Pacific Northwest Region
Our forestry consultants and land management professionals in the Northeast region are here to serve you
After acquiring land, it can be a challenge to know how to care for it. Providing proper land management is an important responsibility – especially when having to navigate wildlife and resource protection, forest laws and regulations, all while trying to meet your landowner objectives. That’s where AFM comes in. We want to be your trusted partner in helping you reach your landownership objectives.
Our commitment to sustainability and stewardship means we will treat your property like it’s our own, and we follow all applicable Forest Practice Rules and all other local, state, and federal requirements to ensure that your land or investment remains healthy and thriving for generations.
The land and forest management experts in AFM’s Northeast Region are local specialists with deep knowledge of the area’s climate, tree species, soil types, vegetation, wildlife, and more. As such, they are equipped to help you with the goals and objectives for your property and offer these region-specific services:
- Forest Planning: We write forest management plans to assist you in qualifying for reduced property taxes and various cost-share programs.
- Timber Harvesting: Our foresters will oversee timber harvest permitting, log marketing, and contract administration. We will help develop a harvest prescription designed to meet your objectives, coupled with our experience of managing local forests and addressing local forest health concerns. Our deep knowledge of log markets will help maximize value for each log that is harvested from your property. We also offer log accounting services that track each load to every mill on a daily basis to monitor log quality, rate of production, and mill payment reconciliation. These steps ensure that all parties are properly compensated for their work and that the landowner is receiving full value for their harvested timber.
- Forest Inventory: We are able to design and execute cruises from properties as small as 10 acres up to 100,000 acres. Cruises can be used for estate planning purposes, setting of a timber basis, or to prepare for a timber sale. They are often helpful to include when preparing a forest management plan to highlight overstocked stands in need of non-commercial thinning, that are ready to be harvested, or may have lower stocking than anticipated and need to be interplanted.
- Reforestation: Our foresters will develop an appropriate planting prescription for your property, facilitate site preparation activities, and oversee the planting. Reforestation can be completed after a timber harvest, wildfire, or afforestation of previously non-forested areas.
- Forest Certifications: Certifications like the American Tree Farm System (ATFS), FSC, and SFI help provide landowners with access to additional timber markets through individual or group options.
The Pacific Northwest Region encompasses western Washington and Oregon, including the Columbia River Gorge. Our Pacific Northwest management team, Marisa Bass, Chris Eades, Jesse Saunders, and Casey Wheeler, has a combined experience of 85 years in land management and forestry.