EMA and ODOT have officially released their Culturally Modified Tree (CMT) training video. This was produced as mitigation for adverse effects to some CMTs during the ODOT Wildfire Recovery Hazard Debris Management project. The video highlights why CMTs should be recorded and protected, while underscoring the importance of early and frequent communication with local Tribes and Tribes with ancestral history in a project area.
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MB&G provided forestry, arborist, Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead (CESCL), environmental permitting, environmental compliance oversight, and log marketing support as part of the wildfire recovery efforts following the 2020 wildfire season.
MB&G Senior Forester Brent Keller has been assembling the News For Family Forests Newsletter every month since 2017. The newsletter includes a market watch for housing, lumber and logs as well as industry news relevant to forestland owners. Read the June newsletter here. Read the May newsletter here. Email marketing@masonbruce.com to subscribe.
READ MORERead the latest Forest Sector Outlook here. As part of our partnership with the Global Consulting Alliance, MB&G helps create the Forest Sector Outlook with five other firms from around the world. This quarterly newsletter gives an economic update on the forest sector worldwide. The Forest Sector Outlook covers regional reviews for Asia-Pacific, Europe, North […]
READ MOREIn 2023, Mason, Bruce & Girard contracted with the Tahoe National Forest to complete marking and cruising on 5,000 acres. Timber marking and sample tree cruising was performed within the larger trapper projects on the Yuba Ranger District. The marking was accomplished across both tractor and cable thinning units in exceptionally dense and brushy vegetation […]
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