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Teaching Teachers About Forestry … Another Success (story #2)

The 2013 Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation’s Teacher Conservation Tour was held June 17-21 in Monticello, Arkansas.  One of the teachers we sponsored is an agriculture teacher in south Arkansas.  As such, we feel her experiences will be especially useful to her and her … Continue reading

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Teaching Teachers About Forestry … Another Success

The 2013 Louisiana Forestry Association’s Teachers Tour has just finished another successful year. We were fortunate enough to sponsor a teacher this year and received a great thank you note from her.  I want to share with you some excerpts of … Continue reading

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Why You Should Consider a Consulting Forester (Part 4d) – How to Hire One … Discussions / Questions

In the previous post, we talked about the interview and how to set it up.  As we mentioned, you can pretty much set it up as you want.  We also recommended talking about a management plan.  Many of the topics … Continue reading

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Why You Should Consider a Consulting Forester (Part 4c) – How to Hire One … Interviews

Our first subtopic was about location followed by a discussion on references.  The next important aspect of hiring a consulting forester is the interview. At this point in the selection process, we usually had 5-10 different candidates in mind (clearly, … Continue reading

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Why You Should Consider a Consulting Forester (Part 4b) – How to Hire One … References

Our first subtopic was about location.  The next important aspect of hiring a consulting forester is getting references. As mentioned, we have tracts of land separated by many miles.  While searching for a forester for each general location we sought … Continue reading

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