April 27, 2012
Mike Hincher
to Join Virginia Tech Advisory Board
Mike Hincher, Senior Vice
President–Forest Operations, has been invited to serve on the Advisory
Board of the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental
Conservation of the College of Natural Resources and Environment at
Virginia Tech. Mr. Hincher will serve a two-year term on the Advisory
Board. The mission of the Board is to bring knowledge of trends and
issues in the forest-resource-based professions and to provide insight
to the Department that will keep forestry and the related curricula
current and relevant. Also, Advisory Board members are expected to serve
as advocates for the Department to potential students, the College of
Natural Resources, the University, the Virginia legislature and the
general public. Mr. Hincher looks forward to serving on this Board to
help promote the stated mission.
Mr. Hincher is a 1988 graduate
of Virginia Tech.
March 30, 2012
DEC MODIFIES
FOREST CONSERVATION EASEMENT TO ALLOW LEASING OF 220 CAMPS AND STATE
ACQUISITION OF 2,800 ACRES OF FOREST LAND
Leasing of Former Champion Lands in Adirondacks by Heartwood Forestland
Fund to Continue.
Deal Adds 2,146 Acres to the State Forest
Preserve and Creates 651-Acre State Forest
Leasing of
recreational camps on the former Champion lands in Franklin, Herkimer,
Lewis and St. Lawrence counties will be allowed under an agreement
reached this week with the state and Heartwood Forestland Fund III, LP,
the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe
Martens announced today. As part of the agreement, Heartwood Forestland,
the owner of a conservation easement on the former Champion lands, will
transfer 2,797 acres of valuable wildlife habitat in the Deer River
corridor to the state.. [read more]
March 20, 2012
Blake Stansell Earns Financial Certification
The Forestland Group is pleased to announce that, Blake H. Stansell,
CFP®, has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of
Standards (CFP Board) to use the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED
FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and CFP (with flame design)® in accordance with CFP
Board certification and renewal requirements. Mr. Stansell currently
serves as the Senior Vice President of Investments and has been employed
by The Forestland Group since 2000.
These marks identify those
individuals who have met the rigorous experience and ethical
requirements of the CFP Board, have successfully completed financial
planning coursework and have passed the CFP® Certification Examination
covering the following areas: the financial planning process, risk
management, investments, tax planning and management, retirement and
employee benefits, and estate planning. CFP® certificants also agree to
meet ongoing continuing education requirements and to uphold CFP Board’s
Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Rules of Conduct and
Financial Planning Practice Standards.
CFP Board is a nonprofit
certification organization with a mission to benefit the public by
granting the CFP® certification and upholding it as the recognized
standard of excellence for personal financial planning. CFP Board owns
the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and federally
registered CFP (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to
individuals who successfully complete initial and ongoing certification
requirements. CFP Board currently authorizes more than 61,000
individuals to use these marks in the United States. For more about CFP
Board, visit www.CFP.net.
January 19, 2012
Conservation Sale Announced
The Kentucky
Division of Forestry and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resources have jointly acquired nearly 2,500 acres in Union County at
the confluence of the Ohio and Tradewater rivers. The property will
become the state’s newest wildlife management area (WMA) and state
forest. [read more]
December 30, 2011
Promotions and a New Hire
The Forestland Group LLC (TFG)
announced today the promotion of the following three employees:
Blake Stansell has been
promoted to Senior Vice President – Investments.
Kaarsten Turner-Dalby has been
promoted to Vice President – Ecological Services.
Linwood Thornton has been
promoted to Senior Vice President and CFO.
In his position, Blake will assume increased
responsibility for timberland acquisition due-diligence activities,
valuation modeling, timber and timberland market analysis, and
coordination of third-party appraisals.
Kaarsten will continue oversight of the FSC
certification program and TFG’s efforts to generate increased revenues
from a diversity of ecological services including sales of carbon
credits and working-forest conservation easements, leasing of
wind-energy rights, and monetization of non-timber attributes associated
with forestland ownership.
Lin will continue leading TFG’s financial and
administrative team, which is charged with such functions as reporting,
tax, risk management, financing, budgeting, and fund administration.
In addition, TFG welcomes
a new forestry professional to the team. Joe Schwartz has been named the
Assistant to the Regional Director of Forest Operations – Southern
Region. Joe will be assisting Andy Norris in overseeing the management
activities for the southern region.
