I have a tree in my front yard. It's about a 100-year-old white pine. This thing has a massive lean-to in it, thankfully not in any direction that would hurt anyone or land on anything. Here is my problem.

It's actually on town property and is near power lines. It's something I could climb and cut myself, but it has significant lateral cracking on the bottom, and I'm concerned that the shift in weight could cause it, and me, to go down. Years ago, I talked to the town about removing it and they said no. I talked to the power company, and they will remove one of the three trees that are there, but not that one because it doesn't overhand or intrude on the lines. My homeowner's insurance won't help because it's not a danger to my home. I'm in a pickle.

I would like to figure out a way to make this thing fall but in a way that it looks like it did it on its own. No saw marks or damage that looks unnatural. The only thing that comes to mind on the weak side is taking a flat bar, hammering it in, and tearing some of the fiber. I don't have $3000 to remove this one tree.

Thoughts?

What forest certification standards are used in sweden?

I'm a Forester in training currently working as a field tech for a major BC licensee and with these trump tariffs actually going into place my assumption is that I'm gonna lose my job and forestry in BC is basically cooked. Now I'm wondering what I should go back to school for. How do other BC forestry workers feel?

I graduated college and found a job about a year ago. My degree was in finance, but I specialized in the public sector and I landed a state job that lines up with it. Just so I have options and ideas for the future, what sort of jobs could I get in forestry with a finance background? I’d imagine it’d be mostly money management, but I’m definitely happy with anything outside.

I don't want to start a political debate, but could somebody smarter than me explain what is going to happen to the timber business in America with tariffs on Canadian imports? My limited understanding is that we can't supply the country's needs domestically. Will tariffs affect the country regionally or as a whole? Things have been bad in Georgia fo awhile. Piss poor delivered prices, high logging/freight costs, restrictive quota, etc.. I can't imagine we could take it getting much worse here

Is there growth models for larch? I was thiking to plant larch for 2 hechtar area

Hello, this is a sort of follow-up post from my last one about which path to become a forester would be the best for someone with a BA in Environmental Studies. I did some forestry work for the MCC this past year. I loved it and want to continue this type of work but I will need to seek out some more school if I am to be considered for a forestry related position. I am currently in Eugene and am considering the MFR offered at OSU which can be completed in a little over a year and is SAF accredited. However, OSU also offers an MNR online which could also be tailored to meet the required semester hours in forestry related courses required to be considered for a 0460 position (professional forester). I like the idea of this program because it also opens doors to other career paths such as environmental consultant, or urban forestry type of work should I decide to migrate back to a HCOL area at some point. I also like that I wouldn't have to move to Corvallis and I could work on this degree from anywhere. What do you guy's think of MNRs and MFRs? Have any of you had success in forestry with an MNR? Are there any other paths to becoming a professional forester that I am not considering? All responses appreciated, thank you!

Hey everyone I’m putting together a project for chicano Latin studies class highlighting Latinos in forestry. It will be based off a couple questions highlighting what inspired you to enter the industry, where you have worked and what not and I want to add a couple pictures of y’all in the field. This project will be based on Instagram but I hope to have them printed and posted in small Latino farm communities in Californias Central Valley. If this interest you please message me or comment a email I can contact to put you down. If there’s someone you’d like to recommend please do I’m looking for men/women across the industry forestry, watershed, wildlife, recreation, fire, environmental politics, etc.

I have been looking for work in the Inland NW area (Spokane, etc) for four months now—I am relatively restricted to this area due to family reasons, and will not work in Idaho due to my refusal to fund a government trying to roll back the rights of me and my long-time partner. I will, however, do pretty much any forestry job (plantation, consulting, presales) that is not firefighting-based.

Obviously, this leaves me with very few job openings, which I concede is due to my personal pickiness. I consider myself highly qualified for entry level forestry positions—I have an SAF accredited master’s degree, management planning and landowner consulting experience, and six months chainsaw work on state fuels reduction projects. But as I am new to the area itself, with all of my background elsewhere, absolutely nobody (state, tribal, environmental consulting) wants to hire me—they keep saying I’m, say, third out of 50 candidates, but that is just as good as being last. I’ve networked and bumped shoulders at events, connected with local alums, etc, and everybody promises to consider me for positions opening up down the line. I all but guarantee that local experience is the main thing holding me back.

I want to stick with forestry in the long term, but I am sick of being unemployed. Would working at a place like Bartlett on the plant health side of things add anything meaningful to my resume, or would I be better off just like, going to get 4 more dollars an hour at Costco?

