Hi! I don’t know if this is the right subreddit for this, but I’m hoping I could get some help here. :) I’m writing a fictional story, and something that happens in the story is deforestation. Prior to teams actually going into the forest to cut down trees though, there are other teams tasked with thinning, or erasing populations of animals that would make the cutting process very dangerous. (Also for the purpose of making whatever this new land will become more safe, given the animal life is mostly gone) Is this even remotely accurate to something that could happen irl?

Is there a better way to approach this aspect of the story, so it could be more realistic?

Curious as to what state you practice forestry in and how remote of a town (population size) you live in.

I'm a junior in highschool and I've found myself being interested in forestry. I'm thinking a career in forest conservation. I'm currently in a 2 year college-level career tech class for environmental management (natural resources, ecology, and wildlife and fisheries). I'm also taking AP biology and pre calculus. For senior year I have 2 spaces open for classes and I'm not sure what I should take in terms of science and math classes. By the end of this year I will have all credits required in those subjects (3 science, 4math). But I know I should take more. But I really want to take my 5th year of French. So I'm not sure what To do. I can take calculus, physics, environmental science(maybe AP), or statistics. I currently have all As and a 4.0 gpa. Which classes should I take? I would really like to take French more since I'm traveling there. But at The same time I'd like to get more science/math education. What classes would benefit me the most? Sorry this is long ;)

I’m sure you can relate to the early morning and late nights this job can bring. I work for a small non-profit so the hours can get really high one week and my schedule has little consistency.

This makes it hard to meal prep and reach a high caloric intake. And many times, I don’t have access to a microwave for meals.

I am not a picky eater! I just love to eat and I would like to keep my weight up or even higher. I’m a 24 year old female at 135 pounds. And I feel like my weight fluctuates heavily due to this job and inconsistent meals.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated!!

Hope y’all had a great thanksgiving

Hey! Our ponsse had a problem with a sensor and now i got to work with active crane. I hate it. I wanted to make it slower but i dont get why the options are so dumb. Why is movement speed controlled with max/min voltage. Isnt that how u frick up a machine? Thank you

Hi, I've recently graduated from my fairly unrelated undergrad (BFA) and have been thinking about applying to the MFC program at UofT because as i understand it you don't necessarily need prior academic experience in forestry to enroll. There are many other aspects of the program that appeal to me of course, i've watched several capstone presentations on youtube and read what i can about the program on their website and it seems great.

I've been feeling very passionate about forests, forestry, and forest policy in the last couple years since starting to treeplant during the summers and this program seems perfect for me as a relative beginner to the world of forestry, however I can't find a whole lot of information about peoples experience within the program. Have any of you completed, or known someone who's completed this degree? Or just have any thoughts or experiences with it/people from it?

Apologies for the vague questions, just trying to get a feel for how realistic this is for me. Anything helps, thanks in advance!

What are your favorite things about working in forestry?

Possibly a random question, does anyone happen to have a copy of the Forest Mensuration Handbook that could look up the single tree Tarif for a lodgepole pine with dbh 63cm and total height of 24m?

Edit: this is in Scotland so should be the tariff charts from Forestry Commission

Pesticides arent really my area of expertise and chestnuts not a species I ever deal with, just wondering if theres fungal treatments out there for chestnut blight. Say you had one or two trees you wanted to keep alive, whats out there? Also, say you wanted to plant one or two seedlings, are there effective treatments for seedlin/sapling size trees as well? I would imagine mature trees would use some kind of injection, and young trees would be too small for that?

Thanks

Hi all, I’m beginning the process to pursue my RPF in Ontario. I haven’t been able to find a response to this online.

I’m still early in the process, but I was wondering if your mentor/sponsor needed to be an RPF registered in the same province? I would be going through the application process/registering in Ontario, but my coworkers are based out of BC/registered in BC. Would one of them still be able to sponsor me? Or would I be required to find an Ontario RPF?

Thanks!

This is going to be LONG and crazy so get ready. I am a broke college student that is a serious deer hunter. My family has had 250 acres since my great grandfather bought it in 1908. It was farmed and they ran cattle pretty much till 2004. My dad and uncles don’t hunt and they have no clue how to farm (neither do I nor do we have any equipment or ATVs) so the pastures, small fields in the woods, and paths have been OVERUN with thicket and saplings. Well now it’s 2024 and those saplings are 20 year old trees. The property looks like absolute sh*t, but you can still see where the property was maintained with food plots (multiple acres) and roads. The property still holds deer mostly because the surrounding properties are farmed with corn and soybeans. But the population has severely diminished in the past 15 years, just because the herds have realized they can just live on the neighbors full time.

So here’s my question.

1. Do yall think I can reach out to local farmers and see if I can get one of them to grow crops in the pastures for free if they can harvest for profit? FYI this pasture that is thicket but when bush hogged looks nice. (Done once a year). Ph levels are probably screwed though.