Prior to joining TFG, Mr. Schwartz served as
Resource Forester for the Missouri Department of Conservation. Based in
Sedalia, his responsibilities included the design and implementation of
a statewide CFI project, silvicultural programs, managing wildlife and
recreation resources on multiple conservation areas, providing
forest-management assistance to private landowners, as well as being a
technical resource to field forestry staff for inventory design and
analysis, ArcGIS, GPS, and data recorders. Prior to working for the
Department of Conservation , Joe worked as a Forester for Clearwater
Forest Consultants and as a Forestry Sub-Contractor for Chestnut Ridge
Forestry. Mr. Schwartz
holds a Master of Science in Silviculture from Michigan Technological
University and a B.S. in Forest Science from the University of
Wisconsin. He is a member of the Society of American Foresters.
October 7, 2011
Executive Changes at
Anderson-Tully
Anderson-Tully announced today some
executive-level changes. Chip Dickinson, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Anderson-Tully, will resign as an officer effective late October
2011 in order to join E. Ritter and Company (based in Marked Tree, Arkansas)
as President. Mr. Dickinson joined Anderson-Tully in 1995 and was the
primary liaison in Anderson-Tully’s 2006 acquisition by an affiliate of The
Forestland Group (based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina), and continued to
lead the Company following the transaction.
Two long-time executives will be promoted. Richard L.
Wilkerson, currently Executive Vice-President of Anderson-Tully Lumber
Company, will be promoted to President of Anderson-Tully Lumber Company. W.
Norman Davis, currently Executive Vice-President of Anderson-Tully Company,
will be promoted to President of Anderson-Tully Company. Chris Zinkhan,
based in North Carolina and the Chairman of Anderson-Tully’s Board of
Directors, will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer. In his new
position, Mr. Wilkerson will oversee lumber manufacturing and sales, human
resources, and information technology. Mr. Davis will be responsible for the
timberlands, forestry operations, wildlife management, and river
transportation.
Wilkerson began his career in 1978 in Vicksburg
operations and later spent 10 years as a sales representative with
Anderson-Tully in Memphis. Wilkerson returned to Vicksburg in 1996 as
Vice-President-Lumber Sales. Wilkerson currently serves on the Executive
Committee of the Hardwood Manufacturers Association and is a former board
member of the American Hardwood Export Council. Locally, Wilkerson serves on
the YMCA Board of Directors and is actively involved with the Salvation
Army. He and his wife Ruth are members of Church of the Holy Trinity,
Episcopal and have two sons, George and Gordon.
Davis spent from
1978 to 1990 in the Anderson-Tully forestry department managing timberland
primarily north of Memphis. He worked for Temple-Inland Forest Products
Corporation from 1990 through 1999 where he developed and implemented a
hardwood management program for lands in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and
Alabama. Davis returned to Anderson-Tully in late 1999 as Lands Manager. He
is currently Chairman of the Southern Hardwood Forestry Research Group and
Vice-Chairman of the Southern Hardwood Forestry Group. He and his wife Kyran
have three children and two grandchildren and live in Clinton, MS.
Mr. Zinkhan made the following statement about the changes and the Company’s
future: “We are very appreciative of Chip’s contribution and long service to
the Company; Chip, Richard, and Norman have been instrumental in improving
the productivity and efficiency of the Company since the merger. With these
improvements and our new executive team, we are excited about our niche
within the hardwood sector and our ability to compete now and in the future
within the global marketplace.”
Anderson-Tully, a Mississippi
corporation was founded in 1889 and is one of Vicksburg’s oldest and largest
industries.
September 30, 2011
The Forestland Group, LLC participates in international effort to
identify global croplands and their water use.
The
Forestland Group’s Senior Forester, Alex Finkral, has joined a team of
scientists sponsored by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to create
a “knowledge warehouse” for data, products, approaches, methods, algorithms,
models, and maps pertaining to global croplands and their water use. The
Global Croplands Working Group is supported by the USGS Powell Center in
Fort Collins, Colorado (http://powellcenter.usgs.gov/). Created in 2010, the
Powell Center serves as a catalyst for innovative thinking in earth system
science research, initiated as one means of implementing the USGS Science
Strategy, to support scientist-driven interdisciplinary analysis and
synthesis of complex natural science problems.
The Global Cropland
Working Group, comprised of 13 scientists from China, India, Nepal, Italy,
England, Turkey, and the U.S., held their first meeting September 26th-30th,
2011. Climate change is putting unprecedented pressure on global croplands
and their water use, vital for ensuring future food security for the world’s
rapidly expanding human population. Through fusion of advanced remote
sensing (e.g., Landsat, Resourcesat, MODIS) in combination with national
statistics, ancillary data (e.g., elevation, precipitation), and field-plot
data, the group aims to develop an advanced geospatial information system
that will provide information such as: crop types, precise location of
crops, cropping intensities (e.g., single crop, double crop), crop
health\vigor, watering methods (e.g., irrigated, supplemental irrigated,
rainfed), flood and drought information, and yield or productivity
(expressed per unit of land and\or unit of water). Dr. Finkral brings a
resource management perspective to the group, with a focus on tradeoffs in
ecosystem services between crop and non-cropland ecosystems.
