There are internship programs which college students participate in. This may be something you can get involved in. Also, many of the conservation wardens working today, while in college, worked their summers at state parks as park rangers. Others worked with conservation wardens as special conservation wardens, which gave them the experience they needed to become a warden. A warden s work schedule varies from season to season.
Wardens work weekends and holidays because that is when people are out enjoying natural resources.
Most wardens are scheduled to work a 40-hour week. But it s not unusual for a warden to work an 8-hour day, then later that same day have to respond to a call of a spill or illegal hunting or fishing activity. Because of this, some wardens might work up to 400 hours of overtime a year. Wardens are on call 24 hours a day, they have answering machines in their office to answer calls when they re out in the field. I hope the above information has sparked your interest in considering a career with the Department of Natural Resources as a conservation warden.