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Foresters
Manage public and private forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes. May inventory the type, amount, and location of standing timber, appraise the timber's worth, negotiate the purchase, and draw up contracts for procurement. May determine how to conserve wildlife habitats, creek beds, water quality, and soil stability, and how best to comply with environmental regulations. May devise plans for planting and growing new trees, monitor trees for healthy growth, and determine optimal harvesting schedules.
What a forester does
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If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good forester
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $36 per hour with an average salary of $74,800 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $28 and $43 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $58,200 and $88,400 per year.
Forester job outlook
- There are 449 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 88 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.