UNITED STATES 

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION NO. 249 



Washington, D. C. Issued January 1938 



Revised August 1945 



Prepared by the Forest Service 



CONTENTS 



Page Page 



Training for forestry 1 The field of work — Continued 



Schools of forestry 3 Community forests 16 



Character of forestry work 4 Opportunities in private forestry 18 



Requisites for success 6 Trade and conservation associations. 22 



The field of work 7 Teaching 22 



Forestry in the Federal Government 7 Women in forestry 23 



Forestry in the States 15 Looking to the future 23 



TRAINING FOR FORESTRY 



Forestry deals with the development of forests in such a way as to 

 perpetuate their many services and benefits to mankind. The forests 

 provide wood and other products for man's use; they prevent erosion 

 of the soil and regulate stream flow and water supply for irrigation, for 

 hydroelectric power, and for domestic use; they harbor wildlife, and 

 give abundant opportunity for outdoor recreation. 



The man who chooses a career in forestry has the opportunity to 

 serve his fellow men in a vitally important field. 



When forestry is practiced, timber becomes a crop produced under 

 methods developed scientifically. American forestry has developed var- 

 ious techniques, applicable to different forest types and regions, in 

 timber growing and harvesting, protection from fire, watershed pro- 

 tection, wildlife management, and recreation management. The physi- 

 cal character of much of the western United States, in which large areas 

 of range land suitable for livestock grazing are intermingled with for- 

 est and must of necessity be handled coordinately with the forests, has 

 brought range management also into the field of American forestry. 



Since the turn of the century forestry has become an established pro- 

 fession and has taken a position of great economic importance in the 



1 This publication supersedes an unnumbered publication issued in 1927, Forestry as 

 a Profession. 



