Forester and Forestry Technician
Career Outlook and Earning Potential
Bureau of Labor Statistics – Potential Occupations and Employment Outlook
| Job Code | Job Title |
|---|---|
| 33-1012.00 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives |
| 33-1011.00 | First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers |
| 33-3021.01 | Police Detectives |
| 33-3021.03 | Criminal Investigators and Special Agents |
| 33-3051.01 | Police Patrol Officers |
| 33-3051.03 | Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs |
| 33-3031.00 | Fish and Game Wardens |
| 19-1031.02 | Range Managers |
| 19-1023.00 | Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists |
| 43-5031.00 | Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers |
| 33-9032.00 | Security Guards |
| 33-3021.03 | Criminal Investigators and Special Agents |
Program Requirements
- BIO 204: Zoology
- BIO 356: Vertebrate Biology
- BIO 412: Mamalogy
- CLE 100: Introduction to Conservation Law Enforcement
- CLE 398: Conservation Law Enforcement Internship OR
CLE 420: Conservation Law Enforcement Capstone - CRJ 101: Introduction to Criminal Law
- CRJ 200: Introduction to Firearms
- CRJ 210: Introduction to Defensive Tactics
- CRJ 230: Wilderness First Aid
- CRJ 260: Police Procedures
- CRJ 313: Wildlife Forensics
- CRJ 314: Principles of Investigations
- CRJ 317: Forensics of Death Investigations
- CRJ 318: Constitutional Law
- CRJ 319: Interviewing Concepts in Modern Policing
- CRJ 326: Introduction to Forensic Science
- CRJ 346 Environmental Law
- CRJ 419: Case Preparation & Resolution
- ENV 302: Wildlife Conservation & Management
- ENV 333: Fisheries Science
- ENV 334: Wildlife Science
- ENV 354: Wildlife Habitat Interactions
- GEO 103: Global Positioning Systems
- PHE 110: Fitness, Sport, and Health
Violette Wilderness Camp
Among the facilities students have access to
3.5 million acres
North Maine Woods
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
An example of where our graduates work today
Conservation Law Enforcement Spotlight
Meet the faculty and alumni who make this program so successful.
