Here's the place for you foresters to strut your stuff. We'd like to see who the foresters are, and what is their background. We would like to see the following:
Degree:
Years of experience:
Areas of expertise:
After that, you can add anything else you desire. That can include your professional affiliations, schools you attended, professional courses you have taken, your home address. Don't forget to link to your home site.
Ron Wenrich
Degree: BS in Forest Science, Penn State, 1970
Years of experience: 35
Areas of expertise: Sawmill mgmt, fiber procurement, timber sale preparation, forest inventory and planning. Primarily involved in hardwood forests and mills.
Past board member of the Pennsylvania Forestry Assn.
Degree: BS in Forest Science, MU 1962 MBA 67 MU
Years of experience: 47
Areas of expertise: All parts of a state forester for 13 years, fire, management, pest control, public information, etc. The rest as a consulting forester, providing full service to clients from the individual to local, state, and federal clients.
Bill Crawford
Degree: B.Sc. Forestry, UNB Fredericton 1993
Continuing education courses: GIS in Forestry, BC Coastal Gully Assessments, Tolerant Hardwood Management in the NE, Tree Marking and Stand Improvement.
Years Experience: 15
Areas of Expertise: GIS/GPS, silviculture, timber appraisal and land valuation, harvest layout and supervision, small woodlot management and planning, forest products marketing.
Certifications: Registered BC Coastal Timber Cruiser #209.
Danny Hamsley
BS Forest Resources UGA 1977, MS Forest Soils UGA 1979.
Years of experience - 30
Expertise: Wood procurement, Timber appraisal, Timber buying, Land Management, Forest soils, Tree and wood ID, Small mill sawmilling, woodworking.
121 years of experience for 4 guys, not bad, but means we are a bunch of old codgers getting ready to retire, leave SwampDonkey to carry on the work.
We have a bunch to weigh in yet. :)
Well I'm just gonna screw up all the stats. Don't think I even qualify as "one of the pros."
John Rielley
BS Electrical Engineering, Clemson 1983,
MS Management, Troy State 1999,
BS Forestry, Louisiana Tech 2007.
Years of experience: 1?
Expertise: Test taking, classroom discussion, being mistaken for forestry professors, reminding forestry students that "I have underwear older than you," filling out job applications.
Passed the NC Registered Foresters exam, certified NC pesticide applicator, small-scale pine plantation owner.
Bob Thurman
Mustang Forester ;)
a combined 25 years experience in both public and private sectors.
Expertise: Timber Sale Preparation and Administration, Log Accountability, Timber Inventory and Valuation, GPS/GIS
Continuing education: Silviculture, Archeology, Forest Engineering, Riparian Management, Mensuration, Plant Pathology
Justin Tyson
B.S. in Forestry, UGA 2005
M.S. in Forestry, UGA 2007
Years of Experience: Depends on what you call "experience". I've been studying forestry seriously since 9th grade, about 10 years ago, but I only have a couple years total of work experience.
My jobs have included:
Teaching Assistant, Univ. of Georgia - Athens, GA 2004-2006
Summer intern, Weyerhaeuser Co. - Columbus, MS 2004
Summer intern, Weyerhaeuser Co. - Washington, NC 2005
Research Technician, Aracruz Celulose - Aracruz, Brazil 2006
County Extension Agent, UGA Cooperative Extension - Clayton, GA 2008-Present
Areas of Expertise: Tree and Wood Identification, Arboriculture, Wood Properties, Turning Trees into Furniture
Ron Scott
Degree: B.S. in Forestry, Michigan Tecnological University 1961 plus
12 continuing education certificates of 150 hours each over 3 year periods.
Years Experience: 51
USDA Forest Service 38 years
Consulting Forester 13 years
Areas of Expertise: Land & Resource Management Planning; Ecosystem Sustainability, Stewardship Plans, Environmental Analysis Preparation, Public Involvement, Timber Stand Improvement, Timber Appraisals, Timber Sale Preparation and Administration, Reforestation, Fuelwood Management, Wildlife Habitat Management (game & non-game), Visual Quality Improvement (aesthetics), Riparian & Wetland Area Protection, Underwater Surveys & Mapping, Recreation Management (campgrounds, trails, motorized & non-motorized, winter sports area planning & management), Utility Rights of Way Management, Wilderness and Natural Area Management, Forest Roads Management, Forest Fire Pevention and Presuppression.
Affiliations: Society of American Foresters (elected Fellow 1991), SAF Cerified Forester; Association of Consulting Foresters of America, Inc. Michigan Registered Forester # 612, Michigan Forest Association, Michigan United Conservation Clubs, National Wild Turkey Federation, Michigan Wild Turkey Federation, Friends of the Forests' (Huron-Manistee National Forests), US Navy and Fleet Marine Force (3rd Marine Division Recon) 1953-1957.
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Ron,
That is quite a lot of wood that you have chopped, brother. Keep on keeping on ;D.
Toni Karov
Degree: Master of Science in Forestry
Institution: University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria (http://www.ltu.bg), 1997
Years of experience - 11:
1. Deputy Director of State Forestry Unit in Shiroka laka, BG (Public sector) 1997-2003
2. Private Consulting Forester Shiroka laka, BG (Private sector) 2003-present
Areas of expertise: silviculture, harvest layout and supervision, forest inventory, woodlot management
Silviculture: Coniferous forests, composed by Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Austrian Pine (Pinus Nigra), Norway Spruce (Picea abies), Silver Fir (Abies alba). Provided different silvicultural system as Selection, Group-Selection, Group-Shelterwood.
Broadleaved forests, composed by Common Beech (Fagus silvatica), Oriental beech (Fagus orientalis), Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), Sessile oak (Quercus petraea), Cerris oak (Quercus cerris), Italian Oak (Quercus frainetto) etc., tend by Shelterwood and Gap silvicultural system.
Specialty: Introduction of Selected Wood in even-aged coniferous stands.
Don’t know if it makes any difference, though. :D :D :D ;)
Been a State Service Forester for 34 years. VA Tech graduate, 1974. Experienced with both eastern hardwood management and southern pines. Lots of forest fire experience (Southern). Have written hundreds of forest management plans. Have done hundreds of prescribed burns, been on hundreds of forest fires. Grew Christmas trees for 25 years. Teach forest management topics, forest fire control. Give several talks each year to everybody from kids to adults. Certified Arborist. Enjoy a good discussion. Like to solve problems. Play a mean bluegrass guitar. Do a little woodworking.
