Three decades of tools, books, publications, and training resources for the forestry and forest products industry. Built to solve real problems for loggers, foresters, mill operators, and the people who work with them.
Author or coauthor of eleven books on forestry, logging economics, and conservation. Featured titles have dedicated pages; others are available as free PDFs.
Critical Chain Project Management applied to forestry and forest products. Case-driven stories from sawmill operations, timber procurement, and multi-site coordination.
View book site Narrative NonfictionLoggers, foresters, and mill operators adapting to climate change in the Northeast. Stories from the people doing the work as the ground shifts under them.
View book siteHard copies available at Northern Logger's online store.
From Forest Enterprises of the Adirondacks
Free desktop and mobile applications for forest operations accounting, timber measurements, log rules, conversions, and sawmill analysis.
Calculate financial results for a logging business on a weekly, monthly, annual, or per-job basis. Throughput accounting built for logging.
Sawmill production analysis. Desktop and mobile versions for evaluating log-to-lumber recovery, overrun, and mill profitability.
Biomass, accounting, and resource knowledge. Desktop and mobile app for biomass operations tracking and analysis.
Mobile companion for Northern Logger magazine. Timber weight tables, log rules, and field reference tools.
Log rule calculators, unit conversions, and timber measurement utilities in a single mobile app.
Production analysis for timber harvesting. Track and analyze logging productivity metrics.
Benchmarking tool for comparing logging operation performance against industry data.
Business planning app for logging operations. Build and evaluate business plans with forestry-specific financial models.
Forest products and measurements converter. Quick conversions between board feet, cords, tons, and other forest product units.
Sawmill production analysis for the field. Batch and detailed study modes, four log rules, standard and custom lumber grades. A Lumbermen OS app.
From Forest Enterprises of the Adirondacks
Technical articles and reports on logging economics, biomass, climate adaptation, and timber harvesting systems.
Instructor manuals, slide decks, and course materials for continuing education in forestry and logging. All free to use.
One-day workshop on timber measurements for loggers and foresters.
One-day workshop on forest ecology and silviculture fundamentals.
Demonstration guide for northern loggers covering biomass harvesting and utilization.
Small business essentials for loggers. Financial basics, planning, and operations management.
Scott Noble's instructions for using the Michigan Tech methods for training hardwood log buckers.
USFS Hardwood Value Improvement Project's log bucker training slides and software.
One-day workshop for loggers and foresters on productivity and continuous improvement methods.
Course manual for the Project Flow in Forestry short course. Companion to Timber Tempo.
Instruction manual for the climate adaptations short course for logging and forestry professionals.
A continuous improvement training exercise for logging workshops.
From Forest Enterprises of the Adirondacks
Active projects and organizations.
Consulting forestry, applied research, and implementation for forest products businesses and organizations across the Northeast.
northeastforests.comOperational software for the forestry and timber industry. Cut Mark sawmill analysis and other tools in development.
lumbermen.orgAn effective way of reaching working forest professionals. Business education designed for how the industry actually works.
vtfbs.comNarrative nonfiction about loggers, foresters, and mill operators adapting to climate change in the Northeast.
wetwoods.xyzExecution and delivery workflow tools for forest products operations.
cordr.xyz