>>2317130>the pay is just shit periodYes and no. I'd say it's better than planting trees or marking timber. Not as good as logging (although logging is super vulnerable to economic downturns), worse base wage and work/life balance but comparable or slightly worse total yearly compensation compared to being a groundsman with a tree service. Of course you do a lot better once you can climb but that takes a bit, and arguably it doesn't qualify as "forestry" anyway. Same with e.g. Cal Fire. Really, though, if you specifically want to be a forester, like an RPF, all of this stuff is just a way to work in the woods before you get the degree you are, in fact, gonna need eventually.
DoD veg management might be a place to look, I always hear their fire guys do pretty well. IDK much about it though.
