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Atterbury Consultants has
extensive experience working with many timber
companies and engineering energy consultants to
provide forest resource and market data for wood
supply projects and biomass studies throughout the
Pacific Northwest. We take special interest in
forest values, both ecological and financial. The
first step in value creation is to know what and
where the resource is. We specialize in using
state-of-the-art software and data systems to work
with all available data. We also collect data
specific to the need. We collaborate with our
clients to provide products that are useful to their
purpose.
Data used in the wood supply
and biomass studies comes from a variety of sources
including the USDA Forest Service PNW Forest
Inventory and Analysis Program (FIA) and from
several large industrial timberland owners. The
reports logically lay out the inventory data which
is used to form the basis for comparing acres and
volumes by species, 10 year age classes, and county.
Historical harvest data by
county and owner class are monitored and compiled by
the Oregon Dept. of Forestry. Several years of data
are available for review, providing an historical
perspective on timber harvest. This historical data
is used to calibrate updating (growing and
depleting) previous inventory to the present.
Mills that consume logs are
located and identified within the Atterbury Mills
database. These mills include sawmills, plywood and
veneer plants, and pulp mills. Other mill types are
considered secondary consumers, utilizing materials
from the primary wood processing mills. Annual log
consumption is calculated for each mill, and log
consumption is totaled for the supply area.
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