There are foresters primarily concerned with the noble goal of helping grow the highest quality trees and the most board feet for the landowner and the wood products marketplace.
While that may be important to many landowners, in my experience, its either a close or distant second to managing their land for deer and wildlife habitat.
Many landowners want to actually maximize opportunity and enjoy their land while they have it, while doing the right thing.
Us foresters that understand these dreams and actually participate ourselves, understand our responsibility is to actually listen and understand what landowners want and help them achieve those dreams in a responsible way.
You want a forester that understands diverse habitats, how they can work for you, and carries many tools in the tool box to help you shape the land accordingly.
A forester that only carries a silvicultural-hammer looks only for a nail to hit or worse, leaving the landowner under-served and unsatisfied.