This tree has a lot of heart! All wood starts out alive and is known as the cambium. As the tree grows, old cambium dies, and new cambium cells are developed, as are tree rings. In good years, the cambium layer is thick; in poor years, it's thin, hence the variable widths of tree rings. As a tree grows, it also produces a lot of extractives or compounds such as resins, phenols, and terpenes. Just like the cambium dying, these extractives may no longer be used or degraded; the old extractives migrate to the center of the tree over time, giving the heartwood its distinctive color. While this heart is coincidental, it's beautiful nonetheless! #forestry #forestmanagement #landmanagement
American Forest Management, Inc.
Business Consulting and Services
Charlotte, North Carolina 7,675 followers
Helping landowners manage, sell, buy and enjoy millions of acres of land for over 58 years.
About us
At American Forest Management, we’ve been helping landowners like you manage, sell, buy, improve, and enjoy millions of acres of land for over 58 years. Our expertise empowers people to explore the full potential of their land. More than 1,200 clients who own over 6.5 million acres trust us to be their advisors and stewards. We take this great responsibility personally, but never for granted. Clients like these have made American Forest Management the largest land consulting and real estate brokerage firm in the United States. With hundreds of employees in offices across the country, we provide our landowners with individualized local services while leveraging the vast technical resources of our national company. But don’t let our size scare you. We treat all landowners, large or small, with the same level of care and respect. From a retreat with a few acres to parcels of timberland, we fully invest in your land with you. In our way of thinking, we’re in this together.
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http://AmericanForestManagement.com
External link for American Forest Management, Inc.
- Industry
- Business Consulting and Services
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1966
- Specialties
- Land Management, Real Estate Services, Wildlife Management, Technical and Data Services, Timber Sales, Appraisal Services, Environmental Management, Wood Flow, Accounting, and Recreational Leases
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Employees at American Forest Management, Inc.
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Lee Ann Cooling
Graphic Designer at American Forest Management, Inc.
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Craig Hurt
Marketing and Graphic Design ∙ Email Marketing ∙ Direct Mail ∙ Adobe Creative Suite
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Jason Jubain
GIS Analyst at American Forest Management, Inc.
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Preston Stowell
Planning Forester at American Forest Management
Updates
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As humans retreat to the air-conditioned comfort of their homes during the blisteringly hot summer months, wildlife has to find other ways to cope. Check out our latest blog post to learn how various wildlife species adapt to uncomfortably warm temperatures through burrowing, sleeping, and bathing. Read the blog post here 📖: https://bit.ly/4fRMucX
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AFM personnel in Maine Dennis Goulet (Wood Flow Manager), Scott Olson (Forester), and Preston Stowell (Forester) spent half a day Wednesday teaching students at the Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking (MLOFT) program about optimizing hardwood log bucking on logging jobs. The MLOFT program is a collaboration between the Maine Community College System and the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast. Each year, they train students to become professional loggers using modern equipment. AFM has helped host them for several years on client lands. Good luck to all MLOFT students! #forestry #forestmanagement #landmanagement #MLOFT #logging
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The next value in our values series is Respect: Treat people the way you want to be treated. Craig Hurt, one of our talented Graphic Designers, consistently exemplifies this value. Adrienne Walters-Anders, Manager of Marketing and Development, shares, "Due to the nature of his role, I collaborate with him on a variety of projects, including the development of advertisements and proposals. He consistently interacts in a professional and kind manner. Even under tight deadlines, he is a joy to work with on every project." Thank you, Craig, for always bringing respect and professionalism to the team!
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Brent Keefer, CEO, and Tom Margo, President, visited with employees at the Gulf Coast region meeting in Marianna, Florida, at the end of July. The group enjoyed barbeque and discussed AFM's previous and future success. Brent and Tom enjoy these annual visits to all regions to discuss land management strategies and how to better serve our clients!
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We spy this beautiful spotted white-tailed deer fawn! Curt Calovecchi, Forester in Milford, ME, caught a glimpse of this beauty when doing reconnaissance on a client's property. Although this lovely baby deer appears to be alone, Mom is likely not far away. Female deer (doe) lead their babies into secluded habitats close to their familiar range and leave them alone for longer periods of time to avoid attracting attention from prey. Fawns instinctively lie motionless when approached by predators, and when they are strong enough, they will follow the doe to forage. #forestry #forestmanagement #landmanagement #wildlifehabitat #wildlifeservices
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Today is National Honey Bee Day, a day to celebrate the eight species of honey bees around the globe! According to the USDA, honey bees are crucial to U.S. agriculture and contribute $15 billion in pollination services annually. Put another way, approximately ¾ of the world's flowering plants depend on pollinators or about 1 out of every three bites of food we eat. To support honey bee populations, landscape for pollinators and add pollinator strips to your gardens, farms, and forests. #nationalhoneybeeday #honeybees #bees
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Do you hear that fast drumming? Look no further than this Pileated Woodpecker, a year-round inhabitant of mature deciduous and coniferous forests in parts of the eastern United States, the West Coast, and southern Canada. These striking forest birds make deep holes in decaying trees and downed logs as they search for their prey: carpenter ants. Snags and other dead and dying trees provide habitat for various birds, including other species of woodpeckers and nuthatches, so leaving them on your property provides foraging and nesting opportunities for our avian friends. #forestry #birds #forestmanagement #landmanagement
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Foresters in San Jacinto County, Texas, are in active clean-up mode after surveying the destruction left behind by Hurricane Beryl. After Beryl touched down in July, Andrew Boughton, Forester in Lufkin, TX, shared these photos where approximately 100-150 trees were uprooted. After bucking the rootball/stump off the log, they will use an active timber sale contract to retain revenue from downed timber. Once the stumps/rootballs are burned or buried, foresters will blade with a dozer to ensure there is no erosion or pooling water in the holes. #forestry #forestmanagement #landmanagement
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As we finish our value of Dedication, we round out this trait with the administrative assistants of the South Atlantic Region. Mike Calder, South Atlantic Region Manager, nominated LeAnn Woods (Sandersville, GA), Hope Smyly (Walterboro, SC), Rebecca Hill (Walterboro, SC), Lora Compton (Alachua, FL), Megan Graham (Georgetown, SC), and Kelly Davis (Sumter, SC). Mike shared, “All of these folks are instrumental in the management of the South Atlantic Region. If it were not for them, we would not be as successful as we are. The managers rely on them for a wealth of information, and in my opinion, these admins are the gatekeepers of the districts because, without them, the district could not function.” Thank you to all of our dedicated admins for ensuring that operations run smoothly. We couldn’t do it without you!
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