Environmental Lobbyists

Most environmental lobbyists work for not-for-profit organizations, and they often have limited staff and even more limited budgets. Due to these limitations, environmental lobbyists usually combine highly professional skills, such as scientific or legal expertise, with clerical capabilities. In other words, environmental lobbyists must be willing to stuff envelopes as well as meet with senators.

Environmental lobbyists often face frustrating setbacks. Measures they support can take years to work their way through Congress. Along the way, they can be altered and weakened almost beyond recognition. This can be stressful and disappointing, but environmental lobbyists must be able to put these feelings aside and move on to the next challenge.