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Community Foresters are people who manage the trees and green areas in towns and cities.
Fisheries biologists work in a number of different areas that focus on fish, their habitats, and people.
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.
Herpetologists study “herps.” Herps are what most people call reptiles and amphibians--snakes, frogs, turtles, and salamanders. Herpetologists study these creatures for many reasons: Herps can show us how healthy the water or land is where they live; they also play an important role in nature’s food chain because they eat other animals and insects.
Wildlife biologists have a strong interest in the natural resources and a love of wildlife. Most wildlife biologists have a four-year college degree in wildlife management; many also have graduate degrees. This job requires hard work, but it is interesting and fun and has lots of variety. Most work is done outdoors.
Wood chemists find new ways to use wood. Did you know that there are wood chemicals in our ice cream, toothpaste, and sometimes in soup? Wood chemists work at changing wood into useful compounds--like ones we can eat! Actually, wood chemistry is a very broad field.
A wood products professional is involved in the production, design, or sale of products made from wood. Have you ever stopped to think how many things people use wood to make? At last count there were over 8,000 uses for wood. Because it is renewable--we can grow more when we need it--and it takes much less energy than plastic, metal, or concrete to produce, wood is a material that cannot be beat
