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EXTENSION SERVICES in states with little
commitment to logger education need to recognize
Garland J.J., 1995. Accreditation, Certification and
Licensing of the Forestry Workforce. Proceedings
the potential for the informal adult education that
of the Council on Forest Engineering.
will enable loggers to conduct improved Sustainability, Forest Health and Meeting the
operations on our nation's forest lands. Nation's Need for Wood Products. June 5-8,
1995. p. 221-227.
The list might well continue as more and more
organizations become involved in logger education and Timber Harvesting, 1996. Training for the Future.
training, but real challenges lie ahead to align the Northwest Report. May, 1996. p. 46-48.
positive forces and organizations to contribute to
partnerships to improve logger education.
SUMMARY
From my experience over the years with logger training
and education I have a sense of what has happened in
the past--successes and failures. The concept of a
trajectory of development for the forestry sector is still
hard to see on a state-by-state basis. It is even harder
to visualize when trying to aggregate all of the state
efforts into a national picture. There is value in the
many different approaches underway if the successful
ones can be sustained. It will take greater commitment
to sustain many of the logger training and education
efforts in the future once the current wave of interest
has crested. I am optimistic and the hazy trajectory of
development that I see for the nation's loggers is
headed upwards not downwards. COFE members can
help contribute to that upward trajectory,
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LITERATURE CITED
American Forest and Paper Association, 1995.
Sustainable Forestry: Principles and
Implementation Guidelines. AF&PA, Washington,
DC.10p.
American Pulpwood Association. 1995. An Interim
Report on the Status of Logger Training and
Education Programs in Thirty Forested States. 95-
A-2. APA. Washington, DC. 36 p.
American Pulpwood Association. 1995. Statewide
lvfodel Logger Training and Education Program.
95-A-2. APA. Washington, DC. April, 1995. 16 p.
Garland, J.J., 1994. Forestry Jobs of the Future:
Matching Forest Needs with Workforee
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Risks. Forest
Engineering Dept., Oregon State University,
Corvallis, OR 204 p.
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