Podcasts

Season 7 | Community of the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Program (SFLR) | Episode 5

#104 | The trust factor takes up 70% of my time – even today

March 27, 2019 | Alex Harvey

Alex Harvey is a consulting forester and a registered professional forester in Mississippi and Alabama who helped with the development and piloting of the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Program (SFLR), and he still vigorously supports the program today. After growing up on a cattle ranch and loving the outdoors, Alex graduated from […]

Season 6 | Forestry Consultants | Episode 13

#98 | The best part of being a forestry consultant is helping folks realize what they really have

February 6, 2019 | Amy McFadden, ACF

Amy McFadden, ACF, is the Owner of White Oak Forest Management, Inc., which is based in Georgetown, South Carolina. Amy started her forest career with International Paper Company in 1994, taught at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in the Forest Technician Program, and was the department head for four years! Amy earned a BS in forest management […]

Season 6 | Forestry Consultants | Episode 12

#97 | The number one trait for being a forestry consultant is persistence

January 30, 2019 | Jerry Tugwell, ACF

Jerry Tugwell, ACF, is a Forestry Consultant and the President of Tugwell Consulting Forestry in Asheboro, North Carolina. Jerry earned a BS in forestry from North Carolina State University and has 38 years of professional experience, including 25 years as a practicing consulting forester. In the Association of Consulting Foresters, Jerry has served in many roles […]

Season 6 | Forestry Consultants | Episode 11

#96 | You have to be an educator and a salesman to be a successful forester

January 24, 2019 | Richard Carbonetti, ACF

Richard “Carbo” Carbonetti is a partner, Senior Vice President Timberland, and Director of Management & Consulting at LandVest, a brokerage, consulting, and timberland services firm. He is responsible for the forest management and consulting on over 2.2 million acres in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania. A licensed forester in Maine, New Hampshire, […]

Season 6 | Forestry Consultants | Episode 10

#95 | When I put ACF behind my name, people know they will get value

January 16, 2019 | Mike Warner, ACF

Mike Warner, ACF, CF, is the Owner of Arbor Terra Consulting, which is located in Lizton, Indiana. Mike earned a forest management degree from Purdue University in 1976 and served with the USDA Soil Conservation Service after graduation. Mike then became a general partner and president of a company that developed a production system to […]

Season 6 | Forestry Consultants | Episode 9

#94 | Being a boss and being a leader are not the same thing

January 9, 2019 | Philip Sneed, ACF

Phil is a forester and owner of Blackwell Creek Forestry. He earned his BS in forestry with an emphasis in wildlife from Purdue University and has over 20 years of experience in managing forests and wildlife habitat with hundreds of landowners and organizations. Phil is also a verteran, serving six years in the Marine Corps Reserve, including […]

Season 6 | Forestry Consultants | Episode 8

#93 | Be proud of what you’re doing in the woods; dirt forestry needs to make a return

January 2, 2019 | Matt Dowdy, ACF

Matt Dowdy, ACF, is a forestry consultant who started his own company, Dowdy’s Forest & Land Management, a full-service forest consulting firm based in Louisa, Virginia, in 2007. A graduate of Virginia Tech with a B.S. in Forest Business, Matt has 26 years of forestry consulting experience, and he remains an active leader and lynchpin […]

Season 6 | Forestry Consultants | Episode 7

#92 | Field work is easy, but dealing with people Is hard

December 26, 2018 | David Henderson, ACF

David Henderson, ACF, is the owner of Henderson Forestry Consultants, and he has been a consulting forester serving landowners in the North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia area for 35 years. A Registered Forester in both North and South Carolina, David says humbly that it took him a good eight years to get the hang […]

Season 6 | Forestry Consultants | Episode 6

#91 | Anybody who is an ACF Member has the credentials that we demand

December 19, 2018 | Justin Miller, ACF

Justin Miller, ACF, is the Founder and President of Green Timber Consulting Foresters located in Pelkie, Michigan. Established in 2001, Green Timber currently staffs eight foresters and serves clients throughout the Upper Great Lakes Region. Justin earned a B.S. in Forestry from Michigan Technological University (MTU) and was recognized as the 2017 School of Forest […]

Season 6 | Forestry Consultants | Episode 5

#90 | Leaders evolve from a chain of events and a series of decisions

December 12, 2018 | Tom Hittle, ACF

Tom Hittle, ACF, is a forester with over 30 years of experience as a forestry consultant and is Senior Vice President, Project Coordination and Business Development at Steigerwaldt Land Services, Inc., in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. Tom’s expertise includes due diligence for timberland acquisitions; resource analysis and forest management planning; and systems development and implementation. His consulting […]