Natural Resource Recreation (NRR) prepares students  to be highly skilled managers, planners, and educators that can meet the varied demands for nature-based recreation while still protecting recreation lands. Students learn the skills to manage and protect the land, water, wildlife, forests, and other natural systems as well as the recreation experience of solitude, freedom, companionship, and excitement these settings generate. The curriculum emphasizes ecological and natural sciences as well as planning, tourism, psychology, and social sciences. An intense field experience course takes students and faculty to visit working professionals at federal, state, local, nonprofit, and commercial sites. Trips are taken to areas such as Cumberland Island National Seashore, the Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Rocky Mountain National Park, and to the national parks and forests of New Mexico.

Careers
Graduates pursue professional careers in public agencies and nongovernmental organizations managing recreation opportunities and natural resources, including protecting sensitive environments. Others work in environmental education, ecotourism, or as outfitters and outdoor recreation guides.