Stewardship and Conservation Services
● Forest Stewardship Plan/Forest Management Plan/Timber Management Plan writing
● Long term monitoring planning, implementation, writing, and analysis
● Forest practices permitting (FPA/N) writing
● Forest management prescription writing
● Forestry activities subcontracting and compliance monitoring
Caring For The Forests You Care About
We rely on forests to do all kinds of work: cleaning and regulating water supplies, sheltering fish and wildlife, storing carbon, releasing oxygen, and growing wood fiber for lumber, paper, and other products, not to mention the many social and spiritual connections that forests inspire. Maintaining all of these services at the same time requires considering the forest as a dynamic ecosystem made up of many interconnected parts.
We can help you be a responsible steward for your forestlands by understanding the ecosystem through the lens of the latest available scientific and experiential knowledge, providing the most informed and effective management solutions. We specialize in ecological forest management, where all of your goals and values are considered and balanced to create an integrated management plan.
Whatever your goals are for your property, we can develop a forest stewardship plan that suits your needs.
We develop forest stewardship plans for land managers with properties of all sizes. Our approach starts with a phone call or meeting to introduce ourselves and learn about your personal values and goals for your land. Next, we develop and execute an inventory strategy to meet your needs. This could include a rapid walkthrough inventory, a robust and detailed monitoring strategy to assess a broad range of ecosystem functions, or drone-based lidar and/or aerial imagery collection and analysis. We then analyze and summarize the data we collect to understand the current conditions of your land. We identify any present forest health concerns and produce a modeled projection of future forest development.
We are experienced at developing forest stewardship plans compliant with state and county requirements, and are able to produce usable plans quickly and efficiently to accommodate nearly any timeline or budget. We will help you through the plan submission process and guarantee approval by relevant regulatory agencies.
When it comes time to implement the work, we will develop treatment prescriptions and implementation guidelines. We also provide contract administration and compliance services for any active management completed by one of our trusted vendors.
Our Recent Stewardship and Conservation Projects
Writing a forest stewardship plan for a Vashon Island family.
“I am overall very happy with all the product[s] and what has come out of the data”
There is a lot of potential to increase ecological value by enhancing the structural diversity of the forest and expanding wildlife habitat in the right-of-way. But what really creates the opportunity is the landowner’s passion for their unique property.
Prescription writing is an important management tool that foresters use to make sure we keep our forests healthy, productive, and thriving. It is where rubber meets the road, and science becomes action.
Our clients develop a deep connection with their land and want to make sure it is taken care of now and for the foreseeable future. That is why they entrust us to develop a Forest Stewardship Plan for their forested land.
So, what does it take to find a murrelet nest? We found three nests from the dedicated effort of two expert climbers in one week of hard work. But this hides the reality that finding the trees to search was the culmination of decades of experience and the use of scent dogs.
Dead zones are not only harmful for marine life, but can disrupt many industries such as fishing, oystering, and tourism. However, how do we fix this problem when only 3 states (and D.C.) are in contact with the actual Bay, and getting the surrounding states to reduce nutrient inputs could disrupt their industries?
A Forest Stewardship Plan is a comprehensive strategic document that outlines the management objectives, strategies, and actions for a specific forested area. It is basically a thoughtful road map of how to manage your forest for the foreseeable future that promotes forest, water, and human health.
The Resilient Forestry field crew spends several months out of the year working and living in every type of managed forest of the Pacific Northwest. Seeing so many different iterations of the same forest type, you start to feel the differences; some forests are electrifying while others simply exist.
Can we manage forests that are resilient to wildfire and support endangered owls?
The creation of the Forest Stewardship Plan for the Lagesson Homestead was characterized by collaboration and meticulous planning. By actively engaging the landowners and leveraging our ecological expertise, each phase was tailored to embody the family’s dedication to land preservation while meeting the distinct needs of the property.