FORECON blog
A Bird’s Eye View of Fall Foliage and A Winter Forecast
As the days get shorter, the nights get cooler, the growing season comes to end, and mother nature certainly finds ways to show off [...]
Bruce Vincent shares his message ‘With Vision, There is Hope’
Recently we had a chance to catch an inspirational perspective on the forestry service sector from Bruce Vincent, a professional logger and speaker from [...]
Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Markets – Cautious Optimism?
As we continue to track our hardwood lumber market trends through the current COVID-19 situation, we are still seeing a relatively insignificant effect on [...]
Are Oregon’s 2020 Wildfires the Result of Climate Change?
Our good colleagues out west – Mason, Bruce & Girard – have recently taken a look at the current wildfire situation out west from [...]
Forester Friday – Spotlight on Travis Cunningham
Travis Cunningham is one of FORECON’s Staff Foresters and is based out of the Titusville, Pennsylvania office. His primary management responsibilities involve servicing some [...]
Hardwood Export Highlights
The most recent Hardwood Leader (September 2020), a publication put out monthly by the Hardwood Publishing Co., Inc., looked at export markets for both [...]
The Forest Landowners Association
The voice of forest landowners, The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) is a national advocate for forest landowners and businesses. The FLA members and directors [...]
South African Hardwood Market Opportunities for US Hardwoods
A recent study (July 29, 2020) done by the United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) shows another promising market outlet [...]
China on the Rise…..Again???
While we are encouraged by the news that other Southeast Asian markets are developing for our hardwood resource (see article on Vietnam’s role in [...]
Vietnam……….to the Rescue?
Hardwood forestland owners have had the benefit of a geographically wide and diverse marketplace for hardwood timber for quite some time. The two main [...]
Cross-laminated Timber (CLT) Made from Hardwood is Gaining Traction
For a while now, engineers and scientists have been developing a wood-based product for use in construction projects that would otherwise normally require steel [...]
Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Markets – Onward and ???
It’s been 5 ½ months now since the COVID-19 Pandemic unofficially established itself in the US, and we’ve heard everything from predictions of doomsday [...]
Forester Friday – Spotlight on Glen Underwood
Glen Underwood is one of FORECON’s Forest Technicians and is based out of the Cortland, New York office. His responsibilities include providing services to [...]
How COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Appalachian Hardwood Lumber (So Far)
Well, it’s been quite some time since we provided an update on our hardwood lumber markets – we apologize for that, but since our [...]
12 Counties Added to Pennsylvania’s Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced that 12 counties have been added to Pennsylvania’s spotted lanternfly quarantine zone ahead of the 2020 spring hatch. With [...]
Forester Friday – Spotlight on Shawn Hilton
Shawn Hilton is one of FORECON’s Staff Foresters and is based out of the Falconer, New York office. His responsibilities include providing services to [...]
How The Family Forest Carbon Program works
The Family Forest Carbon Program pays woodland owners to carry out specific activities (“practices”) on their land that enhance wildlife habitat and water quality, [...]
New Opportunity for Pennsylvania Landowners
FORECON is proud to be a forestry partner for the Family Forest Carbon Program. We are happy to share this opportunity with you and [...]
Seasonal General Forestry Laborer
The Cortland & Falconer, New York Offices, and the Titusville, Pennsylvania Office of FORECON, Inc. are looking for highly-motivated, seasonal General Forestry Laborers. Principle Duties Include: • Herbicide application • Site preparation and tree planting • Other duties pertaining to our current land management accounts, as well as private and industrial clients
General Forestry Laborer – Invasive Species Control
Attention Natural Resource and Biology Students and Stewards!
General Forestry Laborer
Principle Duties Include: Herbicide application Site preparation and tree planting Other duties pertaining to our current land management accounts, as well as private and industrial [...]
Forest Technician
Falconer, NY, Titusville, PA and Oak Hill, WV – Winter/Spring 2020 The Falconer, New York, Titusville, Pennsylvania and Oak Hill, West Virginia offices of FORECON, Inc. have immediate openings for highly-motivated, full time Forest Technicians. Principle Duties Include: • Boundary maintenance • Timber cruising • Timber marking • Other duties pertaining to our current land management accounts
52.3 Acres; Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Property consists primarily of poles with some mature timber. Species composition is largely Yellow Poplar, Black Cherry, Mixed Oak, and Maple with Hickory and Aspen [...]
81.5 Acres; Randolph County, West Virginia
Property offers great hunting opportunities with easy access via road frontage on CR 64 / 4. Young timber stand of mixed hardwoods provides good food [...]
