Title: Careers in forestry
Identifier: careersinforestr249unit_0 (find matches)
Year: 1945 (1940s)
Authors: United States. Forest Service
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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F-420862 Figure 8.—Lumber company forester tracing a land-ownership map. Foresters in pri- vate industry—like those working for public agencies—handle a wide variety of duties. All of these movements point to new opportunities for employment in private industrial forestry. Forest Products Industries Until recently, most of the industrial concerns employing graduates of forestry schools have used them mainly in logging engineering and allied work. Before World War II only about 1,000 foresters were em- ployed by the forest products industries in forest-land management. As forestry practice is expanded and intensified on industrial holdings, private industry should employ several times this number. The forester who enters the lumber or other forest products indus- tries may be required to estimate standing timber, appraise stumpage, determine the best methods of cutting, estimate future growth, lay out logging roads or railroads, reduce waste, increase utilization, or partici- pate in actual logging and milling operations. Experience for such work often must be gained by entering the business at the bottom and learning its practical and administrative details in a long and exact- ing apprenticeship. Many foresters find opportunities in this field, with possibilities of advancement to important managerial positions. There is a growing field for specialization in industrial forestry. Some of the large operators conduct reforestation activities and other silvicultural work on their cut-over lands. Many operators or associa- tions maintain their own fire-control organizations. Industrial forest research is increasing, particularly in wood utilization. The growing use of wood in all sorts of products, as in the manufacture of plywoods, 19

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