Strategy & Decision Support

At FORECON, Inc., we offer comprehensive appraisal services that adhere to the highest standards, including the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Whether you need an appraisal for timberland, recreational land, or general property valuation, our certified experts are equipped to handle all aspects of the process. 

Our appraisals cover a wide range of needs, including investment due diligence, collateral valuation, estate settlement, financial planning, and market value estimation for prospective sales. We design and manage every stage of the appraisal in-house, from planning and specification to data collection and valuation, ensuring that all relevant factors are considered. 

As forestry consultants operating in northeast hardwoods since 1954, we have established ourselves as information leaders in the industry. Our knowledge of northern hardwood timber regions allows us to ease the investing process, providing a guiding light backed by data and expertise. 

While growth, yield and simulation software is abundant in our industry, it can be challenging to find a solution custom-crafted for both user-friendliness and the unique characteristics of high-quality hardwood forests. We developed ForestSIM® with this in mind, allowing us to simulate hundreds of thinning intensities, harvest timings, and growth periods across thousands of stands to identify optimum forest management decisions. This is especially important as local market specs change, or as the gap between sawtimber pricing and pulpwood pricing expands and contracts during market cycles. Whether your goal is to solve for peak ROI on each of 1,000 separate stands, or maximum carbon accumulation across a 40,000-acre portfolio, or maximum commercial fiber production from an industrial land base, FORECON’s ForestSIM® is your purpose-built, powerful, hardwood-focused solution.

We offer forest carbon inventory services as well as growth and yield modeling (TIGER®) and multi-scenario harvest-and-growth simulation modeling (ForestSIM®) services which incorporate analysis of forest carbon. FORECON has performed inventory for carbon projects, CO2e calculations, assisted clients with carbon-related reporting for net-neutrality purposes, and developed several offset projects for the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX).

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Our leadership team tracks a wide array of market prices, trends, and macroeconomic data to support our land management, appraisal and advisory service sectors. We offer our clients custom-crafted analysis, outlook reports, boardroom presentations, guest lectures, and public speaking appearances on a subscription or hourly-fee basis. If you and your team want to learn more about what FORECON’s unique approach can do for you, call us. Come see why our long-term clients choose FORECON! 

Our team members’ diverse backgrounds and long tenure bring experience in many fields, including forestry, appraisal, finance, accounting, database management, programming, risk management, and biometrics. We’re routinely engaged by investors, businesses, family farms, and attorneys for a host of acquisition support, counseling, advisory, and litigation support services. Whether complex or straightforward, we’re here for you with timely and actionable analysis, recommendations, and support.