History
Southern Maine Forestry Services was founded in 1981 by Rene Noel, Jr., a licensed professional forester, to meet the growing need for comprehensive land and woodlot management.
The company's primary objectives and guiding philosophy are centered on the desire to assist each of its clients in achieving their own individual goals. Southern Maine Forestry Services is unique in that it provides such a broad range of forestry services, all available through a single resource.
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Skilled forest management practices result in a host of direct benefits to landowner, logger, consumer, community, wildlife, and our forests - a renewable resource.
Good forest management is time-consuming, complex and requires a high level of technical expertise to achive optimum results, short-range and longer term.
Consultant
Licensed forester
Rene Noel, Jr. ACF
Maine Licensed Forester # 325
Maine Licensed Real Estate Appraiser # 475
Bio/education
1973 Bachelors of Science, UMO, School of Forestry
During college had a business with a fellow student to provide forestry management services to landowners. These services included pre-commercial weeding and thinning, tree pruning, tree planting, herbicide application, boundary line maintenance and other technical work folks were willing to pay us to perform.
After graduating worked for the US Forest Service as a forest technician based in the Black Hills. Following that returned east to Long Island, NY and managed a landscape nursery specializing in producing azaleas, rhododendrons and hemlock for a year.
Returned to Maine in 1976 and worked as a district forester with the Maine Forest Service until 1981 when transferred to Bureau of Public Lands. Missed working with forest owners. Left government employment and started in private practice as a consulting forester in late fall of 1981. Since then SMFS Inc. (aka Southern Maine Forestry Services) has grown to employ 5 foresters who manage about 100,000 acres for around 800 clients.
Consultant
Licensed forester
Erik Grove
Maine Licensed Forester #3273
New Hampshire Licensed Forester #292
Master Pesticide Applicator Maine & New Hampshire
Bio/Education
1989 Associates of Forest Technology, Thompson School of Applied Science, University of New Hampshire
1992 Bachelor of Science, Forest Management, University of New Hampshire