Degree: BS Forest Resource Management from Southern Illinois University 2008
Years of Experience: Working on it.
Area of Expertise: Fire Ecology, Southern Pine, GPS, and GIS (mostly ARCMAP) if you want to call it expertise.
Job: County Forester
Dang, Ron, I thought I was the old man here!
Welcome to the forum BWT. What part of Florida?
Quote from: Phorester on July 02, 2008, 01:06:48 PM
Play a mean bluegrass guitar.
OK Phorester! I play the bass fiddle. Maybe one day we can hook up and play a tune in the forest around a fire (campfire). We could draw from the food thread and cook up something at the same time ;D
TR, yes, we're "old foresters". A few of us are able to go back and see the long term results of some of our work, good and not so good, but sure endorses the experience level. ;) I need to really retire one of these days. When I was 70, I said that I was going to quit, but when people call for help I seem to have a hard time saying no!
I was out again yesterday examining an 80 acre parcel for a management prescription. The doctor says that the walking is the best thing for me. :D
Yup, just finished a 3000 acre cruise, not one of my more enjoyable outings, but it keeps beans in the pot. It was a cruise only a forester could enjoy, big plantations, and being sold to an investment group. The information provided to the buyers is, to say the least, not worth the paper it was written on. One 300 acre tract had been posted with over $300,000 worth of timber, but when we drove up, the only tree seen was a corner marker. Easy to cruise that one, more difficult on others.
I enjoy the work, would like to keep after it as long as I can, but some of it is getting a little more like torture. That paint gun back pack keeps getting heavier, and heavier.
Quote from: Texas Ranger on July 03, 2008, 01:01:05 AM
It was a cruise only a forester could enjoy, big plantations, and being sold to an investment group.
It is hard to enjoy any cruise in the Deep South in June/July :).
Yeah, I can't imagine the heat down there. Only in the 70-80's here and today was super humid. I was wet in about 15 minutes from perspiration of woods walking, even the cap was soaked and dripping from the beak. Of course crawling across two big ravines with 70% slope can work up a good sweet in a cool day. ::)
Degree: Forest Management, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, 2005
Years of experience: 3
Areas of expertise: Since I'm in the Pacific Northwest now, I can probably pass myself as an expert in hardwoods!
Clark
Paul Verbyla
B.S. Natural Resource Management, 1979 Rutgers Univ.
M.S. Forest Economics, 1981 Virginia Tech
27 years in forestry
Consulting Forester in Virginia working for private landowners.
Forest Landowner in Coastal Plain and Piedmont Virginia
Chair of Virginia Chapter of Association of Consulting Foresters
www.verbllc.com
Quote from: Riles on July 02, 2008, 06:33:56 PM
Welcome to the forum BWT. What part of Florida?
I'm in the big city of Perry.
Degree: BSF University of Arkansas 1976
Masters work 1977 & 78 Idaho/Washington/OSU - didn't complete it
Years of experience:40 - I started in the woods in the 8th grade working Purchaser road construction as a grunt.
Areas of expertise: Eating and fine cold beer. In forestry probably sampling and cruising, silviculture and management (anymore that's more than likely personnel).
Having worked in the South, Northern Rockies, Central Rockies and Pacific NW I've had a good run. Figure 10 - 15 more good years in me to see the rest.
Rocky,
I probably competed against you in the Conclave. 1976 was Stephen F. Austin. If you were there, I am sure that you can never forget that rain.
I thought 1976 was Mississippi State, I never made it to Texas. Florida in 1973, NC State in 1974, UGA in 75, and MSU in 76. 'Course, there may have been drinking involved..............
Angie Fernadez Forestry Engineer, Regent. Also certifiled for doing environmental studies.
Education: TEC, Heredia, Costa Rica, Graduated, 2006
Job, full-time forestry engineer for Finca Leola S.A.
Job entails:
1. Development of planting maps for each year
2. Management of 100,000 tree nursery
3. Working with MINAE (like your DEC)
4. Trying to keep Don Fred from going nuts... (but not succeeding too well)
:D
I posted the above for Angie just in case anyone has tropical tree questions. Besides, I am pretty happy that we now have a full-time person, she graduated top of her class too.
Quote from: Rocky_Ranger on July 09, 2008, 09:51:49 AM
I thought 1976 was Mississippi State, I never made it to Texas. Florida in 1973, NC State in 1974, UGA in 75, and MSU in 76. 'Course, there may have been drinking involved..............
Well, I competed against you in 1976 in UGA! 1976 was not in MSU, it was in Georgia. 1977 was in Stephen F. Austin. 1978 was in Clemson and 1979 was in Monticello, AR.
"Sittin' in an barnyard,
Sittin' on a log,
Nothing stinks worse
Than an Arkansas Hog!"
Sorry, I could not resist the old chant :). We heard, "ARK... ANS... AS ARKANSAS!! so many times that we poor Georgians had to retaliate ;D. It was all in good fun.
You're right, '76 was UGA. Hey - watch it or I'll start the A, A, ARK <grin>.
Old rivalries, as deep as Scots Orangemen. Just kidding. ;D :D
I will have to say that those razorbacks were hard to beat :).
Even harder if you are downwind. ;D
WDH, bass fiddle player eh? Well if you can lug that thing around I can certainly throw my guitar into the truck. Maybe we'll meet and pick someday.
By the way, how many bluegrass bass players does it take to change a light bulb? 1,2 - 1,2 - 1,2...... ;D
Well, this has certainly gone south, might as well start talking about food!!! 8)
Anybody got some cheese? :-\
Y'all are just jealous because you can't change a light bulb :D.
Well, how many foresters does it take to change a light bulb? ::)
Only one - who passes the job along to a forest technician, who really knows how to do it.
Foresters don't need no stinking light bulbs!!!!!!!!!!!! smiley_horserider smiley_horserider smiley_horserider
Quote from: crtreedude on July 13, 2008, 07:52:21 AM
Well, how many foresters does it take to change a light bulb? ::)
Why change?
