A Registered Forester is a professional forester licensed to practice forestry in Alabama. The purpose of the license is to protect the public and private landowners. A license requires ethical and competent forest management advice.
A Registered Forester is a college educated professional forester. Professional forester education includes a broad array of forest sciences as well as timber production and harvesting, forest measurements, forest economics and forest management.
Qualifications
What are the qualifications to be a Registered Forester?
- US citizenship, or legally in the US.
- Bachelor’s degree from a professional forester curriculum accredited by the Society of American Foresters, or equivalent.
- Pass the ASBRF Registered Forester Exam, or another acceptable state’s exam.
- Two years of professional forestry experience after graduation.
- Professional and Registered Forester references.
- Accept the Rules of Conduct of a Registered Forester.
Note: For more detail about Registered Foresters, see the Laws and Rules of the ASBRF.