2. This is the crazy part. Would someone be willing to clear trees in the old overgrown 2 acre food plots as well as the roads if they can keep the timber for profit and or use it to plant crops for profit. (roads aren’t bad at all, the property is a big hollow and you really need a ATV if you want to travel on them bc it’s steep with ruts) I don’t know if a dozer or a tractor can still get down there like they did 15 years ago

3. What other form of payment(not money if possible) could I trade for this work? Ex. Grazing livestock, farming, hunting, ect.

4. And if I had to pay for all of this what’s a realistic price (don’t sugarcoat) Basically a property makeover

Thank yall if you read this, I appreciate any responses I can get!

P.S. that sounded extremely ungrateful. I thank god everyday I have private land to hunt on, these are just ideas I’ve been wanting to try for the past few years.

Not sure if this is the right sub reddit; I'm 17 and I started doing tree work and I really love it like I enjoy! I volunteer for the fire department and hospital but I moved on yesterday I turned in my stuff because I'm going full time with my uncle. But I'm interested in being a timber faller... So I'm interested in the wildland firefighting thing, like how do I sign up and get a timber faller contract?

I’m looking to reforest around 100 acres in the Cariboo in BC but I’m unsure how to get my hands on that many trees. I’m looking for Douglas fir, tamarack, lodge pole pine and birch sapling in large numbers. Can anyone point me in the right direction on where I could find them??

My girlfriend wants to become an RFT. Got accepted everywhere. We can move anywhere in BC. Which program/school/city is the best, in your opinion? Leaning towards VIU but we would love some input.

I can see the Dictionary of Forestry defines them as "a series of harmonized single-entry tables applicable to only to even aged stands".

Are they just volume tables? I'm not sure I see the difference.

Could someone point me towards some reliable information regarding Deciduous Woodland as I am finding a lot of contradicting information.

There’s a property I’m looking at which interests me as it has ~0,75 acre of woodland that was an orchard but with a few elms and oak trees as boarders.

The main information I’m looking for is the ability to remove to reshape / relocate some trees to other areas of the fields for better access to the orchard.

The land was allocated deciduous woodland by Natural England who made this assessment using aerial photography rather than a site visit.

Any information would really help me out.

Curious if it drives folks nuts or if they don’t mind it when they’re out in the field. Moving from Eastern WA to the west side and am curious if I’m dreading the rain and blackberry bushes too much or if it’s not that bad

I am curious on timber prices and cost of contractors around the world.

Here in Norway the landowner will typically sell the timber to the buyer and they hire a contractor to take out the timber. We agree on the price pr. Cubic meter of timber extracted. We can also do the job ourself with chainsaw and tractor to reduce contractor cost.

Typically a pine saw log will be sold for 55-60 dollar/m3 and cost of contractor is 20-30 dollar/m3.

How is it done in other contries and what is the price/cost.

Hey, we have a family business in which we wholesale/retail imported veneers and plywood. I am already importing several raw (non-film) plywood products from Africa, Europe and Asia but I feel like I need to learn more on glue types, surface types, production tecniques, ply differences etc etc. There seems to be so much to learn on plywood alone, and plywood is simply a subcategory of processed wood.

I wish to learn all there is to know about 1) plywood products, 2) veneers (how to identify which species, quality, other details determining quality and price), and lumber. I have some exposure to these products through the family business but I am looking for any good resources on how to become an expert in the field.

Thanks!

Looking to start my own fuels reduction business. Long time fed fire, looking to get out of the game. East Side Oregon

I’ve played around with a smaller fecon machine as well as some tracked skid steers. Right now I’m looking at purchasing the John Deere 333G or ASV-120. I will be doing 90% mastication in snowbrush, lodgepole east side stuff. I’d like a 100+hp model for potential fire contracting as well.

Looking for recommendations on if I’m on the right track or should look bigger or potentially look at some other platforms. I’ve looked at the larger tiger cat mulchers as well and I do like the larger wheeled variants.

The production level of the horizontal platforms look to be much higher than an excavator based ones - however no experience with an excavator.

My budget is about $100k.

Edit: I have an undergrad degree in biology with an ecology focus and am starting my non school workforce experience. As of right now I am considering training for wildland fire this summer but I am interested in ideas that maybe aren't seasonal.

How many of you have been randomly drug tested for your forestry job? I know USFS firefighting position requires random drug testing but how about permanent USFS positions that don’t require firefighting. Also wanted to see what the consensus was on state jobs across the country doing random drug testing. Lastly do most private companies do random testing? I sometimes smoke weed on occasion.

Hey all! I’m considering starting a logging company and have been researching the industry for quite some time. I still have much more planning to do but ultimately my goal is to acquire land and harvest trees to sell to mills. In my area I’ll mostly be dealing with sugar maple. One question I’ve had since I’ve started looking into this industry is how much on average should I expect to earn per tree? I haven’t gotten a straight answer. I’ve been told $200-$500, $20-$100 and even $1,000-$2,000. I understand each tree will vary based on LF yield, but for an average mature hard wood with little to no imperfections what should I expect? (Let’s say it’s a 40 ft log)