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Forester
 Foresters
manage forests; they “carry out forestry!” by:
- making sure forest trees are
healthy and growing well;
- counting and measuring
things in the forest, such as how many trees there are in a forest,
their species, and how big they are;
- controlling tree pests
and diseases;
- cutting trees to meet our
needs, which is often done for improving the growth of a forest too;
- determining how to harvest
the trees so that a new forest will grow back;
- making maps, designing
forest roads, and spending a lot of time using computers and other
high-tech gear;
- tending to a variety of
indoor and outdoor work.
Becoming a forester takes
a four-year college degree in forestry; some foresters study for graduate
degrees as well. Forests are very complex—knowing
how forests work and what it takes to manage them well requires lots
of knowledge and experience.
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