We the Forest transforms forest management through storytelling. Our approach helps forestry professionals - such as public land managers, NGOs, and private industry - who want to build support for responsible forest management by sharing enlightening perspectives and helping forest stakeholders find common ground.
What the majority of people don’t understand is forestry is just mimicking, and speeding up what mother nature wants. It is also less stressful on the planet doing it in a controlled way.
So... what's better... cut and drop trees, or kill the tree and leave them standing? And secondly, why is there disagreement between foresters over methods to improve the forest ? And lastly, is it possible to have a well rounded habitat for multiple species of wildlife, or, should I focus on a specific species like grouse?
The answer is that it just depends. Forests are so diverse due to species, geography, geology, climate, stand structure, and resource concerns. It's best to just work with a credentialed forester to guide you through it. And Foresters mostly agree on practices. It's just that practices in one spot are different than another due to those and other factors. As a Forest Ecologist, I hope this helps.
Excellent video I am definitely going to get involved with my local chapter here in North Georgia. Took a quick look at some of the projects going on in conjunction with Chattahoochee NF and I think this approach is one in need of more attention
Have many great memories working there I was 24 when Bill Steers hired me. Worked from 1976 to 1980. I left to go work on a job clearing danger trees for 500KV power lines running from Medford Or. to Wyoming operating a 518 Cat skidder. Harold Simmons was my boss at Gilchrist Timber great guy and Marvin the guy that fueled and greaseed the equipment was a Pastor too , he gave me a little booklet about Jesus and I love Jesus to this day thanks to him. Started out throwing rocks and sticks off of logging roads. Worked with Bengie Gilchrist it never dawned on me he was the owners son lol. Then started as a knot bumper and worked my way up to a 667 clark skidder. The hard times I remember is working in snow probing for logs taking them to a landing with the wind blowing snow horizontally caking the side of my head with ice. If it wasn't for turning the fan blades to blow warm air on my body I would have froze . I loved every minute working in the woods, all that fresh air. My brother Alan Knoles operated the Debarker and floated logs to the mill. Just my little piece of the history. I lived in the little cabins on the river side of 97 with the single car garage between them . Cabin #1 paid 50.00 dollars a month what a deal. Love this video brings back great memories . I'll be 70 next Nov. Time sure flies ...
This is a great video that showcases how forest management is much more than tree farming for big industry. Wish we could get this message out to more people. If you want to combat climate change, start logging and build more wood structures!
Forestry is a great career. I graduated from Auburn several years ago with a forestry degree in a class of about 30 people. Every single person had a job lined up before graduation. I can't think of many other majors that can say that.
Forests burned more often than they do after influence of man. That’s a whole lot of carbon being released in the atmosphere for thousands of years. I’m not buying this take on the situation.
This is the only organization that the government has that has been run properly and for the good of the country well the rest of it not so goddamn much😮
i'm from Europe/Poland and i gradueted forestry. I love to learn about it. I was corious how is it looking in the new world and i can say it's closly related. And i think this is awsome. Also it is hard to find job as a forester in my homeland, even thow that 1/3 of Poland is forested area. I was working also in germany as worker to do cleanings for newly reforested area but i think can do much better as forester who is menaging stateowned forest. I am still waithing to start my 1 year intership as a forester. I already heve some practis as student/apprentice. I even made a cours for lumerjack... I just love nature. who knows mybe US... Nahhh I love my carpathian moutains
Is it possible to a forest engineer from Turkey come and work in United States? (With 2 years of forest fire experience, one year of silviculture and one year of forest industry experience)
Is this the Malcolm North that was at the Mather and Timberline garden locations of the Carnegie Institute when I visited it with a class from San Jose State University with Dr, Cliff Schmidt in about 1972 or 73?
Don't Cry. The whole Natural Resource field went from requiring an Associates Degree to now requiring a Masters Degree. Really?? Most of the jobs except for those in research, don't really require anything more than an Associates Degree. 15 - 20 years ago, you only had to be a high school graduate with a year or two of experience to become an Area Wildlife Manager. Has the work really changed that much to require a Masters Degree? I can see someone with a Masters running a farm tractor, planting food crops, on a fire line, fighting forest fires, using chain saws doing habitat improvement, after putting in 6 years in College, and spending $100.000 just to do manual labor. Really??
That's why I changed my major from Wildlife Science to forestry. Hardly any decent jobs in wildlife unless you have a masters. A forestry masters is seen as nearly useless unless you're specializing in business/finance or are planning to do research.
Standard of Quality for mills, community and meaningful impact to restore our forest resilience. Gilchrist Mill is the poster child for Mills in Oregon.
I love forestry, just recently earned a bacherlors degree in forestry in Germany. I‘m planning on doing a masters degree too. I don‘t want to stay in Germany, but I guess it‘ll be really difficult to get a Job in the US. Any thoughts?
Congrats on your degree. If you are interested in a particular city, you might want to contact the state forest department or a forest products company there.Talking to those who work in forestry directly is always a good place to start!
In the book The Secret Life of Plants a chapter is dedicated to insect control using a toxic material coating the lens of a camera and photographing fields from the air. It worked but was squelched by big chemical companies. could this work on beetles?
@Spru-Seal organic balm we need to learn more about "Stewardship" & "Good Neighbor Authority" contracts to help the Spruce Heal!!! Could dedicate our summers to three weeks of landscaping and one week in the forest among the mighty Spruce every month!
You can find more information about Forestry programs with Oregon State University and Black Hills State University on their websites! www.bhsu.edu/ oregonstate.edu/
I've been considering going into forestry because I love nature and taking care of it, but not sure if it a secure job nor really if it has decent pay.
It depends on what type of forestry job you want to do, as their are so many options. I am in the process of getting my associates in Forest Technology and have interned and worked under a few different companies. If you go into the procurement side of forestry, then you are likely to make decent money. I was making $18.00 an hour as a Raw Materials Intern at a really good forest products company, they also provided great benefits. But it also comes with a lot of stress, as I am sure other careers similar to this field do.