September 21, 2011
Kaarsten Turner Dalby was a
panelist at the “Who Will Own the Forest?” conference September 19-21 in
Portland, Oregon.
“Who Will Own the Forest?” is an annual
conference focused on the unique opportunities and challenges in
forestland investments . The “Who Will Own the Forest?” conference
series has become the largest event of its kind in North America, and is
considered by many to be the premier forestland investing event. This 2½
day conference offers ample networking and learning opportunities
including continuing education credits for appraisers, attorneys,
foresters, and CPAs.
The goal of the panel, Carbon Promises and
Reality was to provide a grounded discussion of recent decisions,
evaluations, deals, progress and 3-5 year trends in the North American
Forest Carbon Market.
Kaarsten joined other
panelists:
- Mike Cafferata Oregon Dept of Forestry. ODOF has been assessing the
potential of carbon revenues for newly acquired properties with support
from the Conservation Fund. ODOF is a potential generator and seller of
carbon credits.
- Nick Martin American Carbon Registry. ACR has been setting standards
for forestry projects that are different than the Climate Action Reserve
standards. ACR is currently working to move their methodologies from the
voluntary market to the California market.
- Eron Bloomgarden EKO Asset Management Partners. EKO AMP is a
potential buyer of carbon credits through their new fund.
The panel was set-up with a presentation delivered
by Eron Bloomgarden who addressed:
- The current forest carbon market size (CAR, voluntary ACR/VCS,
BC/Canada), (US vs International)
- Who is buying/selling? What are the current transaction volumes and
price ranges?
- What is the projected demand for credits in California for
2012-2020?
- What are the latest trends?
There has been plenty of talk about the potential for
carbon credits to create new revenues for owners of forestland, but
regulatory hurdles, environmental concerns, unclear climate policies, and
slow financing have resulted in progress measured in fits and starts rather
than leaps and bounds. Moreover, there have been questions about how
California’s AB32 implementation, that includes forestry credits, will
affect momentum. Within this framework, the panelists attempted to address
how leading organizations are evaluating the costs, benefits, and timing of
monetizing forest carbon revenue. Proceedings
(including agenda, participant list, speaker biographies and presentations
slides) will be available for purchase in digital Adobe Acrobat format in a
few weeks. If you want to be notified when the CDs are available, please
send an e-mail to swu@worldforestry.org. If you have specific questions
about Kaarsten’s presentation, please contact her at
Kaarsten@forestlangroup.com
June 21, 2011
The Management Committee of The Forestland Group
(“TFG”) is delighted to announce the employment of Dr. Alex Finkral as
Senior Forester.
As the Senior Forester, Dr. Finkral advises the TFG
regional forestry staff and forestry management consultants on silvicultural
and forest management planning issues. In addition, Dr. Finkral plays a
supporting role in the FSC certification process and manages research
efforts targeted at the application of improved forest management techniques
on TFG owned properties.
Dr. Finkral has
over 16 years of domestic and international forestry experience. Prior to
his employment with TFG, Dr. Finkral was an Assistant Professor of Forest
Management at Northern Arizona University’s School of Forestry where he
taught courses in Forest Stand Dynamics, Forest Ecosystem Assessment, Forest
Operations, Silviculture and Fire Applications.
In addition, Dr.
Finkral conducted research on the effects of silvicultural thinning,
regeneration, forest carbon, and forest health that led to publications in
various scientific journals. Specific research interests include: how
economic considerations affect and are affected by different forest
management strategies for a variety of forest products and services; how
different silvicultural treatments are chosen and applied along with their
effect on plant species abundance and distribution; and how, through their
effect on forest carbon sequestration and storage, local forest management
practices affect global carbon cycling.
In addition to his experience
in North American forests, Dr. Finkral has worked on forestry research and
extension projects in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Republic of the Congo, Honduras,
Peru, Sri Lanka, and Turkey.
Prior to his faculty appointment at
Northern Arizona University, Dr. Finkral was the manager of Yale
University’s School Forests, located in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and
Vermont. During his tenure as manager, the Yale Myers Forest in Connecticut
became certified by both the Forest Stewardship Council and the Sustainable
Forestry Initiative.
