Forester

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For other uses, see Forester (disambiguation).
Valdivian forests of San Pablo de Tregua, Chile
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A forester is a person who practises

protected areas. Foresters manage forests to provide a variety of objectives including direct extraction of raw material, outdoor recreation, conservation, hunting and aesthetics. Emerging management practices include managing forestlands for biodiversity, carbon sequestration
and air quality.

Many people confuse the role of the forester with that of the

sustainable management of forests. The forester Jack C. Westoby remarked that "forestry is concerned not with trees, but with how trees can serve people".[1]

Career

United States

U.S. Forest Service
Regional Forester in the Pacific Northwest Region

The median salary of foresters in the United States was $53,750, in 2008.[2] Beginning foresters without bachelor's degrees make considerably less. Those with master's degrees are able to command salaries closer to the average. The Council for Higher Education Accreditation considers the Society of American Foresters as the principal accreditor for academic degree programs in professional forestry, both at a Bachelor's and Master's level.[3]

Usually a bachelor's degree is considered the minimum education required, but some individuals are able to secure a job without a college education based on their experience. Some states have a licensing requirement for foresters, and most of those require at least a four-year degree.

Foresters are often employed by private industry, federal and state land management agencies, or private consulting firms.[4]

Medieval foresters

Forester was a title used widely during

posses
to capture or disperse the criminals and during war time foresters were used as scouts to spy on enemy troop movement. The pay and status of foresters was usually above average,[5] reflecting the responsibility of their role in a medieval environment and economy.

Notable foresters

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0631171436
    . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ [1] Archived November 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ACCREDITATION" (PDF). www.chea.org. 2015.
  4. ^ "Choose forestry" (PDF). Society of American Foresters. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  5. ^ "Medieval Occupations". Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  6. ^ Leslie, Alf. 1989. "Obituary: Jack C. Westoby, C.M.G., 1913-1988," New Zealand Forestry, August, p.28. Accessed: May 7, 2012.

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