How do they match: Forest and Conservation Technicians

  • Forest and Conservation Technicians

  • Keep records of the amount and condition of logs taken to mills.
  • Measure distances, clean sightlines, and record data to help survey crews.
  • Inspect trees and collect samples of plants, seeds, foliage, bark, and roots to locate insect and disease damage.
  • Install gauges, stream flow recorders, and soil moisture measuring instruments, and collect and record data from them to assist with watershed analysis.
  • Survey, measure, and map access roads and forest areas such as burns, cut-over areas, experimental plots, and timber sales sections.

  • Record research or operational data.
  • Collect environmental data or samples.