Career Information Services

Forest, Conservation and Logging Workers

For information about timber cutting and logging careers and secondary and postsecondary programs offering training for logging occupations, contact:

Northeastern Loggers Association, P.O. Box 69, Old Forge, NY 13420.

Forest Resources Association, Inc., 600 Jefferson Plaza, Suite 350, Rockville, MD 20852.
Internet: www.forestresources.org 

For information on the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) training programs, contact:

American Forest and Paper Association, 1111 19th St. NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036.
Internet: www.afandpa.org 

Schools of forestry at States' land-grant colleges or universities also should be able to provide useful information.

A list of State forestry associations and other forestry-related State associations is available at most public libraries.

An industry employing forest, conservation, and logging workers that appears in the 2002-03 Career Guide to Industries: State and local government, except education and health