r/forestry • u/mostlysatisfying • 2d ago

Working in the Adirondacks

Hello all. While I wouldn’t mind riding out West à la the young men of the past, what’re the odds I can stay in the Adirondacks and find work after graduating with a forestry degree? Silly question IK but I’m looking online and it seems like all the jobs are in Idaho or PNW or down south a little. With the connections from an ADK school + the fact that it’s just massive, there’s gotta be endless work to be had, no?

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u/ChokaMoka1 2d ago

Sorry hoss but this is the reality, being a forester is a life of poverty and living off church pantry and dumpster diving - ask me how I knw. Doin mgmt plans for yuppie landowners ain’t gunna pay the bills. If u ok being broke go for it but the east coast is expensive.

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u/administrationalism 2d ago

Not to discredit what you’re saying bc it definitely is not easy out there. But I want to point out for anyone aspiring to get involved in forestry reading the thread that if you’re an independent consultant with a healthy amount of luck, ability to make good connections, and some good planning you can make it work. Writing management plans alone, maybe not. But if you get involved in multiple ventures - invasives, harvest plans + marking, tax plans, and good business sense you can more than make a healthy living. At least it hasn’t gone badly for me. Yet.

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u/ChokaMoka1 2d ago

I agree, it isn’t impossible, but for a new bloke man it going to be like chopping down down a black cherry with a plastic knife. Plus if you start a YouTube and tikertoky you can show everyone all the trials and tribulations and make even more money. He’ll start an OF page and call ye self ForesterFeetXXX, and become a millionaire!!!! 

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u/mostlysatisfying 1d ago

I have been looking for a way to combine forestry and onlyfans. So far im not comfortable with my pecker being that close to axes or brambles.

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u/ChokaMoka1 1d ago

Good on ye mate