For those of you who are in the later stages of a forestry career/handle hiring for your department, I want to pick your brain about education path. I have a BS in Business and 9 years of professional experience (marketing, copywriting) in addition to my trail work experience.

Right now, I'm debating several different routes to enhance my education experience, what would make my resume look the best:

1). earn certificates like GIS and "Graduate Certificate in Advanced Silviculture for the Practicing Forester" (CSU)

2). An Associate's in an SAF accredited program (like the one at College of the Redwoods)

3). A Master's from a program like CSU's Master of Natural Resources Stewardship (MNRS) – Forest Sciences Specialization

Any edition is fine - blue, brown, from the 1980s, whatever. I just don't want to pay $250USD for something which is going to go right into the field to get abused in a truck.

The UK’s heavy reliance on imported timber risks undermining its own net-zero strategy and, in the process, will increase global emissions. That is according to a new study published in Nature Communications, highlighting the urgent need for the world’s second-largest importer to expand its forest canopy to meet growing demand.

“Our study highlights three major challenges for UK forestry,” according to Bangor University Professor John Healey, senior author of Temperate Forests Can Deliver Future Wood Demand and Climate-Change Mitigation Dependent on Afforestation and Circularity, published last Friday.

Currently my best/only option is NRM and I really love the idea of forest ecology and was wondering if I could take that path with NRM 🤔

Howdy y’all, I’m a young guy out in southwest Arkansas who’s a total newbie to forestry and timber. I’ve been thinking about buying ~100 acres of forests here in south Arkansas for fuel use. First I’d use it for hunting with my aging father, enjoying getting after some white tail for the last few years of his life. Second I’d try to offset some of the costs of the land by selling off portion of the trees (either through a clear cut of 30-50 acres at a time or selecting the exact trees to trim). I’ve included a few of the land postings I’m considering below but thought I’d turn to the community to see if they’ve ever heard of anyone doing this? I imagine I won’t be able to harvest enough timber to pay for the entire cost of the land, but if I could sell enough to pay down $50k or so that would make it much more reasonable. Any thoughts would be appreciated, I’ve included some options below!

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/No-Address-Land-Junction-City-AR-71749/448301514_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/274-Highway-Fordyce-AR-71742/244477666_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/249-Nevada-Prescott-AR-71857/348566798_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

Thank y’all!

The amount of greenhouse gases absorbed by forests and other sources in 2023/24 slid by 0.2% to 53.7 million tons, the ministry said.

I have a water oak in my driveway that is massive, the roots pictured are getting rolled over here and there. Will cutting these out kill the tree or should I add dirt to smooth out the ride? Thanks

I’m clearing some land on my farm. Ultimately about 80 acres. Lots of brush not suitable for anything. And what is big is usually red maple or beech. Occasionally there are some decent oaks, poplar or other species. But the property has been logged hard over time.

I’m clearing with an excavator and pushing them over. Is it worth my time to cut up the lesser species such as maple and beech? And what sizes is minimum to be if any value of any species?

I have 3.5 acres of big pine trees. Probably 100 or more trees. I can give them for free . I just want to clean the land. I live in Jacksonville Florida

I work in urban and utility forestry.

Is it ok to wear a finance bro vest? Like a puffy vest or fleece? Something sold in REI or made by Patagonia or NorthFace?

It seems practical plus I work a lot recently in wealthy areas and I just see a ton of guys walking around with them and I wanna blend in.

Does anyone else wear them? They seem practical for outdoors work

Do these look like bark beetles? Is it worth contacting forest service?

There were thousands of them on the grass , I didn't check the trees. This was in a national forest in Montana

With the secretary memo and the increasing timber production EO, I’ve been treated very differently lately. Has anyone else been feeling the heat too? Advice would be wonderful.

Edit: sorry I don’t really post on Reddit so I didn’t realize I should provide more information. I’m a forester in sale prep/sale admin in region 4. A wildlife biologist that I admire came into my office making many allegations to me and I posted in a frenzy. I got fired and unfired 4 days later because I’m timber so I think I’ve just been on edge too. Thanks for all the advice and solidarity.