In addition, Dr. Finkral co-founded the Masswood
Forestry Company, LLC, a small consulting company with clients in southern
New England and Arizona.
Dr. Finkral holds a B.S. in Natural
Resource Management from Colorado State University and M.F. and Ph.D.
degrees from Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
His Ph.D. research focused on stand-level growth and developmental responses
to – and the economic consequences of – different silvicultural treatments
in mixed species forests.
Dr. Finkral is a Certified Forester in the
State of Connecticut and a Professional member of the Forest Guild.
Chapel Hill, NC (March 11, 2011)
The Forestland Group, LLC (TFG) is pleased to
announce the appointment of Mr. Glenn Wallace as Senior Director of Risk
Management and Taxation with primary responsibility for coordinating the
affiliated funds’ income tax reporting and compliance. Additionally, he
serves on TFG’s financial reporting team. Prior to his employment with TFG
in 2010, Mr. Wallace was the controller for Pappas Ventures, a life science
biotechnology venture capital firm with $350 million under management. Prior
to Pappas Ventures, Mr. Wallace was the Controller for Southeast Interactive
Technology Funds, a technology focused venture firm with $175 million under
management. Mr. Wallace began his career as a Tax Staff Accountant and
Senior Tax Accountant with Ernst and Young, LLP.
Mr. Wallace has a B.S. in Business
Administration and a Masters in Accounting from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member the North Carolina Association of
Certified Public Accountants and an associate member of the Association of
Certified Fraud Examiners.
Chapel Hill, NC (March 11, 2011)
The Forestland Group announced today the promotion of the following three
employees:
-
Craig Kaderavek to Senior Director-Forest
Operations, Appalachian Region
-
Andy Norris to Senior Director of Forest Operations-Southern Region
-
Elizabeth Martinez to Senior Director GIS/IT
In his position, Craig will continue to oversee forest management of the
more than 626,000 acres managed by The Forestland Group in the Appalachian
Region. Craig joined the firm in 2000 as Director of Forest
Operations-Appalachian Region.
Andy will continue to
supervise forest management with responsibility for overseeing the
on-the-ground management activities for the approximately 801,670 acres
owned in the southern region. Mr. Norris started with the firm in 2004 as
Director of Forest Operations-Southern Region.
Elizabeth will continue her management
responsibility for TFG’s GIS operational plans, IT support, and data
integration for research and reporting.
Elizabeth
joined the firm in 1996 as Administrative Assistant with a concentration in
GIS.
November 17, 2010
ODNR Dedicates New State Forest and Wildlife Area. COLUMBUS, OH – Today, Governor Ted Strickland and Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director Sean Logan announced the opening of Ohio’s newest state forest, the 12,089-acre Vinton Furnace State Experimental Forest, as well as the neighboring 3,405-acre Vinton Furnace State Wildlife Area. [read more]
September 7, 2010
Shawn Hagan, Senior Director of Forest Operations--Great Lakes Region, has been named as one of the recipients of the 2010 Presidential Field Forester Awards sponsored by the Society of American Foresters (SAF). [read more]
February 3, 2010
The Nature Conservancy today announced that it
has purchased 13,350 acres of ecologically significant forestland within the Dragon Run and Mattaponi
watersheds from the Hancock Timber Resource Group. [read more]
January 13, 2010
CEI has used NMTC financing in West Virginia for a project with The Forestland Group. [read more]
December 16, 2009
Thresa Henderson is a co-author of the chapter, “Costs and Benefits of Forest Certification in the Americas” in the Natural Resources: Management, Economic Development, and Protection (Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2009, Jeanette B. Pauling Editor). The book presents research on topics relating to renewable and non-renewable natural resources and the sustainability of these resources in today’s environment. [read more]
New York proposes amendment to state-owned easement on former Champion lands to allow continued leasing of hunting camps in exchange for 2,661 acres of valuable wildlife habitat [read more]
November 4, 2009
Martinez a speaker on the Cutting-Edge Mobile GIS Resources for Forestry: Free Webinar [read more]
October 28, 2009
Zinkhan to speak at the Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Forestry Association
[read more]
October 28, 2009
The Arkansas Forestry Commission awards Pignut Hickory on Land The Forestland Group manages as a Champion Tree.
[read more]
October 28, 2009
Ohio strikes agreement with TFG to purchase 3,250-acre Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest plus 12,599-acre Raccoon Ecological Management Area for preservation, assisted by private and federal funding
[read more]
October 8, 2009
TFG is a partner in the Carbon Canopy project. [read more]
September 22-23, 2009
Kaarsten Turner Dalby speaks at “BTUs From The Forest” Conference… [read more]
August 11, 2009
Kaarsten Turner Dalby was a panelist discussing Biomass Fuel Contracts at the 2009 Southeast Bio energy Conference.
