Author Topic: Meet the pros (Read 16011 times)

Phorester · « **Reply #40 on:** July 13, 2008, 07:53:19 am »

Only one - who passes the job along to a forest technician, who really knows how to do it.

Texas Ranger · « **Reply #41 on:** July 13, 2008, 08:45:46 am »

Foresters don't need no stinking light bulbs!!!!!!!!!!!!

beenthere · « **Reply #42 on:** July 13, 2008, 10:20:37 am »

Quote from: crtreedude on July 13, 2008, 06:52:21 am

Well, how many foresters does it take to change a light bulb?

Why change?

WDH · « **Reply #43 on:** July 13, 2008, 08:04:02 pm »

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.

Bill Johnson · « **Reply #44 on:** July 14, 2008, 08:03:48 am »

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

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #45 on:** July 14, 2008, 08:25:08 am »

Bill

Bro. Noble · « **Reply #46 on:** July 14, 2008, 10:00:48 am »

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.

BaldBob · « **Reply #47 on:** July 14, 2008, 06:18:09 pm »

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.

Brian Beauchamp · « **Reply #48 on:** July 25, 2008, 08:30:50 pm »

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

Texas Ranger · « **Reply #49 on:** July 26, 2008, 08:24:25 am »

Danny, I thought it was the bean counters that did the screwing.

WDH · « **Reply #50 on:** July 26, 2008, 07:33:59 pm »

Especially those catering to short term results to make Wall Street happy

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Samuel · « **Reply #51 on:** August 06, 2008, 11:43:25 am »

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

ID4ster · « **Reply #52 on:** December 03, 2008, 12:16:25 am »

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 · « **Reply #53 on:** December 03, 2008, 06:40:49 pm »

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.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #54 on:** December 03, 2008, 08:07:20 pm »

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.

Stephen Alford · « **Reply #55 on:** December 04, 2008, 07:23:24 pm »

Hey SD; these are challenging times for sure. Pretty much depend on weather events now that leave the woodlots looking like this.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #56 on:** December 04, 2008, 07:40:30 pm »

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.

Tom · « **Reply #57 on:** December 05, 2008, 08:52:32 pm »

5 meters! I didn't know you had mountains on your place.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #58 on:** December 06, 2008, 08:02:07 am »

Here's my wind shelter.

The windmills that are up there after the first pic was taken capture any wind that tries to escape.

okmulch · « **Reply #59 on:** December 07, 2008, 04:27:31 pm »

Aaron Newton

Degree: B.S. Forestry from Purdue University 1998
Years of Experience: 15 years
Areas of Expertise: Eastern Red Cedar

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.

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