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Inventory

Data Collection, Inventory and Biometrics

Data Collection, Inventory and Biometrics

  • Variable Radius Plots (VRP). Traditional forest measurement methods, forest inventory sampling, growth and yield projections and harvest volumes.
  • Continuous Forest Inventory (CFI). For Public and Tribal land managers – Traditional grid-sampling fixed-radius permanent forest inventory plots.
  • Carbon Programs and Offsets. Carbon stocking and Accreditation full-inventory fixed-radius permanent plots with sub-meter GPS locations.
  • LiDAR + ForestView® Assisted Forest Inventory. Our ForestView® LiDAR-assisted Single-tree Digital Inventory® provides forestry, transportation, water, wildlife, fire and custom analysis at your fingertips.

Decades of Field Data

And Inventory Experience

Leveraging nearly 4 decades of operational inventory field experience with 30,000 to 60,000 plots annually across North America. These forest inventory efforts include; annual inventory updates through Variable Radius Plots (VRP), timber valuations, permanent growth and yield plots (CFI), carbon offset verifications, and Digital Inventory® verification samples (LiDAR/Remote Sensing). Our experienced field professionals provide great confidence in your forest measurement information

Contact a Forester

Know Your Forest

By Individual Trees

Have the GPS location of single-trees in your forest. Provide the greatest accuracy of silvicultural information to field professionals and managers. A Digital Inventory® at your fingertips to focus management and financial resources or re-stratify the landscape based on desired tree attributes. Identify high-conservation value areas including; nesting sites, forage, cover, and riparian conditions. Every custom selection or polygon is a list of individual trees, each with its unique features. Then with multiple flights, measure physical growth and calculate site-index.

GPS Location

Height

Crowns

Volume

Piece Size

Diameter

Site Productivity

Area or Property-Specific

Log Size Distributions

Species, diameter, height, and product distributions. Merchandize or re-merchandize any area as markets or product demand changes. Estimate logging and hauling costs for every acre. Reduce inventory costs, know total-forest stocking, and geographically map the feasibility of supply-chain decisions. 

Improving and Forecasting

Cost Reductions

Species, diameter, height, and product distributions. Merchandise or re-merchandise any area as markets or product demand changes. Estimate logging and hauling costs for every acre. Reduce inventory costs, know total-forest stocking, and geographically map the feasibility of supply-chain decisions.

Improved Future Forest

Growth & Yield

Model growth, mortality, and stand dynamics over time under varying silvicultural alternatives with greater accuracy and reliability at multiple scales. Our robust data provide the power to make better-informed decisions across a landscape at the individual-tree and ownership level.

Discounted Cash Flow and

Investment Analysis

Timberland valuation at any scale from 10 to 10-million acres. We implement the cost-based approaches using sophisticated growth and yield models, harvest scheduling, and market analyses. Comparable sales pair the highest quality data with the most sophisticated models to provide investment-grade recommendations with confidence.