[read more]
July 17, 2009
Martinez becomes Vice President of first ESRI Forestry GIS User Group. [read more]
June 25, 2009
TFG is one of three nominees for 2009 Real Assets Manager of the Year by Foundation and Endowment Money Management. [read more]
June 15, 2009
Connecticut Lakes Timber Company announcement.
[read more]
March 25, 2009
University of Georgia announcement on Timberland Investment Conference where Zinkhan will serve as keynote speaker. [read more]
March 5, 2009
HAYSI, Va. – Strip miners and environmentalists are working with schoolchildren to make the world a better place – by planting chestnut trees. [read more]
January 2, 2009
TFG to serve as host for the Southern Forest Economics Workers (SOFEW) Annual Meeting.
[read more]
September 19, 2008
Zinkhan to speak on the History of Modern Timberland Investment at the International Forest Investment Conference in London.
[read more]
April 11, 2008
Zinkhan and Stansell discuss hardwood timber investments at the Annual Meeting of the Forest Landowners Association.
[read more]
April 6, 2008
The Nature Conservancy works with the Forest Land Group to lease the Flint Gap site for 60 years. High School Students Plant Trees On Strip Mine Site [read more]
February 26, 2008
Roy O. Martin transaction announcement. [read more]
February 22, 2008
Zinkhan to speak at timberland investment conference in Munich. [read more]
December 21, 2007
The
Forestland Group, LLC (TFG) and Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. today announced
the purchase and sale of approximately 100,000 acres of Wisconsin land.
[read more]
September 20, 2007
Zinkhan to deliver the 2007 Carlton N. Owen Lecture at Mississippi State University. [read more]
February 12, 2007
Ohio’s
largest single tract of privately held forest now forever protected - ODNR signs
conservation easements on nearly 16,000 acres of Vinton County woodland
[read more]
January 2, 2007
The Forestland Group announced today the
promotion of the following four employees
[read more]
September 1, 2006
The Forestland Group, LLC announced today the promotion of Kaarsten Turner Dalby
[read more]
August 31, 2005
The Forestland Group, LLC announced today the
recent purchase by Heartwood Forestland Fund V, L.P.
[read more]
October 5, 2005
Anderson-Tully Company and The Forestland Group announce merger agreement
[read more]
May 19, 2005
Fraser Papers completes sale of Maine Timberlands
[read more]
May 11, 2005
TFG receives Corporate Sustainable Standard Setter Award
[read more]
April 25, 2005
The Forestland Group earns certification on 1.5M Acres: First TIMO in the world to have entire portfolio FSC-certified.
[read more]
January 13, 2005
State of Delaware Protects 2,000 Acres of Prime Forestland in Sussex County.
[read more]
January 6, 2005
Governor Granholm of Michigan and Nature Conservancy Announce Largest Conservation Project in State's History Supported by The Forestland Group and Foundation Community.
[read more]
December 31, 2004
The Brink's Company (NYSE: BCO) and The Forestland Group, LLC (TFG) announced today that Brink's subsidiaries have closed on the sale of approximately 132,500 acres of their timber business in southern Virginia to an investment fund managed by TFG.
[read more]
June 1, 2004
Andy Norris to serve as Director of Forest Operations for the Southern Region.
[read more]
September 2003
The Forestland Group, LLC today announced the sale of the 6,746-acre Ward Tract in south central West Virginia to the National Park Service (NPS) as an addition to the New River Gorge National Recreation Area.
[read more]
June 18, 2003
Dave Fehringer to serve as Assistant Regional Director-Great Lakes Region.
[read more]
January 16, 2003
The Forestland Group, LLC today announced the sale of 951 acres in two parcels in Burke County, North Carolina, to the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Division of Parks and Recreation as an addition to the South Mountains State Park.
[read more]
December 19, 2002
The Glatfelter Corporation announces agreement to sell Approximately 25,000 acres in Maryland to the Conservation Fund in partnership with The Forestland Group, LLC and the State of Maryland.
[read more]
December 13, 2002
The Forestland Group, LLC today announced the acquisition of 95,000 acres of forestland in West Virginia from the MeadWestvaco Corporation for the Heartwood Forestland Fund IV.
[read more]
December 6, 2002
Kamehameha Schools Announces Agreement to Sell 390,000 Acres of Michigan Timberland to The Forestland Group.
[read more]

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