It takes three.........One to grow the wood to rotation for the ladder. Another to harvest, mill, dry the wood, and make the ladder. Then it takes one more to develop a management plan with environmental impacts and full certification to actually screw in the new bulb.
Speaking of Forest Technicians....
Graduated: 1975 Sir Sandford Fleming College-Forestry Technician Program
Years of experience: 33
Currently:Forestry Technical Specialist
Areas of Expertise: Forest Compliance, keeping the boss out of trouble and changing light bulbs for foresters
smiley_thumbsup Bill
I took a farm forestry class (and passed it) back in '65. I have 41 years of experience having my wife change any light bulbs that require that service. ;D
Bob Weinberger
Bachelor's degree Forest Management Colorado State University 1962
12 years Federal (USFS & BLM, with brief interlude in Viet Nam)
26 years private industry (last 10 yrs managing a 300,000ac tree farm)
8 years as a private consultant
Areas of expertise - Forest economics. Timberland valuation, Pacific Northwest silviculture & mensuration.
Now that I don't get around in the woods nearly as well as I did when I was younger, most of my forestry income comes from charging Wall Street analysts and investment bankers exorbitant fees to basically tell them that, unlike most other assets, trees grow.
Degree: A.A. in Forestry and Wildlife Management as well as an A.S. in Biology from N.E.O. A&M College then I earned my B.S. in Forestry-Timber Management from Oklahoma State University
Years of experience: ~7 total in forestry and 3 in consulting
Areas of expertise: Wildlife habitat management, GIS/GPS, QDM, wildlife management, timber/forest management, dendrology, agroforestry (in my area), timber inventory, networking, photography, hunting lease management
My site: www.usfwc.com/index2.html
Danny, I thought it was the bean counters that did the screwing.
Especially those catering to short term results to make Wall Street happy :).
Samuel B. ELKINS, RFP (AB), PEA, EMS (LA)
Degree: Forest Technology, Maritime Forest Ranger School, Fredericton, NB 1994
Continuing Education Courses:
Health Safety and Environmental Process- University of New Brunswick (Extended Learning)
Environmental Management System (EMS) Lead Auditor Training
Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA) - Health and Safety Auditor Certification 2007
AFPA- Leadership in Health and Safety Certification 2006
NAIT- Becoming a Master Instructor (Level 1)
Years Experience: 14
Areas of Expertise:
Health, Safety and Env. Auditing & Program Development
Forest Stewardship Reporting/Certification
Logging & Portable Chipping Operations/Supervision
Forest Crime Investigations (8 years Forest Officer)
Certifications:
Registered Forest Practitioner (Alberta) # 040039
Environmental Management System Lead Auditor
AFPA Health & Safety System (Mills & Woodlands) Auditor (External Auditor Designation)
Alberta Scalers Permit # 0118
Bob Hassoldt
Age: 51
A.A.S Pre-Professional Forestry, Paul Smith's College, 1977
B.S. Forest Resource Management, University of Idaho, 1979
Took additional graduate level forestry courses in 1980 & 1981 in silviculture, cable
harvesting systems, road building, forest machinery, etc.
M.B.A. University of Denver, 1986
Years of experience: 29
Area(s) of expertise: Silviculture and forest management in both northwest softwoods and northeast hard and softwoods and everything that that entails.
I've worked for the Idaho Department of Lands in north-central Idaho as a seasonal forester and firefighter, worked as a timber marker for the Boise-Cascade corporation in south-central Idaho, worked as a timber stand examiner in southeast Alaska, worked on the family property in the southern tier of NY doing stand improvement and commercial thinning on the 120+ acres we have there. Since 1996 I've been on my own as a consultant forester here in northcentral Idaho and have loved just about every minute of it. I'd really hate to have to do something else for a living.
Stephen Alford
B.Sc. Forestry (Resource Management) UNB Fredericton NB 1980
Staff Forester PEI
Logging Company Supervisor
Owner/operator Cross-Cut Silvics Ltd. Private land management and plan implementation.
Past chairperson for the PEI Forest Improvement Association.
Experience: 28 years
Currently studing Communications and Photography at The Forestry Forum. :)
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Sure is a nice stand of sugar maples Stephen. :)
What I walked today had hardly a hardwood sawlog, mostly pulp. Limbs starting at 4 feet, past harvest scares, high graded and big area clear cuts. Only decent piece of it I seen was pre-commercially thinned this year and has leaned heavier toward yellow birch. The mature softwoods are at that tipping point between merchantable and worm food, it was mostly fir. A lot of scaring in them to where there was past harvesting, also long suppression, dry bark, stress cracks and some crooked as climbing pole beans. Well not pole beans, but some interesting sweep at least. :D
Hey SD; these are challenging times for sure. Pretty much depend on weather events now that leave the woodlots looking like this. :)
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Locally we have been getting some small tornadoes the last few summers (not right in my vicinity), not many Hurricanes make it up here. The last big wind was in 1995 in the interior of the province taking out essentially over mature fir and knocking down the remaining spruce and white birch when the fir all snapped off. I'm lucky to have a woodlot sheltered from prevailing winds behind a big hill. I have no high spots on the lot either. Mostly like walking across the yard. Actually the walk down to my barn from the house is steeper than any ground on the woodlot. I don't think the elevation changes 5 meters on the whole lot. :D
5 meters! I didn't know you had mountains on your place. :P :D
Here's my wind shelter. :)
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The windmills that are up there after the first pic was taken capture any wind that tries to escape. :D
Aaron Newton
Degree: B.S. Forestry from Purdue University 1998
Years of Experience: 15 years
Areas of Expertise: Eastern Red Cedar 8)
I worked at my Dad's Sawmill (cedarman) In the summers making money for school. I would run the mill and go to the woods and help do logging. When I graduated I moved to Alabama and built our second cedar sawmill. I ran that sawmill for six years and then moved to Oklahoma and started our cedar mulch operation. While starting mulch operation I still ran sawmill in Alabama until we closed it two years ago. Now all my energy is focused on mulching cedar trees and expanding this operation.
I am currently on the Aromatic Cedar Association board of directors.
