Abstract For many years it was thought that a forester had to do only with the growing and handling of the forest crop. Now the forest schools recognize that the utilization of wood products, including the conditioning, remanufacturing and merchandising of various forms, is just as important a part of forestry. To meet this situation, the curricula of some of the forest schools are changing. The woodworking industries have problems that need solution. Trained men who know about the technological features of wood are needed. In some way the forest schools have failed to train men to meet the demand in these wood-using industries. It is also felt that the industries have failed to cooperate with the schools in order to have the courses fit in with their needs. Closer relationship, however, is growing up between the industries and the forest schools.