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Figure 8.— Lumber company forester tracing a land-ownership map. Foresters in pri- 

 vate industry — like those working for public agencies — handle a wide variety of 

 duties. 



All of these movements point to new opportunities for employment 

 in private industrial forestry. 



Forest Products Industries 



Until recently, most of the industrial concerns employing graduates 

 of forestry schools have used them mainly in logging engineering and 

 allied work. Before World War II only about 1,000 foresters were em- 

 ployed by the forest products industries in forest-land management. 

 As forestry practice is expanded and intensified on industrial holdings, 

 private industry should employ several times this number. 



The forester who enters the lumber or other forest products indus- 

 tries may be required to estimate standing timber, appraise stumpage, 

 determine the best methods of cutting, estimate future growth, lay out 

 logging roads or railroads, reduce waste, increase utilization, or partici- 

 pate in actual logging and milling operations. Experience for such 

 work often must be gained by entering the business at the bottom and 

 learning its practical and administrative details in a long and exact- 

 ing apprenticeship. Many foresters find opportunities in this field, 

 with possibilities of advancement to important managerial positions. 



There is a growing field for specialization in industrial forestry. 

 Some of the large operators conduct reforestation activities and other 

 silvicultural work on their cut-over lands. Many operators or associa- 

 tions maintain their own fire-control organizations. Industrial forest 

 research is increasing, particularly in wood utilization. The growing 

 use of wood in all sorts of products, as in the manufacture of plywoods, 



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