Quote from: SwampDonkey on December 06, 2008, 08:02:07 AM
Here's my wind shelter. :)
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The windmills that are up there after the first pic was taken capture any wind that tries to escape. :D
That picture brings back a lot of memories. Been going on 14 years since I saw it last! :o
Yeah, well your grandfather used to live just a mile down the road and I remember a couple of your aunts and an uncle who lived there then. I seen one of your aunt's at the archives working last year. Another lives over the hill in Knoxford, her husband farms next to my door step. ;)
Oh the memories of Carleton County. I will have to come home one day soon, or I may get lost when it all changes so much.
Graduated from Maritime Forest Ranger School 1981
Work for the provincial government forestry dept since then . Began my career working on Growth and Yield research projects ( Yellow Book ) then focused on establishing hardwood management trails .
Currently I coordinate the provincial silviculture program on Private and Industrial land.
I am a Christmas tree grower/producer . I have 10 -12acres under management from whick I export 700 or so and also have a U-pick , i cut opeartion in my community where I sell trees locally .
I also own a 50 acre hardwood lot where I mess around with some hardwood single tree selection and pruning as well as tapping a couple of dozen trees in the spring .... before golf season starts !! 8)
Started in the woods in 1978 thinning out hardwood stand using a Homelite XL 12 with a manual chain oiler :D those were the days
My son Taylor also graduated from MCFT ( formally MFRS) this past spring and is now taking his Degree in Forestry at UNB.............
WAP Man,
Nothing like keeping it in the family. My wife is a graduate forester (met the lass in Forestry School), and my oldest daughter graduated in May with a Masters in Forestry Operations (Logging). My brother is also a graduate forester :). There must be something in the genes.
I'm a black sheep- the only forestry major in a family full of agricultural engineers ;D
However, you have one relative that converted :D. She is now a forester by experience with an on the job education. There is always hope ;D.
DanG, Danny, family meetings and gatherins should REALLY be interesting.
Quote from: WDH on December 17, 2008, 04:41:44 PM
WAP Man,
Nothing like keeping it in the family. My wife is a graduate forester (met the lass in Forestry School), and my oldest daughter graduated in May with a Masters in Forestry Operations (Logging). My brother is also a graduate forester :). There must be something in the genes.
We're all quite proud. He got home last nite . I'm taking some time off over Christmas and him and I are heading for the woodlot cutting next years firewood + tree talk !
Cheers
Quote from: WDH on December 17, 2008, 04:53:45 PM
However, you have one relative that converted :D. She is now a forester by experience with an on the job education. There is always hope ;D.
My dad is turning into quite the woodsman himself after spending all that time picking out trees for the sawshed and milling them on the LT15 ;D. I think he wants to get into woodworking when he retires 8)
See, there is hope ;D.
I have a son going to VA Tech, majoring in engineering. He will actually make money with his career choice. ;D
Interesting WDH about your dad getting interested in woodworking as he gets older. So am I......., and keeping the local drug store bought out of bandaids whilst I learn.
Doesn't even have to be a tool that cuts you either. Wood like cherry and ash are so hard, that they seem like glass on a sharp 45 ° cut corner joint. ;D
B.S. Forest Management - Texas A&M 1984
MBA - University of Houston - 1993
Worked 17 years for Champion International and International Paper in eastern Coastal plain of NC and Southeast Texas. Now own Meridian Forestry in Livingston, TX and manage 105,000 of private timberland.
Areas of expertise: Reforestation, timber sale admin., and wildlife enhancement projects.
2007 recipient of Texas Lone Star Land Steward Award for Texas Pineywood Region. ;D
Welcome Griz! You seem right familiar ;D.
I have to say that this individual is one of the finest foresters that I have ever had the pleasure to work with. Griz, you will be a fine addition to this place with all your experience; I know that you have taught me a lot in the time that I have worked with you in Texas.
Welcome! You will contribute a great deal and learn a great deal here as well.
With two Foresters from Livingston (considering the infamous Texas Ranger), this place could become lopsided :D.
Are you kiddin me?!? Two from Livingston??
It's all we can do to contain Texas Ranger. Before you know it there'll be a Bar-b-Cue and a Bar fight! :D :D
Well, he lives in Lovelady, but his office is in Livingston. I am all for the Bar-b-Cue and the bar fight BBQ :D. There is a place called "Florida's" that has some of the best BBQ, but as to the bar fights, I am afraid that I cannot reveal my sources :).
Quote from: WDH on January 27, 2009, 11:07:53 PM
Well, he lives in Lovelady, but his office is in Livingston. I am all for the Bar-b-Cue and the bar fight BBQ :D. There is a place called "Florida's" that has some of the best BBQ, but as to the bar fights, I am afraid that I cannot reveal my sources :).
I thought Sam Eliott and Patrick Swayze cleaned that mess up at the Roadhouse. :D
That was before they built "Buster McNutty's" our local lights out bar.
Welcome Griz, this place needs a few more Texicans.
Never eat at a place that has chicken wire in front of the stage :).
Joe Dwyer, Dwyer Forestry Consulting, Evansville, IN
Degree: B.S. Forestry
Years of Experience: 19 + a few summers while in college
Areas of Expertise: Selective timber harvesting, timber marketing, hardwood forest management, timber sale contracts, timber appraisals, GPS.
Degree from Iowa State University, work for private landowners in southern IN, western KY, and southern IL, spent 1 year as a Land Surveyor performing RTK GPS and total station surveys under the license of another.
I really enjoyed working on the west side of the Cascades (OR) while in college in the summer of '87 . I am married, very settled, and happy in the Ohio Valley.
My website: http://dwyerforestry.com/
jrd,
Did you meet a professor there, Dr. Richard (Dick) Shultz? He was my major professor in grad school in the late 70's at UGA. I have always had tremendous respect for him. I also learned a ton from him. He left UGA in late 1979 to get back more to his family, and I believe he went to Iowa State to teach.
WDH
Is this the guy?
http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/faculty/schultz.php (http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/faculty/schultz.php)
wdh,
Yes, I had Dick Shultz for several forest ecology and watershed classes. He is an excellent professor and teacher and I really enjoyed his classes. They were doing a lot of research on buffer strips and nutrient capture along streams when I was there. Trying to stop the N runoff from the crop fields.
Small World
Yes, a small world. He is a class act. You have good roots ;D.
