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Plum Creek’s Calton is cautiously optimistic about timber demand and timberland sales

July 15, 2010 2 Comments

Bill Calton, Plum Creek’s Senior Director for Real Estate and Land Management, is cautiously optimistic…

Happy trails to you

July 13, 2010 3 Comments

Most — but not all — timberland investments require little routine maintenance. But one upkeep job that I recommend is for the landowner to maintain existing roads in usable condition.

Buyers need to look at themselves as sellers do

July 7, 2010 4 Comments

Land buyers should think about the first impression they make on sellers. It can determine whether a deal is reached and at what price. Here are two examples that illustrate the point.

Some years ago, I was ready to buy 200 acres of mostly pasture for $125,000.

What might landowners learn from the Gulf oil spill?

June 29, 2010 1 Comment

As I write this at the end of the first week in June, the cost estimates to clean up the BP oil-blowout and compensate for damage are over $30 billion, and going up.

Mendell looks to local factors for timberland valuations

June 24, 2010 2 Comments

Brooks C. Mendell, Ph.D., is president and founder of Forisk Consulting, a Georgia-based firm that specializes in forest-industry, timber-REIT, bioenergy and timber-market research.