THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



their technical assistants from $1000 to 

 $2500. Out of the total number, only 2 are 

 directly in charge of their own work, re- 

 sponsible only to the Governor and the 

 Legislature, while 19 act as subordinates for 

 State forest commissions or commissioners, 

 who in the majority of cases are political 

 appointees. In striking contrast with the 

 United States Forest Service, politics has 

 so far been a dangerous, if not a dominating, 

 influence in the forest work of most of the 

 States which have undertaken it. 



Like the National Forests, the State 

 Forests already in existence will create an 

 increasing demand for the service of techni- 

 cal Foresters. Indeed, as similar forests are 

 acquired by most of the States which are 

 now without them, as undoubtedly they will 

 be, the extent of the opportunity for pro- 

 fessionally trained Foresters in State work 

 is certain to grow. 



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