G. Rose
3 years Cutting/Skidding Bey Brothers Logging Inc. Attica, NY
Just finished Associates degree -Forest Technician @ Paul Smith's College in the Adirondacks.
On my way to completing B.S. in Industrial Forest Operations @ P.S.C. another 2 years ahead of me!!
Looking forward to putting my time in and carrying on good ethics!
Goal: Gain as much experience as I can, and put my brain and muscles to good use!!
My formula:(Brain+Muscles)Experience= 8) 8) 8)
Forestry Technician
BS/BA TESC (Forest Community Ecology/Photography)
GIS, Timber Cruising, Site Layout, Reprod, Taxonomy, Pathology, Interagency Interface, Wildland Firefighting
~15 years of experience, including a Weyerhauser internship, time as an independent subcontractor to the BLM, and currently a GS technician for a Federal agency
Hi gang,
B.S. Forest Resources Management - ESF Syracuse 1976
Peace Corps Volunteer Guatemala 1977-1979
Worked 29 years for Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal Forestry organizations in eastern WA and northern ID, as Forester and Forest Manager.
Areas of expertise: Silviculture, Timber sale admin., Working With Difficult People ;D
Since May 2008, am paid to NOT show up at work (Retired) ;D
Now living in a yurt deep in the woods near Tum Tum WA; planning/dreaming of building our own strawbale house.
Glad to be aboard!
Mike F.
Worked my way through school:
97'-98' One sawmill in Western North Carolina and one in Western Montana.
98'-00' Summers with the Michigan DNR
98'-00' During college worked for a tree farm, a tree nursery and in a biotech laboratory on two different tree research projects.
B.Sc. Forestry Michigan State 01'
01'-current Self-employed consultant (first few years gov't contracting, now private/industry/litigation)
I do not visit this forum very often, though every now and then there is a topic that captures my attention.
I know Ron Scott, and live but 15 minutes from him but hardly ever see him.
Hello all,
Degree: BS in Forestry concentration on Business from NCSU '06
Experience: 2 yrs as a timber buyer for Georgia Carolina, Wendell, NC
1.5 yrs as a Forester for Camp Blanding, Starke, FL
I guess I'm pretty young compared to some of you guys. I also have not seen anyone else from NC State.
Yes, you are just a young whippersnapper ;D.
Welcome to the Forum!
This older bush whacker, welcomes the younger whippersnapper to. :D
Ditto! ;)
Hello from Cranbrook BC.
Forest Technologies Diploma from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology - `97
Experience - Full phase timber layout from initial landscape unit recce to final cutting permit approval. I specialize in developing remote valleys with no prior road access. I have developed roughly 2.4 million cubic meters of timber in the last 12 years. I have taken many continuing education course on stream assessments, Heli-harvesting, cable harvesting, steep slope ground based harvesting, worksafe for supervisors, arc, soil stability and entomology-pathology. As a consultant I develop management plans for multiple clients in the southern interior of BC, and plan and complete multiple resource surveys.
I`m not the Old `fart or the young wipersnapper... just the guy who quietly goes to work in the field 60 hours a week and gets the job done. Wow the experience section sounded like the start of a resume...
I am a forester living in central New Brunswick. Received my degree from the University of NB. Have been offering a full range of silvicultural and woodlot management services to area woodlot owners and industry for nearly 20 years. The harvesting side of the business has been very slow over the past 3-4 years but the optimist in me sees better times ahead.
Over the past 3 years I have been acting as project manager for Nashwaak Valley Wood Energy, a recently opened wood pellet mill. The mill is owned primarily by local woodlot owners and others in the community. It is a pretty unique business model that has gotten a fair bit of attention.
Cheers
Ken
Ken, you need to go up the road a bit and set old Pete Sparks straight on that business. He thinks the Alwards are running it. My folks know him (Pete) and that's how I know. He also has his ideas on whose money is behind it. I bet the old codger has never been in the door. ;)
SD
Our project has received zero government support. It was financed completely by shareholders and high interest loans from lenders. Pete S has been on site a few times so it surprises me that he thinks the project received government support. You can bet though that the new pellet plant the JDI is building is St Leonard will receive lots of support.
Cheers
Ken
Yeah, I don't know where he was coming from because I knew Peter Demarsh was president and you were manager. He said Alward's wife was there bossing and the guys weren't impressed. I told my folks it didn't seem Pete had his facts straight at the time. I sometimes wonder if my mother gets things mixed up to. So we won't rule that out either. :D
What's a guy got to do to get one of those fancy Forester designations on his profile? :)
Done. Something that we overlooked.
Thanks, Ron...figured that's all it was. :) I enjoy helping, and learning from, the people on this site...great resource for all.
Quote from: Ron Wenrich on December 24, 2009, 05:49:24 AM
Done. Something that we overlooked.
Hey Ron, Brian makes asking look easy, if you had another "Forester designation" it would be appreciated. Thank-you Stephen.
Hey Guys i havent been here in a while, bought a house out of forclosure and been remodeling at my own pace so that takes a lot of time up. I don't have as much exp as you other guys and work for the feds so my exp is limited to the public sector.
I am a graduate of clemson university 04' and then went to work for the Army and then left after a little over a year to go get my MFR (masters of forest resources) 06'. While still in school i was hired by the Army Corps of Engineers as an assistant forester. I now manage the sales program for Military bases and the Civil Project lands in the Savannah District. Been here for the last 3 years, so if you dont count school (graduate yrs) i have 4 yrs.
My expertise would be in the timber sale area on the selling side, i do a little management but just enough to make me thirst for more.
-Nate
Nate,
Good to see you back in the sadddle ;D. I do a lot of work with the Corps of Engineers on Wetlands Mitigation Banking. They can be tough to work with and slow :).
agreed, i try not to be that way with my loggers and buyers i try to make things as fluent as possible. It's even slow for me try and get paperwork through at the holidays :o
i think i meant fluid? ???
When working with Engineers, fluent is good too :D.
I like that spiffy Forester tag you guys are wearing. ;D How can a guy get one?
Quote from: WDH on February 17, 2010, 09:59:44 AM
Wetlands Mitigation Banking.
I would like to discuss this with you one day soon. Can I send you an email?
Is there anyone on this site from South Carolina? Thanks.
Checking in again. Been busy in life and posting on other forums, mainly Tractorbynet.com I want to make an effort to get back to the first forums i used, which was this on and Iboats was not far behind.
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on February 02, 2011, 08:53:08 AM
Is there anyone on this site from South Carolina? Thanks.
Yep, i am. Look at the tags on the names and most of us list our home. I live in SC born and raised. I have a farm in lancaster County. 130 acres mostly timber.
Well stick around Nate. We appreciate lots of different perspectives out there. ;D
BSc Forestry UNB 2011.
Glad to see some UNB and MCFT (MFRS) folk here
Area of Expertise: Urban forestry, I paid my way through school swinging around the trees with a chainsaw as a climber.
Years of experience: Working on this one... I will need some time.
Someone had mentioned it being a small world, well, I think I have the best one. WAPman, your son was my roommate for our last year of school.
Russell
Degree: A.A.S. Forest Technology from the Ranger School, Wanakena, NY
B.S. Forest Resource Management SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY
Years of experience: get back to me in 30 years...
Areas of expertise: County/Private Forester. As I've no forest tech, I do it all. Cruising (using statistics to guide), marking, managing sales, private management plans, water/soil resources (stream bank erosion, etc), invasive pests(mostly insects), wildlife.
Always willing and able to learn more. Current goals include real estate salesperson license, better handle on appraising, more experience with sugarbush management, and any other form of training that will be professionally or personally useful/satisfying.
I was just reading through this thread and there is very impressive amount of knowledge and experience on here. If a person gets on this forum and can't find the answers to their questions they might need to open their ears and mind a bit more.
I found this thread to be very interesting AND entertaining. Your knowledge has been helpful to many. Holmes
Degree: BS in Forest Management, University of Maine, Orono
Years of experience:5
Areas of expertise:Large land holdings, FSC certified Forest Management, community forest management.
Worked in Northern NY for a couple of years, then moved to Eastern Maine where I work for the Downeast Lakes Land Trust and GLS woodlands totaling 55,000 acres.
Quote from: WDH on July 02, 2008, 11:12:19 PM
Quote from: Phorester on July 02, 2008, 01:06:48 PM
Play a mean bluegrass guitar.
OK Phorester! I play the bass fiddle. Maybe one day we can hook up and play a tune in the forest around a fire (campfire). We could draw from the food thread and cook up something at the same time ;D
Resurrection of an old thread... I know... I have no forestry credentials at all, but I've also been known to pluck a guitar string or two... I'll bring my guitar to the next gathering that I can attend!
Deal!
My father hasn't played the fiddle in years and only when we were little tikes and didn't know what good fiddle playing was. :D ;)
My father's favorite player was Don Messer, who had a show on CBC TV but was also a NB'er.
Now that Ashely feller from NS is not even considered a fiddle player by someone like father. He's too wild and reckless with a fiddle. ;)
New to the forum.
Wes Vestal
Montesano, WA
AA &AAS - Natural Resources Forest Technician (Grays Harbor College)
Working on B.S. in Forest Management with Operations Minor (Unversity of Idaho)
3 Internships with private industry: Forestry Intern, Operations Intern, Forestry Intern again, and some time with a private contractor during tech school.
Experience with Regen Surveys, inventory, Pre-PCT audits, road side spray projects, Cedar salvage: layout & compliance, and log quality & logging compliance. Various other silviculture and operations projects.
I grew up at the base of the Olympic mountains and am currently working on converting my dads place to designated forestland and aforestation of the hay fields. Half the place is already in timber. A Red alder stand and a younger Doug fir stand with some big punkins intermixed.
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, Wes, and I wish you the best on your continual forestry studies. smiley_thumbsup
OlympicYJ,welcome to the forum. How many acres you playing on? ;D It's great to do something like what you are doing with the land. How many years left of college?
Thanks for the welcom guys. Sorry for the slow reply back, I've been on break and don't have internet at home... I've got a year and semester; graduate Fall of 14. Well I'm playin on an 80 but only about another 20 is going into timber. Planing on som Cedar, more Alder, and some more Fir. Hope everyone had a good Christmas and new year.
Hi! Christian Noble here.
Degree: Forest Resources and Conservation '95 from Florida.
Years of experience: 8
Areas of expertise: I was a dirt forester when I got out of school for Container Corp. of America (Smurfit), then a silviculturalist. Made a career change a few years back to raise a family and even before that time had been into Outdoor Living Skills... primitive, classic camping, bushcraft, etc. Dendrology will always be my favorite hobby though.
Welcome to the Forestry Forum. :)
That's a funny avatar, too. :D
Dendrologists are among my favorite people ;D.
New to the forums, but looks like a fun place.
B.S. Forest Science, University of Illinois - Champaign, 2010
M.S. Forestry, Kentucky, 2012
Experience: 3 years
Expertise: Dendrology, wood ID, silviculture, GIS, mensuration, timber sale administration, fire prevention/suppression
Welcome to the Forestry Forum.
Right outta the box, and glad you found the forum.
Pull up a stump and maybe we can learn a thing or two from you too.
JRod,
Nice ash! Good to have you join us.
First post. B. S. U. of Ark. in '79
1.5 yrs. working for consultant in Ark.
Ever since working in NE Texas for private timber company
Expert-soothing irate landowner's nerves.
A Razorback living in Texas, not in my in my worst nightmares
timberking,welcome to the forum. Good to have your knowledge here.
And another welcome to the Forestry Forum.
Those Razorbacks ended up with our football coach, I think.
Hope they like him.
What do you do for the TX company? BS in what?
My degree is Forest Management. I work in procurement for 10 logging jobs and help buy hardwood logs for our sawmill in Linden. Also ran woodyards for a few years. Still like to get on a loader every now and then to keep my hand in. I like our new coach and think he will lead us to good things in a few years.
QuoteI like our new coach and think he will lead us to good things in a few years.
For 3 million $$$ a year, better hope so. ;D
Must have been his wife, Jen, who felt he was treated badly by WI. Not sure what the deal was there, but we thought he left on good terms.
BS Forest Operations Science, University of Maine, Orono, ME - 2005
BS Computer Science, Providence College, Providence, RI - 1996
Licensed Professional Forester - New Hampshire
SAF Certified Forester
I did procurement / management / GIS prior to running my consulting company full-time. I found this forum literally by accident - glad to be here.
Any other foresters from the northeast area?
jfogarty,welcome to the forum. KBforester is from Maine,reply #117.
jfogerty,
Greetings from an old Forester in the South.
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, jfogarty. I am not a Forester, but I own one, and am trying to saw all of the others. :)
Education: BS in Forestry and Animal Science (Double Major)
Louisiana Tech University 1968(One of Lloyd Blackwell's boys)
Years of Experience- 50+ and still going
US Forest Service, Idaho Department of Lands, Idaho DEQ, Allen Land Services, Inc., contract land services for pipelines, powerlines and other utilities, project manager on numerous cross country pipeline projects, Alaska Pipeline Project, Certified Erosion Control Specialist, Senior Member International Right of Way Association.
Degrees: B.S. Forestry, Michigan State University
M.S. Forest Resources, Penn State University
Years of experience: 2
Areas of expertise: botany, GIS, oak regen, private lands assistance, cost-share programs
Society of American Foresters Member, SAF Candidate Certified Forester, Michigan Forest Association Member, Registered Tree Farm Inspector, proud Spartan, amateur woodworker
Quote from: Ron Wenrich on June 28, 2008, 11:10:51 AM
Here's the place for you foresters to strut your stuff. We'd like to see who the foresters are, and what is their background. We would like to see the following:
Degree:
Years of experience:
Areas of expertise:
After that, you can add anything else you desire. That can include your professional affiliations, schools you attended, professional courses you have taken, your home address. Don't forget to link to your home site.
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A METAL BASKET 3 1/2 X 3 1/2 X 3 1/2 THOSE ARE FEET FIREWOOD PLACE IN THE BASKET TILL IT'S FULL HOW MUCH WOULD THAT BE
.33 cords
B.S. in Forestry from UK 1999.
Worked as a state service forester for a year.
Worked for a consulting arborist for a year.
Bought logs and ran the yard for a veneer mill for 11 years.
Currently pursuing my own business ventures on the side while working in a non-forestry related job.
BS Agronomy and Plant Genetics
MS Horticulture
abd PhD Plant Sciences
Self taught forestry, cactus growing and some other stuff. ;D
B.S in Forestry from University of Massachusetts 2011.
Been working as a Fire Control Officer since 2007, Part time as a consulting forester since 2012.
Also worked three winters in timber harvesting and sawmill operation.
Member of SAF, Member of Northeastern Loggers Association.
Degree: BS Forestry Michigan Technological University 1976
Years of experience: 40+
Areas of expertise: Hardwood marking, fire suppression, wildlife habitat management, motorized and non-motorized recreation trails, forest inventory and planning, mineral leasing, private land management, and way back in the day a stint in a sawmill or two either running a gang saw or grading lumber.........you name it and I probably did it at one time or another!
No website, I am already as busy as I want to be in my second career as a consulting forester in Michigan's EUP and NLP. One more thing I HATE OFFICE WORK!
Welcome to the Forestry Forum.
Did you, by chance, know a forester in the UP by the name of Ed Locke ?? I knew him when he was a Forester working for the Huron Mountain Club (seems it was a different name back in '63). Was at an SAF meeting in Marquette, MI where I met him, and then had a great tour of the Club Forest.
Quote from: beenthere on January 30, 2015, 04:46:33 PM
Welcome to the Forestry Forum.
Did you, by chance, know a forester in the UP by the name of Ed Locke ?? I knew him when he was a Forester working for the Huron Mountain Club (seems it was a different name back in '63). Was at an SAF meeting in Marquette, MI where I met him, and then had a great tour of the Club Forest.
I know a lot of foresters up here and for some reason the name sounds familiar but I cannot put a face to the name, in '63 I was still in elementary school! Maybe I met him at a meeting or two back in the day.
You were lucky to get the HMC. NOBODY gets on there any more.
Josh O'Neal
School: Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College,
Degree-AS, Forest Technology (2010)
School: University of Georgia GO DAWGS!
Degree-BS, Forest Resources (2012)
Years of experience: 2
Currently working in timber sales for the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Way to go, Hemlock. I am an old Dawg, too.
BSFR Timber Management 1977
MS Forest Soils 1979
Good to see you here, Whippersnapper ;D.
Quote from: WDH on February 06, 2015, 08:08:21 PM
Way to go, Hemlock. I am an old Dawg, too.
BSFR Timber Management 1977
MS Forest Soils 1979
Good to see you here, Whippersnapper ;D.
Thank you WDH. I see you are from Perry,my wife is from Warner Robins, a lot of good people down your way.
Riles ,would that be Mt. Holly Ark. That is my moms home town?
I work as a procurement and logging forester for a Mill in Summers County WV. Meador Wood Products. I graduated from WVU with a BS in Forestry Resource Management Degree in 1999. I worked throughout college with the best forester I have ever met. He and his son taught me a lot. Loggers have done the rest. I have spent some time working for government agencies,(state). However, my love lies in private industry. My experience in extensive in all fields associated with procuring and harvesting timber.
I currently procure and supervise the logging of 10 million board foot of timber annually. Sometimes more. Sometimes less. As we all know now, it simply depends on the markets. I know logging well, as my job demands that. I can run equipment or cut the timber if need be. I just love working in the woods and buying timber. And, I cruise a LOT of timber. As any procurement forester can attest. I am a certified professional forester registered in the state of WV. Counting college years, I reckon I'm going on about 18 years experience being or, acting like a forester. :^)
I can be articulate, wise, and experienced. Or, I can be mud simple. I am told I tend to be rather blunt at times but, I mean no harm. That is just me. And, I often lack the time for being graciously tactful. I just say what needs to be said and move along. I am certain that I share these characteristics with any forester that spends a lot of time dealing with the public and loggers. I'm not special at all. I just hustle. God Bless
Wes Logue
Degree: BS in Forestry 2014 University of Maine
Experience: 3 Years of Harvesting for 7 Islands in Maine and 1 year as an official licensed forester.
Area of Expertise: Keeping my mouth shut when the older foresters speak up. Weather and Wildland Fire.
AAA degree in Forestry Technology from Wenatchee Valley College (no longer has a forestry program) 1977.
Forest Engineering Institure--a 10 week course in forest engineering at Oregon State that now is a different acronym SALI, I believe.
Now retired and learning to play the fiddle after 32 years with the USFS doing a bit of everything timber related. I play my fiddle in tune, usually, most of the time.
Ben Stone
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Forestry with an Operations concentration from Humboldt State University
Experience: Two seasons timber cruising/marking/THP layout for private consulting firm. Have done contract work for BLM, USFS, and private timber companies in Northern California and Central/Southern Oregon.
Expertise: Harvest systems optimization, growth and yield modelling, financial analyses, an unrelenting pursuit for better cruise data
Devin J. Hayman
"I don't feel as though I am a seasoned expert, but I do feel like I could turn a good yarn."
Education:
2016 Graduate of The Maritime College of Forest Technology (MCFT). In the past, formally known as the Maritime Forest Ranger School.
Presently pursuing a BSc. Forestry at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.
Years of Experience: 3 with Family, 4 in Private Industry, and 1 in Gov't
Started working in my father's sawmill and planer mill at an early age. Later did odd jobs after a fire destroyed the operation.
A few years later I started working for a local logging contractor on his farm and in the woods. Started off with PCT work running a spacing saw, later earning the chance to trail-cut and help out on some 1st, 2nd, and 3rd entry commercial thinnings.
Later I went to Alberta, where I had the opportunity to become a Wildland Firefighter.
You don't know anything about wood. I'm the wood master.
BS Forest Management from UW- Stevens Point 1991
25 years forest management experience in Northern Wisconsin and MI UP ranging from Tribal reservation lands to large industry ownerships to small private landowners.
Chairman of forest dependent community for 10+ years with greater than 60% National Forest Lands within jurisdiction.
BS Forestry/Soils Humboldt State University
3.5 years working in Humboldt County CA as a forestry technician.
CA Registered Professional Forester #3051
Degree: Maritime College of Forest Technology 2009, BScF University of New Brunswick 2012
Years of Experience: 6
Areas of Expertise: Harvest block and road layout, silviculture operations, harvest operations supervision.
RPF (Alberta)
Alberta Scalers permit
Current residence is North-west Alberta, working as an operations forester. Primary focus is collection of production data from harvest operations throughout northern Alberta and Saskatewan.
Degree: BS Environmental Biology, Greenville University (IL) 2009
Experience: 8-ish years doing forestry research, monitoring, and management
Just got hired on as a Forester/Biologist for the US Army Corps of Engineers on the Mississippi River
Areas of expertise: forest inventory, invasive species management, TSI, reforestation, prescribed burning
abstoff15,welcome to the forum.
Good luck with the new job.
Education: I began schoolin' at Germanna Community College in Locust Grove, VA then transferred to Virginia Tech and graduated with degrees in Forestry and Wood Science
Experience: 15 Years of cruising fixed radius plots for a Govt. program called Forest Inventory and Analysis. Along the way I've part timed cutting trees out of yards, helping with a portable bandmill, and planting seedlings.
B.S. Forestry Miss. State Univ. 1976
Grunt Forester for International Paper, Weyerhauser In Arkansas
Desk Forester for Champion International in Alabama
Grunt Letter Carrier USPS till retirement in Mississippi
Areas of Expertise: Jack of all Trades, Master of none!
Degree/Education: Forestry Degree and some graduate work at Lakehead University in Ontario circa 2001
Experience: 7 years of fieldwork and contract management in Canada, 11 years of policy, politics and tax in the USA
Areas of Expertise: Tax, Business Fraud, Silviculture/TSI, Health+Safety, Genetics, Carbon Markets, Climate Change (just because I know the topic doesn't mean I believe it)
Degree: BS and MS in Forest Management from University of Montana
Years of Experience: 10
Areas of Expertise: timber basis, timber sale administration, management plan development, timber theft/tresspass.
Other credentials: SAF Certified Forester, ATFS Certified Inspector, published author in Journal of Forest Engineering
Since college I've held a number of different positions ranging from Indian Tribe presales forester in Washington to Service Forester in NE Ohio. I bought standing timber for a time in Indiana as well. When my wife and I moved back to SW Ohio two years ago I used it as an opportunity to start my own consulting business and formed Mission Forestry Consulting, LLC (Mission Forestry Consulting, LLC - Mission Forestry Consulting LLC Home (http://www.missionforestry.com)). Moving to self employment has been, at times, a painful learning curve but so far I'm enjoying the rewarding work. Things are slowly building, as to be expected when starting from scratch, but business has been good enough to justify continued efforts and see where it can go. This forum has been a big help over the years (long time lurker) so I appreciate the folks running it. If I can be of any help to the members of this forum please let me know.
Did I ever post in here? Can anyone remember. I haven't been on here regular since this thread was started I don't think?
Education: Went to a tech school for a year and a half and then transferred to Clemson. Graduated with a BS in Forest Resource Management and a BS in Wood Technology in 2004.
Masters of Forest Resources (forest economics focus) in 2006
After undergrad I worked for the army for a year and a half. Then went back to grad school. I have been employed with the Army Corps of Engineers since 2006 in the same position as I am now. I am a Timber Harvest Forester, in charge of the sales program for the Army in my area.
Registered Forester in SC since 2018.
BS in Forestry, Univ. Of TN Knoxville (2010)
MS in Agriculture & Forestry, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland (2013)
Whole career thus far been with the feds (USFS). Seasonal timber/TSI grunt 2009-2013 (WY, CO, OR), and permanent forester positions since 2014-present (MT, CA). Last month i accepted a forester job offer with the USFS in western NC, and am very happy to be settling back in the SE.
Areas of exp: timber sale preparation, silvicultural prescriptions, GIS, western yellow pine and dry mixed conifer fire resilience restoration, wildfire salvage, some lodgepole pine mgmt, watershed/landscape level fuels reduction and Rx fire planning in CA, and soon to be more southern Appalachian hrdws and oak regen.
Is it worth it be a forester nowadays?
I'd say yes. More than ever. Land owners are very aware of what they have, and many of them want to protect it and manage it. Takes a pro to do that right.
If a man has more than 20 acres of timber, and isn't a wood guy in some way, he needs a forester.