Certified Forest Practitioners

There are three levels of certification offered. Each level has a specific description of what activities they are permitted to do under the law. Below is a brief list of activities which they are permitted to conduct. A glossary is also provided to further describe these terms.

Forester

  • May plan or design forest practices, including forest management plans and silvicultural plans .
  • May represent the landowner as agent in the sale of commercial forest products .
  • May execute written or oral contracts or agreements for the purchase of commercial forest products from woodland owners.
  • May supervise commercial forest products harvesting operation.
    May participate in the actual commercial forest product harvest operation.

Supervising Forest Products Harvester

  • May execute written or oral contracts or agreements for the purchase of commercial forest products from woodland owners.
  • May supervise and participate in a commercial forest product harvesting operation. May mark trees as a means of clearly designating which are to be cut and/or which are to be left uncut.
  • May plan and design a harvest plan.

Important note: Supervising Forest Products Harvesters may not make recommendations, either written or oral, concerning silvicultural principals and techniques; and they may not represent the landowner as agent in the sale of commercial forest products.

Forest Products Harvester

  • May participate in the actual commercial forest products harvest operations.
  • May provide direct on-site supervision to two uncertified people participating in the actual commercial forest products harvest operation.

Important note: Forest Products Harvesters may not solicit the purchase of commercial forest products or execute contracts to purchase commercial forest products; may not make recommendations, either written or oral, concerning silvicultural principals and technique; may not represent the landowner as agent in the sale of commercial forest products; may not act in the buyers behalf in the supervision of a commercial forest products harvest operation; and may not mark timber for harvest.

 

Glossary

  • Forest Management Plan

    A broad-based master plan intended to guide management efforts for a tract of forest land over a 5 or 10 year period. This plan may deal not only with management of forest vegetation, but also with amenities such as trails, access roads, property boundaries, fish habitat, and aesthetic values.

  • Silvicultural Plan

    A plan specifically designed to guide efforts towards influencing the growth and composition of forest vegetation. This is more limited in scope than a comprehensive forest management plan and deals strictly with the establishment, culture, and regeneration of forest vegetation to achieve specific goals or objectives.

  • Harvest Plan

    A focused plan which deals strictly with the operational aspects of conducting the harvest of forest products. A Harvest Plan would address, for example, subjects such as: the design and creation of access routes; felling techniques; treatment of slash: erosion and sedimentation control; hours of work; and protection of wetlands or water courses

  • Commercial Forest Products

    Primarily trees as logs or for firewood but may include various other product uses.

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