Applied Forest Finance Class

Class Date: April 3, 2025

 

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This class details the step-by-step financial analysis required to answer key investment and forest management questions. Attendees will learn how to identify, value, and rank timber and forestry investments. This one-day course is ideal for forestry consultants and investment analysts, timberland owners and investors, and anyone else who needs to understand the identification, valuation, and ranking of timber-dependent and forest-related investments.

Attendees engage with the instructor throughout the day through polls, case studies, and Q&A. In addition, Forisk will make the recording available afterwards for attendees who were unable to attend live, or who want to re-watch any sections. Please note, only people who attend the live webinar in its entirety are eligible to receive Continuing Education Credits.

Applied Forest Finance class attendees will receive eBooks for the soon-to-be released Forest Finance Simplified, 7th Edition and Aunt Fanny Learns Forestry books!

2025 Event Details

  • Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025
  • Time: 10am – 5pm (Eastern)
  • Instructor: Brooks Mendell, President & CEO of Forisk Consulting
  • Location: Live Zoom Webinar with participant Q&A throughout the day
  • Course Agenda: Click here to view the agenda
  • Continuing Ed: Applications will be submitted for 6.0 hours of CE credits for CFE (Forestry), GA CLE / MTH (Logger / Georgia Master Timber Harvester), and Georgia Real Estate/Appraisal. Continuing education credit is only available for people who attend the live webinar in its entirety.

 

2025 Registration Fees

Companies that subscribe to the Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), the Wood Fiber Review, or Forisk’s Mill Capacity Database can receive 10% off their employees’ registration fees! Contact Pamela Smith (psmith@forisk.com) for the promo code prior to registering!

  • Early Registration (until March 20th): $500 
  • Late Registration (after March 20th): $580
  • Registration Closes on Wednesday, April 2nd
  • 10% Discount available for firms that subscribe to Forisk’s research

 

Course Materials

Attendees will receive eBook access to the Forest Finance Simplified  handbook (7th edition will be available to class participants) and the Aunt Fanny Learns Forestry book, as well as electronic reference materials and Excel models for reinforcing and applying the concepts learned during the course.

 

This class directly addresses the following key forest finance topics:

  • Common mistakes and how to correct them
  • Financial criteria: ranking investment options
  • Discount rates: estimating risk
  • Testing for how forest carbon affects management and returns
  • Marginal analysis: when does forest management pay?
  • Case study: when do we clearcut for pulpwood versus manage for sawtimber?
  • Case study: maximizing financial returns from existing stands