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| Jerry Gaertner, Registered Consulting Forester
Jerry Gaertner began a forestry career as a college forestry student
in 1977, working for forest industries along the South Atlantic Coast during
and after the forestry curriculum he completed at N. Carolina State University.
In 1984, he began working for private consulting foresters until 1987,
when he established 'ol North State Forestry, a private
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Monty Wooten, Registered Forester
Monty Wooten, proprieter of Greenleaf Forest Managment, has acquired over fifiteen years of experience as a consulting forester working with private landowners. He received a Bachelor of Forest Management from Auburn University and has been employed by the U.S. Forest Service, Resource Management Service, the City of Asheville and Quality Forward, a conservation organization. He is a registered forester with the states of North Carolina and South Carolina. In addition he is a certified arborist and a certified pesticide applicator. Mr. Wooten also serves on the Asheville Tree Commission. He is a member of the Forest Stewards Guild. Monty states that seeing landowners achieve their own objectives provides him with his greatest job satisfaction. |
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| As stewards of the forest we believe that it is the job
of the forest manager to improve the forest. We contend that forest
management can be both economically feasible and ecologically beneficial.
It is our goal to help the landowner realize profit from the forest while
continuing to maintain and enhance aesthetics, recreation, soil structure,
water quality and wildlife. In summary, we favor uneven-aged, long
rotation, naturally regenerated, diverse forest stands over even-aged,
intensively managed monocultures.
Our clients come from many walks of life but usually have a common concern and respect for the property they own. Together with these landowners we are charting a path which provides society with renewed air, high quality water, pleasing views and wildlife habitats while meeting its need for timber and nontimber products. |
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Best of the Web The following links will bring up sites related to forestry, forest management, forest recreation and alternative forest products. Southern Region Extension Forestry
Program - a link to most state forestry programs in the
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