There are six categories of continuing forestry education which cover the various activities for which credit may be granted. Included are seminars, short courses, and workshops conducted or sponsored by public or private organizations, forest management related seminars and courses held by forest industry and public employers for their employees, as well as technical sessions of professional forestry society meetings or conferences. It deals primarily with matter directly related to the practice of forestry or to the professional responsibility or ethical obligations of foresters. It is conducted by foresters or individuals who have special education, training and experience by reason of which they can be considered experts in the subject matter of the program. It is conducted in a setting physically suitable to the educational objectives.
Credit accrues at the rate of two contact hours for each hour of presentation.
Examples include general sessions of forestry or other professional meetings or course work in areas such as real estate, finance, appraisal, business management or computer science. Credit accrues at the rate of 15 hours for each publication requiring technical review or 5 hours for an article or series of articles of a substantial nature in magazines, newspapers, or similar publications. Examples are attendance at meetings of state boards of forestry, forestry licensing committees, or tree improvement associations. This may not include the business or social portions of professional society meetings that do not qualify for Categories 1 or 2. Independent study programs that are forestry related but do not qualify for Category 1 are included.