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RESETSummit Forestry Group, Inc.
Contact: Jeff Hutchison
Work PO Box 247 Bloomery West Virginia 26817
Work Phone: (304)382-8292
Work Email: summitforestry@zoominternet.net
Business Information
Since the founding of Summit Forestry Group, Inc., forest management has been the core service provided by Summit Forestry.
Currently, we manage over eighty thousand acres of private, industrial, and conservation timberland in the Mid-Atlantic region. Our focus is to maximize the return of benefits based on the landowner’s objectives.
Services provided include:
MANAGEMENT PLANNING
Inventory design and implementation
Growth and yield modeling, sustainable harvest projections
Short and long-term management plans
Forest certification and tax abatement compliance plans
Hunting and recreational lease administration
TIMBER SALE ADMINISTRATION
Harvest planning and layout
Timber marking, valuation, and marketing
Contract oversight and harvest inspection
NON-TIMBER VALUE ENHANCEMENT
Wildlife and aesthetics
Conservation easement
Non-timber forest products
ACQUISITION DUE DILIGENCE
Inventory analysis & verification
Valuation
Regional stumpage pricing
FOREST INVENTORY
Cost-efficient inventory design
Valuation and management cruises
Carbon inventory protocols
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
Timber Appraisals and Valuations
FOREST CERTIFICATION
Green certification compliance consultation and support
NON-TIMBER VALUE ENHANCEMENT
Non-timber forest products
Conservation easement
Wildlife and aesthetics
PO Box 247 Bloomery West Virginia 26817
Forestry Services Offered
- Best Management Practice (BMP) Installation
- Consulting Forester (as prescribed in Virginia state code §10.1-1181.9)
- Forest Litigation
- Forest Planning – Forest Stewardship Plan/Management Plan
- Harvesting
- Harvesting - Hardwood Final Harvest
- Harvesting - Hardwood Partial Cut
- Harvesting - Harvest Tract Size – 15-40 acres
- Harvesting - Harvest Tract Size – Less than 15 acres
- Harvesting - Harvest Tract Size – More than 40 acres
- Hunting Lease Administration
- Pre-Commercial Thinning
- Pre-Harvest Planning - Logging Engineering & Road Design
- Timber Cruising & Appraisals
- Timber Marking
- Timber Sale Contract Preparation/Administration
- Timber Stand Improvement
- Tree Planting – Hardwood
- Tree Planting – Pine
- Wildlife Habitat Management
Education Level
Bachelor's Degree
Certifications and Licensure
- ACF-Certified Forester
Organization Memberships
- Association of Consulting Foresters
- Society of American Foresters (SAF)
Counties Served
- Alleghany
- Bath
- Clarke
- Culpeper
- Fairfax
- Fauquier
- Frederick
- Highland
- Loudoun
- Madison
- Page
- Rappahannock
- Rockbridge
- Rockingham
- Shenandoah