Manager Management

Education

Bachelor of Science in Forestry, Forest Management Option

Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. May 2005.

Bevill State Community College. Fayette, AL. August 1997-May 2000.

Professional Experience

Mississippi Forestry Commission - Hazlehurst, MS (Copiah County)

Service Forester II, March 2011 - Present

. Supervise five employees

. Manage over 15,000 acres of timber for the Copiah County School

District and Hazlehurst City School District

. Write stewardship management plans for FRDP (Forest Resource

Development Program) - I awarded $125,000 in FRDP funds off of

26 management plans last year

. Write stewardship management plans for CRP (Conservation Reserve

Program) - I wrote 21 management plans on 1300 acres last year

. Write management plans for school lands

. Help with wildfire suppression

. Have assisted multiple private landowners with mapping and

technical assistance

. Conduct and participate in forest inventory cruises (over 800

acres in Copiah last year, of which 200 were final harvests that

made the school boards over $450,000)

. Monitor activities of logging contractors and enforce

regulations such as those concerning environmental protection

and resource utilization. (BMP-Best Management Practices

inspections)

. Assist and perform technical functions in the preparation of

forest management and harvest plans using mapping techniques,

flagging landlines and SMZ's (Streamside Management Zones)

. Oversee tree planting - Copiah had 400 acres planted this year

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation - Stevenson, AL

Forester I, August 2006 - October 2010

. Managed accounts and negotiated contracts in the tri-state area

with landowners, suppliers, wood dealers, loggers, sawmills and

land companies regarding timber volumes, pricing, roadwork, etc

. Monitored activities of two logging contractors and enforced

regulations such as those concerning environmental protection

and resource utilization. (BMP-Best Management Practices

inspections)

. Consulted land service contractors to build log and skid roads

for more efficient productivity

. Participated in annual internal and external audits and insured

documentation is in compliance

. Conducted and participated in forest inventory cruises

. Assisted and performed technical functions in the preparation of

forest management and harvest plans using mapping techniques,

flagging landlines and SMZ's (Streamside Management Zones)

. I purchased 140,000 tons of hardwood pulpwood, of which 10,000

tons was standing timber, my last year (a 64% increase from the

year before)

Coastal Lumber Company - Stevenson, AL

Procurement Forester, January 2006-August 2006

. Conducted and participated in forest inventory cruises

. Consulted land service contractors to build log and skid roads

for more efficient productivity

. Monitored activities of six logging contractors and enforced

regulations such as those concerning environmental protection

and resource utilization. (BMP-Best Management Practices

inspections)

. Assisted and performed technical functions in the preparation of

forest management and harvest plans using mapping techniques,

flagging landlines and SMZ's (Streamside Management Zones)

. Scaled (Doyle Scale) hardwood sawlogs at the sawmill (the mill

sawed a million board feet a month)

. Calculated monthly inventory at the sawmill

. Operated the Altamont, TN woodyard where I supervised one

employee

. Bought 350MBF (thousand board feet) of hardwood sawlogs a month

and dispersed them between the Stevenson, AL mill and the

Pulaski, TN mill

Pearl River Lumber Company - Georgetown, MS

Log Scaler/Office Manager, May 2005-December 2005)

. Purchased hardwood sawlogs, scaled them upon arrival and

calculated footage (Doyle Scale)

. Created Accounts Payable tickets for loggers

. Assembled lumber loads for shipment

. Administered monthly log inventory of both footage and quantity

El Sombrero Mexican Restaurant - Starkville, MS

Waiter / Assistant Manager, April 2002-May 2005

. Waited tables, Supervised and management duties on weekends

MS Horse Park Agricenter and Fairgrounds - Starkville, MS

Student worker, August 2000-May 2002

. Operated equipment (backhoes, tractors, front-end loaders)

. Constructed livestock pens

. Cleaned horse stalls

Continuing Education and Training

Tennessee Master Logger Landowner Program Training

Logging Aesthetics Energy through Biomass Training

Best Management Practice Tractor Plow/Boss (fire

suppression)

Invasive and Exotic Plants and Spill Prevention and Control

Animals

Wildlife Planting and Recorded timber inventory in the

Silviculture for Wildlife John W. Starr Memorial Forest

Management

Mississippi State University

Forestry Summer Field Program

(Starkville, MS) Student, June

2002-August 2002

Achievements / Affiliations

. Society of American Foresters/Forestry Club

- Vice-President (2001-2002), Vice-President Supervising

Conclave (2003-2004)

- Many volunteer activities (Adopt-a-Highway, cooked for events,

participated in conclave, assisted with the Mid-South

Forestry Equipment

Show)

. Prescribed Burn Manager

. Certified Tree Farm Inspector

. College of Forest Resources Dean's Council (2004-2005)

. Royal Ambassador Leader / Instructor

Skills

Two Dog V1 ArcMap Recon

Outlook T-Cruise Microsoft Office

Adobe Reader Active Servant in Men's Brotherhood

various Church

Ministries

References

Bill Russell Norrell Privett Bob Hughes

Supervisor District Area Manager (Recently Lumberyard Manager

Conservationist Retired) Coastal Lumber Company

Natural Resource Smurfit-Stone 2410 Demarius Street

Conservation Service Containerboard Corp. Scottsboro, AL 35768

27169 Highway 28, Suite A P.O. Box 632 Phone: 256-***-****

Hazlehurst, MS 39083 Jasper, TN 37347

Phone: 601-***-**** Ext. Phone: 256-***-****

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