Edition |
Revised edition. |
Description |
xii, 193 pages ; 20 cm. |
Series |
VGM opportunities series |
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VGM opportunities series.
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Contents |
Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Overview : working as a forester -- 2. History of forestry -- Forestry in the United States -- Forestry in Canada -- 3. The North American forest -- The nature of trees -- The many uses of forests -- Exploitation, multiple use, and wilderness -- The forester as scientist and politician -- Marketing forests -- 4. International forestry -- The move toward reforestation -- The international forester -- 5. Training and job duties -- Forest management -- Forest engineering -- Resource recreation management -- Education and communication -- Range management -- Wildlife management -- Urban forestry -- International forestry -- Forest products industry -- Forestry technician -- 6. Employers of foresters -- The U.S. Forest Service -- Natural Resources Conservation Service -- Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service -- Department of the Interior -- Other federal bureaus and departments -- State forestry -- County forestry -- Urban forestry -- Forestry education -- Private industry -- Self-employment -- Associations and organizations -- 7. Preparing for a forestry career -- Professional forester -- Technician -- Immediate employment -- AmeriCorps -- The Peace Corps -- Blazing your own path -- 8. Job prospects -- Popularity of forestry school -- Effects of the economy on forestry -- Jobs are where you find them -- Earnings -- 9. Breaking in -- Prepare while in school -- Finding a job in forestry -- Women in forestry -- Applying for jobs with the U.S. federal government -- appendix A. Forestry organizations -- appendix B. Forest Service addresses -- appendix C. Forest technician schools in the United States and Canada -- appendix D. Universities with forestry programs -- appendix E. Addresses of state foresters. |
Subject |
Forests and forestry -- Vocational guidance.
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Forests and forestry -- Vocational guidance -- United States.
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ISBN |
0071411518 alkaline paper |
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