Acquisition of a Community Forest
The Redwood Forest Foundation is a non-profit community forest organization that was created to acquire working forestland that could be owned and operated [...]
Creative Sale of Property with High Timber and Development Values
A forest investment firm owned 3,700 acres of forestland directly adjacent to a growing Oregon community. The property was well stocked with mature and [...]
Acquiring Environmentally Sensitive Property on Mt St Helens
Acquiring Environmentally Sensitive Property on Mt St Helens The Columbia Land Trust conserves and cares for the vital lands, waters and [...]
Market-Priced Disposition of a Working Forest with High Conservation Values
A timberland investment management organization (TIMO) wished to sell 16,000 acres of high quality working forest that had both high conservation and development [...]
Impact Investment Strategy for an International Timber Company
A timber company owning hundreds of thousands of acres wanted to explore opportunities to create impact investment strategy for their investors. More specifically, [...]
Passing Legislation to Create a Forest Conservation Bonding Tool
One of the most perplexing problems associated with working land conservation is accessing large sums of money quickly, with a loan term and [...]
Helping a Community Identify Forest Acquisition Options
The City of Jacksonville, Florida has a long tradition of facilitating land purchases for conservation and preservation.
Analyzing Debt-Financed Forest Acquisition for Finance Company
An international investment bank specializing in acquiring debt sought to acquire timberlands and required an independent expert (one not seeking to place funds) [...]
Land Exchange Design and Public Advocacy
A rural Oregon landowner owned property that was heavily impacted by endangered species restrictions, and thought exchanging these lands for unencumbered Federal lands [...]
Governance to Create Landscape Level Conservation
A diverse group of Seattle-based conservation, business, finance, academic and elected representatives were concerned that a 100,000-acre working forest would be subdivided and [...]