Donald Bruce was born in Middlesex, Massachusetts in 1884. After graduating from Yale in 1906 and teaching mathematics for two years, Bruce returned to Yale to enter the Forestry School and graduated in 1910. After graduation he passed the civil service exam and joined the Forest Service on July 1, 1910 as forest assistant on […]
READ MOREThis month, MB&G is celebrating the birthday of our founder, David Townsend Mason. Mason was born on March 11, 1883 in New Jersey. He graduated from the School of Forestry at Yale in 1907 and was employed by the U. S. Forest Service from 1907-1915 first in Colorado then in Montana. There, he rose through […]
READ MOREAs part of our 100-year anniversary series we are taking time to highlight our firm’s three founding members. This month we are highlighted James “Jim” Walter Girard. Girard was born in Pleasant View, Tennessee on March 4, 1877. His early work in forestry began with his career in the United States Forest Service, where he […]
READ MOREAs part of our partnership with the Global Consulting Alliance, MB&G helps create the Timberland Market Update with five other firms from around the world. This quarterly newsletter gives an economic update on timber worldwide. Read the latest Timberland Market Update here.
READ MOREMason, Bruce & Girard is excited about celebrating our 100-year anniversary as a company. Throughout the year we will be updating stories on our news and events page about the history of the company.
READ MOREFebruary 11th is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Thank you to all of the women at MB&G that make the work we do possible!
READ MOREWhen former MB&G Principal Lucien (“Lu”) B. Alexander introduced the wedge prism method of timber cruising in the Northwest in 1955, it immediately drew the attention of foresters to the possibilities of speeding up and reducing the costs of cruising timber. The technique was based on papers published by Walter Bitterlich, an Austrian forest scientist, in […]
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