Foresters are responsible for physically maintaining hunting lands. They manage the landscape for the benefit of game animals, ensure that fences are maintained, see that the wilds are not infringed upon, and track poachers. Some are minor nobles who take a keen interest in hunting and who skillfully and diligently execute their duties. Others are ruffians employed more for their ability to intimidate peasants and rough up poachers than for any skill at hunting. In royal forests, they are appointed by the Foresters-Royal, while tenants-inchief appoint foresters for their own lands.