Forests are being reduced at rapid rates, and re-planting trees is often harder to manage than it sounds! To ensure that the forests remain healthy, biologists, botanists, and rangers are some of the key job fields in this ecosystem.
The Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife, and the USDA Forest Service all help to manage forest lands through a combination of education, land management, biological research, and restoration projects.
Local states and tribal governments have various ongoing projects within their local environments; the Mescalero Tribal Fish Hatchery, for example, manages sustainable fishing operations in order to ease the strain on local rivers and lakes!
The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service also help to educate farmers in forested areas about the ecosystems around them, and help to reduce conflict between native predators and livestock. They also help with managing natural resources to avoid deforestation!
