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An Exciting Outdoors Career:
College Programs in Forestry and Forest Management
by Elizabeth Buckner
A career in forestry or forest management offers the opportunity to combine the excitement of an outdoor career with a management-oriented career. A college program in forestry or forest management can give you the training you need to enter this exciting profession!
A Career in Forest Management
Foresters work for both government and private industry and manage and protect the forests. Their duties include supervising the planting and growth of trees, conducting forest inventories and selecting sites for controlled burning.
Job Outlook and Earnings for Foresters
Although 1 in 3 foresters is employed by the Federal government, most employment growth over the next decade is expected to come from consulting in the private sector. The median annual earnings of foresters in 2004 were $48,230 and the middle 50 percent earned between $37,260 and $60,500.
Get the Training You Need: Programs in Forestry or Forest Management
There are 48 accredited forestry and forest management programs throughout the country. College programs in forestry and forest resources management have four basic components: ecology and biology, measurement of forest resources, management of forest resources, and public policy. College programs in forestry or forest management increasingly include a fieldwork component as well.
So what are you waiting for? A college program in forestry and forest management could be the ticket you need to a career in forestry!
Sources
Conservation Scientists and Foresters, BLS
About the Author
Elizabeth Buckner is a freelance writer and current Fulbright grantee to Morocco, where she is conducting research on language education and the growth of English. She holds a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology and Education from Swarthmore College.
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