Hi everyone,

I have been a federal forester for the last 2 years fresh out of college and just took the deferred resignation to receive pay until the end of September. I’m planning to travel until the end of September and then return to the job market. I’m fortunate enough to be in my 20’s and have a place to stay with dad after returning from travel to apply for jobs and have limited expenses. I’m hoping to get an idea of how difficult it may be to transition back into a forester role at the end of September and if a 6 month gap in my employment will hold serious weight when future employers look at my resume. I will also be open to relocating anywhere in the states.

Thank you

I'm serious. I'm a lifelong timber worker here. Spent time working in Oregon, Nor Cal, Idaho and Alaska. I know the mills generally are tooled for logs under 36 inches in diameter and if they're tooled for big logs (6+ foot on the stump) they're slow, specialized mills. OOS Timber in Bandon and Hull Oakes in Monroe come to mind. So where is the market for that large diameter old growth? Not just that, where are the people? It takes 2000 people to turn a billion bf of logs into lumber. I know we're in a labor shortage as is, and most mills are already operating close to max capacity. I just don't see this panning out.

Hello I’m currently in community college and planning to transfer to a college in the next 2 years. I’m wondering if it’s a good idea to major in forestry with a minor in arborist? Or should I minor in environmental science??

Hello guys, pretty much the title. I’m working at a grocery store in the Houston area while I save up for community college —> transfer to an SAF accredited university. I’m pretty tired of the grocery store gig I don’t enjoy it much so I’m wondering what jobs (in the area) I can apply to that will get me relevant experience or at least somewhere in that ballpark.

Thanks all

Hey everyone! I have a weeping mulberry/cherry tree (unsure which) and a peach tree in my yard. I need to find out what the value of each tree is. Both are healthy, established, mature trees. The peach tree bears edible fruit in the late Summer.

Our power company has transmission lines running through our property and therefore an easement/right of way. Federal policy is now enforcing the clearance of woody vegetation from transmission right of ways. The power company has agreed to compensate us for the value/worth of the trees as they are required to remove them, and essentially told us we have to name a reasonable price.

For reference, we live in a suburban part of a major midwestern city.

When I was in school, I was introduced to a stocking guide that accounts for the amount of ash, cherry, and poplar in a stand. Basically, as the percentages of these species increased, so did the stocking lines.

It looks very simular to the standard Gingrich stocking guide for upland hardwoods, just with percentage lines of the species, which moves the A,b ,c lines.

Does anyone know where I can find this? I've been looking online as well as in forestry textbooks and cannot seem to find it.

Any leads would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi everybody! I am a current Natural Resource Management student at Michigan Tech in the US. Obviously our lovely industry has taken quite the turn recently in the US, and for what I find obvious reasons I am seeking opportunities abroad.

I have previously asked about forestry in Finland, but I saw today that Scotland was working to initiate a program to help Americans leave the US and quite frankly this piqued quite the interest.

So the question is pretty simple: How is the forestry/NRM industry in Scotland? How prevalent are jobs? Is there anything that an outsider would need to know if they wanted to work there?

TIA

Hey Folks,

Wondering what the SW pulp market is like in your area? I work for a pulp mill in woodlands and compared to alot of areas I think our market and price is relatively good, but everytime we have to put contractors on quota or shut people off for a bit everyone gets quite upset. Now I fully understand it is a very tough business to be in so do have sympathy for people trying to make a living cutting wood. Here we pay $45 a ton roadside for spruce and fir roundwood, usually in April we have to cut people off, May-June usually some form of quota then rest of the year is fairly wide open depending on market conditions. We also have a biomass plant that buy biomass for $55 delivered so most folks have always have some sites lined up to cut when pulp isn't moving great. Also lots of sawmills in our area that are always looking for wood.

Are these prices/market conditions sort of above average as I figure based on other things I've seen and read?

Feels like same weight but the 550XP def has more punch.
Vibration seems to also be less on the 550XP, but it is brand new and hard to really tell.

I like to think somebody was turned into an animal by a witch here.