Bird & Crawford Forestry Formed to Expand Resources, Services for Timberland Owners
March 03 2015 - 10:05AM
Business Wire
Mike Bird, Sam Crawford to serve as
principals of leading professional forestry management
business
Two of the region’s leading forestry management consulting
businesses, Bird Forestry and The Crawford Forestry Group, have
merged to create Bird & Crawford Forestry, a division of
Advanced Ecology, Ltd. Mike Bird and Sam D. Crawford will serve as
principals of this new consulting venture.
The new company will provide a full range of quality
professional forest management services supported by the latest
GIS/GPS technology and database management systems. Bird &
Crawford Forestry is among the leading independent forestry
consulting businesses in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Mississippi, serving private and commercial landowners, timberland
investment firms, timber industry clients and public lands.
“Mike and I have been friends, as well as competitors, for more
than 40 years and have worked together on numerous joint programs,”
said Sam Crawford. “We felt this was the perfect opportunity to
create a forestry management consulting venture with expanded
professional expertise and a larger geographical footprint to
better serve our customers - regardless of the size of their land
and timber holdings.”
Mike Bird explained: “The combination makes good sense. Sam and
I share a common mission of safeguarding the timber and land
resources our clients entrust to us. Together, we’ll have access to
a larger portfolio of resources that broaden and assure continued
professional management of our clients’ assets.”
The venture brings together a strong and seasoned leadership
team of foresters, biologists and land management professionals. As
a division of Advanced Ecology, Ltd., Bird & Crawford Forestry
will also be able to draw upon natural resource management assets
including environmental consulting, mitigation banking and wildlife
management. Bird continues to serve as the CEO of Advanced
Ecology.
Bird Forestry, based in Center, TX, was founded in 1979 to
provide East Texas landowners a professional management option for
their timberlands. Advanced Ecology was formed in 1994. In 2005,
Bird Forestry merged with Advanced Ecology, Ltd. and began
operating as the Forestry Division of Advanced Ecology, which has
operations in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. For more
information, visit www.birdforestry.com.
The Crawford Forestry Group, located in Shreveport, LA, is one
of the oldest consulting forestry firms in Louisiana with a legacy
of forest management that dates back to 1946. The company was
acquired by Crawford in 1984 and became a well-respected, regional
firm managing timberland in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.
Crawford’s clientele ranges from small non-industrial forest
landowners to some of the country’s largest timberland investment
organizations. For more information, visit
www.crawfordforestry.com.
for Bird & Crawford ForestryMelodie Elliott,
214-373-1601melliott@sunwestpr.com