Would love to hear from folks, either in the Inland NW area or those who moved to new spots, if they have any advice about settling in, settling for an arboriculture job, etc. Due to my regional preference I know I can’t be picky and I didn’t get into this field for the money but I figured my experience would be enough for SOMETHING over 45k.

Especially with the federal market as awful as it is, any thoughts would be quite helpful.

Anybody familiar with any dedicated timber feller jobs located in Oklahoma by chance?

We bought a caboo (made from bamboo) pack of napkins, and on the side of the box reads:
”once old growth forests are gone, they're gone for good. You can't replant an ecosystem”

My questions are, is this true? Trees will get older and eventually be “old growth” correct? It seems like an arbitrary statement. And even if the “old growth” is gone, does that really affect the forest? Or is it just a talking point to sell more bamboo products?

I was talking with one of my friends the other day and he suggested that people no longer use stratified sampling. Instead each stand is treated independently and systematic or random plot are measured. Do you all agree with this assessment?

I'm totally new to forestry, I just changed majors a semester ago, and it is obvious that I'm behind most of my fellow students. Thankfully, I am catching on with most of my classes. However, I am really struggling in my wood identification class. We are expected to learn five new types of wood each week, and then are given a quiz. I am so lost, most wood types look the same to me. Is there anything I can do to train my eye so that I recognize each species? Please help!

I know some of you may be disheartened by the current administration’s onslaught of attacks towards our civilian federal workforce. It’s all part of the plan. The flurry of executive orders we have been enduring is a strategy called “flood the zone,” meaning, issue as many orders so as to overwhelm the political system and the media. It doesn’t matter if they are constitutional or not. The purpose is to overwhelm and to invoke fear and chaos. I want to remind you of the importance of your oath and the importance of the job that we do stewarding our public lands.

I know many of you worked hard to get where you are (I sure did) and you’re passionate about what you do. Lord knows we could get paid a lot more working for large industrial landowners and TIMOs/REITs and our jobs would most likely be easier. Most federal foresters I know care more about the mission and the camaraderie than we do the work-life balance.

These next four years are the time we will be tested. If you haven’t already and are able, join your union, get engaged, and let your friends and family know what’s going on. Don’t be silent. Start tracking legislation. We need to be involved now more than ever. The American public and our national forests are counting on us. If you need someone to talk to, please send me a DM and I will help the best way I can.

In Solidarity

I am thinking about planting around 1000 of these (Trees) and figured I'd ask here for some information as I am not too familiar with HBP. Do these trees have any value as far as lumber for a growth period of around 30 years? What would be some better alternatives that would do well around the same growth period if these aren't good. Just hoping to learn and gather some more information.
Thanks

I'm launching a bamboo toilet paper brand soon, and would like to get my products fsc certified. My manufacturer only communicated to me post production that their certificate is due for renewal in february. My shipment is en route to me, and i want to get an fsc certificate printed so i can commence distribution once my shipment arrives.

I'm having difficulties understanding how to go about the process. It seems to be costly to process the certification for my business.. i was wondering if i could use my manufacturer's certificate in the meantime whilst i figure out how to allocate funds for this process.

Does anyone know if it's okay to use that of my manufacturers without any setbacks (in the meantime) or is it mandatory that i process my certification from the inception of sales?

Long story extremely short, the majority of companies in the area I work in focus heavily on manual thinning. The other main option is using a mulcher and mowing down two or three trees at a time. Maybe it's just me but it seems like it would be more efficient to use CTL machines for the 15 year thinning and on until harvest?

Can you get a job in forestry with a major in environmental science? I’m hoping to go into the lumber side of it.

How’s everybody doing with the funding freeze? My company just had a meeting to discuss some of the (praying temporary) changes that we have to make and some of the trouble that could be coming. I’m thankful to work for a place that has the funds to keep everyone on board until we get everything figured out, and multiple sources of income for the company to not be completely dry with the freeze. Meaning I won’t be a victim of a budget cut next week.

That being said, it’s still a pretty scary time as I love my job and don’t want to be forced out of it. How’s everyone else coping?

My friend and I are interested in starting a logging business. Two completely inexperienced college grads. We have a little bit of up front capital and want to do the work ourselves. How feasible is it to scout for remote, forested land with lots of hardwood, buy or lease it, and use simple chainsaws, winches, and skidder, and scale that. We have connections to customer bases near NYC? Any Advice

I’ve got two rows of almost full grown pines that fell 2 years ago and I need to turn them into smaller piles to burn. I had about 10 acres clear cut and don’t know what size dozer I should get to break up the piles. Do y’all have any recommendations? Some of them were full grown pine with a bunch of trash trees mixed in.