Forestland Consulting and Appraisal

LandVest’s full suite of consulting and strategic planning services is designed to help landowners make well-informed decisions through the entire ownership cycle: from forestland purchase, through property management, to land sales. Our project teams, drawn from all disciplines of forestry, finance, biometrics, and land use planning, will deliver valuable and timely results. 

ACQUISTION DUE DILIGENCE

• Timberland inventory analysis & verification
• Valuation of forestland, timberlands and commercial land
• Forest modeling and wood-flow projections
• Regional stumpage pricing
• Financing assistance for large timberland acquisitions

FOREST INVENTORY

• Cost-efficient inventory design
• Valuation and management cruises
• Carbon inventory protocols

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

• Stream crossing design
• Permitting
• Conservation easement design

FINANCIAL MODELING AND ANALYSIS FOR LAND ACQUISTION AND MANAGEMENT

• Risk assessment
• Discounted cash-flow (DCF) analysis
• Highest and best use (HBU) assessment
• Land Appraisals

BIOMETRICS

• Forest & timberland inventory design and analysis
• Timberland growth & yield modeling
• Wood & fiber supply studies
• Harvest scheduling and sustained yield analysis

GIS & TECHNICAL SERVICES

• Geographic data analysis & planning
• Enterprise GIS providing web-based data access
• Client-specific information system software design & maintenance

FOREST CERTFICATION

• Green certification compliance consultation and support
• Access to multiple forest certification programs

LAND SURVEYS

• Licensed in New Hampshire and Vermont

RESOURCE SUPPLY STUDIES

• Regional land ownership assessments
• Timber and non-timber resource analysis
• Energy and environmental assets analysis

LandVest currently manages over two million acres of timberland across several states and forest types, qualifying us as experts in solving forestry-related challenges. Our team of foresters, environmental specialists, GIS cartographers, biometricians, timberland brokers, finance experts, appraisers, and land planners stand ready to assist you.