Happy Holidays – 2024

News For Family Forests – October 2024

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 October newsletter here. Email [email protected] to subscribe.

USFS Cooper Ridge Fuel Break, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington State

Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. (MB&G) worked to establish and maintain a fuel break across 2,600 acres to protect nearby communities, diminish fire behavior, and improve firefighter safety. The team created a stand examination plan with 100 plots, collection forest type, primary fire carrier for vegetation, aspect, slope, tree data, and photos for fuel model […]

Forest Sector Outlook – Q3 2024

Read 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 […]

News For Family Forests August 2024

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 August newsletter here. Email [email protected] to subscribe

Assessing the Impact of High Intensity Fire on Old-Growth Giant Sequoias

About the Project Giant sequoia can live millennia, surviving repeat fires and periods of drought. However, recent fire and drought conditions in the southern Sierra Nevada have stressed sequoia in some groves. Mason, Bruce & Girard (MB&G) is working for a client to assess the condition of approximately 1,600 old growth giant sequoia in multiple […]