When 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 […]
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 MOREMB&G appraiser, David Richert, spent time with the Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program in December to film a video on managing a hardwood forest as part of their 15 Minutes In The Forest series. David shared his methods for sustainably managing an Appalachian hardwood forest. This video discusses management decisions that need to be made […]
READ MOREMB&G has assembled an application for viewing before-versus-after satellite imagery from the 2020 wildfire season, focusing on Western Oregon. Both conditions are derived from Sentinel 2 satellite imagery. Pre-fire conditions are from June-July 2020, post-fire conditions from September-October 2020. The image viewer can be accessed at: https://mbgfpeg.users.earthengine.app/view/orfireimpactsviewervx0aonsvxq1hqbox7yhmsu3fq6wy7hpttjyjunvsnjef
READ MOREMB&G has been a partner with ODOT for the past 20 years and we are excited to start the new year off working on the important ODOT Hazard Tree Debris Removal Monitoring Services project. Field training started last week and we are looking forward to assisting on the cleanup of debris caused by the 2020 […]
READ MOREErin joined MB&G in 2018 as the Director of Environmental Services. “On behalf of the entire Executive Team, I am very pleased to announce that Erin has accepted an offer to join in the ownership of the firm effective January 1st. Erin will become the 24th owner and the first female owner in our 100-year […]
READ MOREMason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. (MB&G), a Portland-based forestry and natural resources consulting firm, has estimated the acreage of land within the perimeter of current wildfires by ownership type for nine western Oregon counties. Spatial ownership data from county tax parcel maps and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) were combined with fire perimeter data produced by the National Interagency Fire Center to produce the estimates.
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