A consulting forester (consultant) is a professional forester with a forestry degree from an accredited university program. A consultant’s principal business activity is providing forestry advice to the public on a fee or contractual basis. Consultants do not have financial interests in a timber purchasing or procurement entity. Consultants are usually self-employed 01 work for another consultancy with a handful of other employees. Their main focus is on the private forest owner who hires them.Forest product companies, timber buyers, logging contractors, and public agencies may contract with or employ professional foresters to help forest owners with forest management and timber sales. Some of these foresters might use the term “consultant” whentheir main obligation is the company they work for. A “true” consultant is independent. Their activities are linked only with services rendered to private forest owners.
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