SIG can answer simple to complex forest management questions by drawing on the expertise of our foresters, spatial analysts, wildlife biologists, and natural resource economists. We work with our clients to develop management strategies that integrate multiple goals and regulatory considerations, such as, optimizing timber production, ecosystem service values, forest biomass, water quality, carbon sequestration, wildfire hazard reduction, and wildlife habitat as factors into our assessments. We specialize in the following areas:
SIG’s services include life cycle assessments of woody biomass material sourced from forests, forest products manufacturing, waste wood recovery, and agricultural operations. SIG can deliver biomass fuels availability assessment and procurement plans as well as quantification of the greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions resulting from the usage of forest-derived fuels and products compared to fossil-derived fuels (e.g., liquid transportation fuels, regional electricity mix) and products (e.g., building materials). We offer the following services:
Starting with our expertise in forest inventory design, tree growth simulation and harvest scheduling, we can estimate yields for multiple resources including timber, biomass, and carbon. We use spatially-explicit datasets to develop economic valuation models on a wide variety of forestry-related revenue streams, including carbon, water, wood products, biomass energy, and other ecosystem service values. SIG’s financial models assist in identifying economic and environmental consequences of different management scenarios, and can provide an assessment of the commercial viability of business and investment proposals. We also offer:
SIG’s expertise includes developing sustainability frameworks for supply chains that include forests. We can quantify management options or product pathways against such frameworks to evaluate sustainability risk and mitigation options. We advise in third-party forest certification and provide technical expertise in renewable energy portfolio standard development and performance. SIG also has a track record of working with a diverse set of stakeholders in the US and abroad to develop criteria and indicator frameworks that measure forest sustainability and alternative energy systems. We have expertise in the following:
In addition to the preparation of timber harvest plans, we offer a full range of research-grade forest mensuration services that provide the baseline information needed to for sound forest stewardship, including:
Our wildlife biologists bring decades of real-world management and research experience to your project. We can serve all of you wildlife assessment needs, including: