• Environmental Services
• Auditing
• Certification
• Conservation
• Ecological Asset Evaluation
• Environmental Site Assessments
• Wetlands
• Wildlife
   
• Soil Classification

• Conservation-Related Environmental Services

• Services

• Qualifications

• Environmental Audits

Soil Classification Services

Classification and inventory of soil resources provide the foundation for developing site-specific management recommendations of forested land – a prerequisite for sustainable land management.

Accurate and reliable soil surveys improve the ability to evaluate alternatives, prioritize investments, project yields, and schedule activities. With this information, we can prepare silvicultural prescriptions for the observed soil conditions. Detailed soil mapping is also valuable for:

• Delineation of environmentally sensitive areas (e.g., wetlands)
• Land acquisition
• Appraisal

AFM is unique among soil mapping consultants because we approach land classification from the perspective of an active land manager. Soil scientists at AFM provide timberland owners with a customized inventory of soil resources at a scale appropriate to managerial objectives. The integration of global positioning system capabilities, coupled with geographic information system expertise, allow AFM to offer comprehensive soil mapping and inventory services, including specialized land classification compliant with the Sustainable Forest Initiative.

Classification and inventory of soil resources provide the foundation for developing site-specific management recommendations for forested lands. Accurate and reliable soil surveys improve the land manager’s ability to evaluate alternatives, prioritize investments, project yields, and schedule activities. With this information we can be more certain that potential response to silvicultural prescriptions is acceptable under observed soil conditions. Detailed soil mapping is also invaluable in delineation of environmentally sensitive areas (e.g., wetlands) and in land acquisition and appraisals.

Soil Classification Services provide timberland owners with a customized inventory of soil resources at a scale appropriate to managerial objectives.

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Conservation-Related
Environmental Services

American Forest Management (AFM) offers innovative and economically viable options for natural resource management beyond traditional timberland production, including conservation and preservation. Our environmental professionals provide a wide variety of services designed to:

• assess environmental and ecological, as well as economic, values of natural resource assets
  
• develop appropriate management objectives
  
• work within the regulatory framework of federal, state, and local government agencies to achieve these objectives

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Services

• Comprehensive support services for conservation easements, including working forests
  
• Property appraisal
  
• Easement establishment, including baseline site assessment and documentation
  
• Management plan development and implementation
  
• Compliance monitoring
  
• Threatened and endangered species assessments, habitat evaluations, and conservation plans
  
• All aspects of Corps of Engineers wetland permitting, including assessment and delineation
  
• Technical auditing expertise for American Tree Farm System Forest Stewardship Council, International Organization of Standardization and Sustainable Forestry Initiative
  
• Verification of non-controlled wood supply (e.g., chain of custody)
  
• Implementation of forestry-based environmental management systems, including group certification

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Qualifications

• Unparalleled expertise and experience in all aspects of forest and land management
  
• As active timberland manager, we share the objectives and understand the needs of forest owners
  
• Small, regionally dispersed field offices allow individualized services and direct access to local information; large overall size allows coordination of teams of foresters for large, complex jobs
  
• Fully integrated natural resource management, including appraisal, GPS/GIS, inventory, land management, real estate, soil classification and survey services
   

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Environmental Audits

An environmental audit is an analysis of environmental strengths and weaknesses. American Forest Management’s mission is to provide senior management with assurance that business operations are being managed in compliance with established standards, policies, and good industry practice. We support the standards set by American Forest and Paper Association and are ANSI certified to perform environmental management systems audits (ISO 14000). AFM’s environmental compliance audits:

• Ensure compliance with all applicable legislation, policies and Best Management Practices
• Lessen the organization’s impact on its surroundings
• Establish due diligence, avoiding environmental problems before they arise.

The rapid growth for environmental regulations joined with the business need to meet customer expectations are reason enough to ensure your organization has established good practices. We can provide you with SFIsm audits, BMP audits, and Phase I environmental site assessments. Call us today for a consultation.
 

American Forest Management is pleased to offer any advertised services in states in which appropriate licensing requirements have been met.

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