What Forestry Is & What Foresters Do!
Forestry is no longer simply about logging trees. Foresters must be trained in ecology, wildlife management, environmental policy and regulations, and a wide variety of environmentally-related issues. Today, this new forestry must focus on the ecosystem as a whole while realizing we still need to provide a myriad of values from our forests. Such values include biodiversity, clean air, clean water, and recreation in addition to providing wood products. By properly applying ecological principles to manage our forests, we can enhance biodiversity and lessen the impact of our consumption of forests around the world.
Career Options in Forestry/Natural Resources
- Ecological restoration
- Biomass foresters
- Timber management foresters
- Water production foresters
- Resource protection
- Wildlife habitat management
- Fire management
- Urban foresters
- Computer modeling foresters
- Range management
- Research foresters
- Environmental planners
- Logging engineer
- Wilderness manager
- Park ranger
- Silviculturist
- Fisheries
- Watershed manager
- Game warden
- Outdoor interpretation
- and much much more!