Job Descriptions

1. Forester
A foresters main concern is the care for the land and sustains the long-term health of forests. The career of the forester often conjures images of rugged individualists clad in khaki uniforms enjoying life in the great outdoors unfettered by the traffic and hassles of urban life.
For many foresters, it is a job that keeps them in touch with the outdoors as they work in the field in a variety of specialties, from hydrology to wildlife management, to ensure the future of public forests. Once heavily focused on timber management, the role of the forester is shifting to ecosystem management as the logging industry continues to scale down. Working with others in the fields of recreation, wildlife, fish and game and watershed management, they incorporate their input and feedback into environmental analysis for proposed timber sale projects. The job gives them a chance to work with the public and numerous...