Develop plans to manage natural or renewable resources.

Develop plans to manage natural or renewable resources. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 11 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Develop plans for managing or preserving natural resources. in Thinking Creatively .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 11 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 8 (73%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Implement soil or water management techniques, such as nutrient management, erosion control, buffers, or filter strips, in accordance with conservation plans. · Conservation Scientists · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land. · Range Managers · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Develop natural resource management plans, using knowledge of environmental planning or state and federal environmental regulatory requirements. · Environmental Restoration Planners · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Maintain soil stability and vegetation for non-grazing uses, such as wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation. · Range Managers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Prepare plans for management of renewable resources. · Biologists · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Establish short- and long-term plans for management of forest lands and forest resources. · Foresters · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Plan cutting programs and manage timber sales from harvested areas, assisting companies to achieve production goals. · Foresters · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Develop strategies for more environmentally friendly resource extraction and reclamation. · Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Prepare plans to manage renewable resources. · Industrial Ecologists · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Plan and supervise forestry projects, such as determining the type, number and placement of trees to be planted, managing tree nurseries, thinning forest and monitoring growth of new seedlings. · Foresters · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Develop programs designed to obtain the most productive, non-damaging use of land. · Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health · importance 2.9 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Conservation Scientists
• Environmental Restoration Planners
• Biologists
• Foresters
• Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-develop-plans-to-manage-natural-or-renewable-resources,
  title  = {Develop plans to manage natural or renewable resources.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/develop-plans-to-manage-natural-or-renewable-resources}
}