1. What is forestry?
Forestry is the management of forests as to receive the
maximum amount of forestry products and services. Management of forests refers
to the protection of trees, production of timber, or provision and care of
wildlife habitats. Foresters deal with the trees that become a part of logging,
manufacturing, or marketing. Forestry is basically, the protection of forests
in a nation because of their overall importance.
2. Are there a lot of forestry-related jobs?
“Forests and Forestry” shows that as the years have passed,
the demand for foresters has risen. Forestry education began around the start
of the 1900’s and has raised awareness for the care of America’s forests. People
have come to the realization that we need to appreciate America’s forests and
recognize them as an important natural resource. “…prosperous nations are those
which have productive forests.” (Anderson and Holland).
3. Is a lot of time spent working in this field outside, and
how much time is spent behind a desk?
This is dependent on the job chosen on the career path to
forestry, but I would assume that those dealing with the management of logging
would acquire work in the field. Loggers cutting trees will need to be
appointed exactly what needs to be done and that is where a forester comes in.
The assessment of the forest as a whole and the determination of which trees
need to be cut is the important job of a forester.
4. Where are most of the forestry jobs in the United States?
All over, there are forestry jobs in big cities in America:
wherever there are trees. There are Federal Forestry jobs, which manage
national forests, and State Forestry jobs, which handle state and private forests.
5. What are the work hours for a typical forester, like 9 to
5?
This is dependent on the organization someone is working
for. Mostly standard hours because of the majority of work is preformed outside
and cannot be done in the dark.
6. What are the most common and least common types of
forestry jobs?
General forest management jobs are the most common types of
forestry jobs and very specialized jobs aren’t seen very often. Although urban forestry, a specialized brand
of forestry, is important as a lot of landowner’s forests reside in
metropolitan areas.
7. What is the average salary for a forester and what are
some benefits, (company car)?
8. How do I find a job in this field?
Having a well-rounded education in forest management leads
to jobs. Future employees don’t have to specialize too much in this field and
find work with a broad knowledge of America’s forests.
9. Would I have to move out of Michigan for a starting
position for forestry?
Michigan is well known for the amount of Forests it has and
the book refers to forestry jobs being found across the nation. Everywhere
there are trees there are forestry jobs.
10. What is a good choice for a summer job or internship
that could lead into a fulltime forestry job?
I feel like using a book was helpful in answering the broad
questions that I had about my career choice. Any general knowledge forestry
questions could be found in the book under its brief description of a forestry
job. The specific questions made it difficult to find a specific answer in an
introductory type book. Most of the answers could vary depending on the type of
forestry job I will end up with. The book I used was printed in 1982 so it was
ineffective in answering any recent questions I had. Overall the book was a
good start on my research and the questions I have left can easily be found
with some Internet research.
Works Cited:
Anderson and
Holland. Forests and Forestry. Danville: The Interstate Printers &
Publishers, Inc., 1982. Print.
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