Jobs Do Grow On Trees

More than 30,000 people in Minnesota's forest products industry make paper for books, magazines, brochures, computer printers and more. We make lumber and engineered wood products for building homes, including oriented strand board. We also make industrial packaging for many commercial applications.

Whether working in the forest or making forest products, there's a great job waiting for you!

Minnesota's forests provide more than recreation and majestic beauty, they provide opportunities for a wide variety of rewarding careers. That's because the worldwide popularity of Minnesota's forest products means there will continue to be a need for talented men and women to play many vital roles in these and other areas:

Accountant
Biologist
Boiler Engineer
Chemical Engineer
Communications Specialist
Conservationist
Diesel Mechanic
Ecologist
Electrical Engineer
Electrician
Environmental Planner

Financial Analyst
Forest Fire Fighter
Forester
Furniture Maker
Habitat Manager
Heavy Equipment Operator
Human Resources
Information Technology
Logger
Lumber Grader
Machinist

Maintenance Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Millwright
Nurse
Office Professional
Pipe Fitter
Plumber
Process Engineer
Pulp and Paper Specialist
Purchasing Agent
Quality Control Technician

Researcher
Resin Technologist
Safety Engineer
Sales Representative
Sawfiler
Sawmill Supervisor
Surveyor
Trucker
Waste Management Operator
Welder
Wildlife Biologist
Wood Technologist

Minnesota Forests Strengthen Our Economy Statewide.

When you think about Minnesota's forests, what's the first place that comes to mind? Most people picture northern Minnesota with its vast acres of pine, aspen, basswood, oak and maple.

But Minnesota's forests exist far beyond the northern areas. It's the same with Minnesota's forest interests. They also extend well beyond the expected. From Aitkin to Zumbro Falls, nearly 300 Minnesota cities are home to businesses from which the forest products industry purchases goods and services. See if your hometown is one of them.

Aitkin
Akeley
Albert Lea
Alborn
Alexandria
Amboy
Andover
Angle Inlet
Angora
Anoka
Apple Valley
Arden Hills
Askov
Aurora
Avon
Babbitt
Backus
Bagley
Barnum
Battle Lake
Baudette
Baxter
Beaver Bay
Becker
Bemidji
Beroun
Big Falls
Big Lake
Bigfork
Birchdale
Biwabik
Blackduck
Blaine
Blooming Prairie
Bloomington
Bovey
Braham
Brainerd
Brimson
Britt
Brookleyn Park
Brookston
Bruno
Buffalo
Buhl
Burnsville
Buyck
Cambridge

Cannon Falls
Canyon
Carlton
Cass Lake
Center City
Centerville
Champlin
Chanhassen
Chaska
Chisholm
Circle Pines
Clear Lake
Cloquet
Cohasset
Coleraine
Cook
Cosmos
Cottage Grove
Cotton
Cromwell
Crosby
Crosslake
Culver
Dayton
Deer River
Deerwood
Dent
Detroit Lakes
Dodge Center
Duluth
Eagan
East Gull Lake
Eden Prairie
Edina
Effie
Elk River
Ely
Embarrass
Emily
Esko
Eveleth
Excelsior
Faribault
Fergus Falls
Finland
Floodwood
Forest Lake
Fridley

Fort Ripley
Gheen
Gilbert
Glenwood
Golden Valley
Goodland
Grand Marais
Grand Portage
Grand Rapids
Granite Falls
Grygla
Gully
Hackensack
Ham Lake
Hamel
Hastings
Hermantown
Hibbing
Hill City
Hinckley
Hines
Hopkins
Hovland
Hugo
Hutchinson
International Falls
Inver Grove Heights
Iron
Ironton
Isabella
Isle
Keewatin
Kelliher
Kettle River
Lake City
Lake George
Lake Itasca
Lake Kabetogama
Lanesboro
Laporte
Le Sueur
Leonard
Lino Lakes
Litchfield
Little Canada
Little Falls
Littlefork

Loman
Long Lake
Longville
Lutsen
Mahtowa
Makinen
Mankato
Maple Grove
Maple Lake
Maple Plain
Maplewood
Marcell
Marshall
Max
McGrath
McGregor
Meadowlands
Medina
Menahga
Mendota Heights
Milaca
Minneapolis
Minnetonka
Mizpah
Moorhead
Moose Lake
Mora
Morris
Motley
Mounds View
Mountain Iron
Nashwauk
Nett Lake
New Brighton
New Hope
New London
New Prague
New Ulm
Nisswa
North Oaks
Northfield
Northome
Oakdale
Ogilvie
Onamia
Orr
Osseo
Owatonna

Palisade
Park Rapids
Pelican Rapids
Pequot Lakes
Pierz
Pillager
Pine City
Pine River
Pinewood
Plainview
Plymouth
Princeton
Prior Lake
Proctor
Puposky
Randall
Ranier
Ray
Red Wing
Redby
Remer
Rice
Rochert
Rochester
Rogers
Roosevelt
Rosemount
Roseville
Saginaw
St. Cloud
St. Louis Park
St. Paul
St. Peter
Sandstone
Sargeant
Sauk Centre
Sauk Rapids
Savage
Schroeder
Sebeka
Shakopee
Shevlin
Shoreview
Side Lake
Silver Bay
Solway
Spicer
Spring Grove

Spring Lake
Squaw Lake
Stacy
Stanchfield
Staples
Stewartville
Stillwater
Sturgeon Lake
Swan River
Swanville
Tamarack
Tenstrike
Thief River Falls
Tofte
Togo
Toivola
Tower
Twig
Two Harbors
Vadnais Heights
Verndale
Virginia
Wabasha
Waconia
Wadena
Wahkon
Waite Park
Walker
Wannaska
Warren
Warroad
Waskish
Waubun
Wayzata
White Bear Lake
Williams
Willmar
Willow River
Winona
Winton
Woodbury
Wrenshall
Zumbro Falls