Managing recreation opportunities today while protecting our natural resources for tomorrow. Would you like to be a park or wilderness ranger in the soaring peaks of the Rocky Mountains or Sierra Nevada How would it feel to live and work surrounded by the red and orange of the Utah canyonlands Natural Resources Recreation focuses on managing and providing satisfying outdoor recreation opportunities for today, while protecting our natural resources for tomorrow. Recreation students learn to balance the needs of complex ecosystems with the effects outdoor recreation has on these natural systems. Recreation managers plan and implement programs on behalf of some of the country's most scenic areas. For example, as a recreation planner at Yosemite National Park, you may develop a plan to balance the park's intense recreational use with protection of resources, and help determine which recreation activities are appropriate in the park. As a recreation manager with the U.S. Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management, you might be responsible for managing recreational use of a Wild and Scenic River, including making decisions about how to minimize the impacts of river recreation.