On April 12, 2022, a release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that, for the twelve-month period ending in March 2022, U.S...
Brooks Mendell, Ph.D.
Net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) can, at times, provide conflicting guidance when comparing timber investments or forest...
Forest carbon opportunities profit from markets which trade on the mismatch between energy use (what we consume) and the greenhouse gas emissions...
Years ago, a forest industry executive told me, “You only get to cut a tree once.” He made the point that, “our trees are in the ground already. So...
The biology and science of growing trees has a temperamental relationship with the economics of pricing timber. While forests grow through the...
Timberland investors and wood-using firms rely on a robust and reliable supply chain. While perhaps intuitive and obvious, the pandemic and weather...
Timberland investments comprise bundles of diversified cash flows. The sources of these flows include softwood and hardwood logs and fiber, hunting...
Each year, when we teach our process for tracking and analyzing timber prices, wood demand and forest supplies at Forisk’s “Timber Market Analysis”...
Aunt Fanny called at 4:45 in the morning. “Nephew, tell me about forest carbon.” “Do I have to?” I asked. “I avoid big words till the sun rises and...
In forestry, I always found rules of thumb helpful in providing context. For example, a log truck in the U.S. South carries just over 25 tons (~28)...