>>849194I studied a Bachelor of Science, went onto do my honours with a professor who focuses on field based research. I also applied for lots of internships and took one over summer before my honours, the pay barely paid my weekly rent. However I made lots of connections and gained lots of skills and thats the research group I work for now.
- Find out who at your institution does field based research that you enjoy, go have a chat to them about where you'd like to end up/ what interests you/ what they recommend
- Apply for internships even if they're unpaid. You need skills, you need connections, you need to put yourself above of all the other graduates
- do some kind of research project at the end of your undergrad. Masters/ Honours
From there you can either go down academia path into a PhD or potentially find work as a research assistant/ state researcher.
If research is what you want to do too, then don't chase money. Chase your passion and the money will come
It really is all about skills, connections and a whole lot of luck.
>>849461Yeah. Go have a chat to the rangers. When they see you're a nice, regular person they will no doubt let you, and just discuss areas to avoid and to just be respectful and any rules they may want you to follow. Again, the problems caused by camping off trail (whether amenities, aesthetics, saftey, or ecological in nature like soil erosion, weed invasion, and effects on community structure) vary a lot not only from park to park, but also within parks themselves.
If theres a park you visit a lot anyway, its kind of good to get to know the rangers
