Monarch Butterfly

IHLA is a relevant, member-driven trade association, whose members share a passion for creating the world’s finest hardwood products, and a determination to maintain the sustainable productivity of our nation’s forest resources.

Consultant Forester, perscribed burn, timber sales, and tree planting

Zach began his career with the Division of Forestry in August of 2000 as a Forest Entomologist and assumed his duties as Forest Programs Coordinator in August of 2006.

Allie started her career with the Division of Forestry as a summer intern in 2009 working with the division's private lands section. In 2011, she became an intermittent forester, helping cover districts 14, 8, and 9 and working at Clark State Forest.

Amanda graduated in 2011 with a double major in Forestry and Wildlife Management from Purdue University. She began her career as a summer intern, completing Classified Forest re-inspections in Harrison and Crawford counties during summer 2011

Quentin began his career with the Division of Forestry in 2015 as a property forester for Jackson-Washington State Forest. In July of 2018, he transferred to the district forester position for District 3

Jayson began his career with the Division of Forestry in 1995 as Assistant Property Manager at Martin State Forest. He became District Forester in early 1996

Time in Forestry Consulting: 1988 Industrial: 1976 Public: Other: Education B.S. Purdue Univ Forest Production Other Qualifications Herbicide Applicator Licensed IN Pesticide Applicator Licensed IN SAF Forester Certified Natural Resources Conservation Tech.

Lee Eckart graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor's degree in forest management and wildlife management in 1981. He began his career in forestry with the Indiana DNR at Yellowwood State Forest as a resource specialist in 1983

Certified Forester SAF Certified Wildlife Biologist TWS Services Timber Sales Timber Stand Improvement Tree Planting Native Grass Planting Prescr

SERVICES: Timber Sales Consulting Timber Inventory/appraisal Forestry & Wildlife Stewardship Planning Tree Planting Native Grass and Wildlfower Pl

Ben’s career began as a summer intern doing Classified Forest re-inspections in 2001. He then became Assistant Property Manager at Jasper-Pulaski State Nursery later that year.

Don began his career with the Division of Forestry as a summer student inspecting Classified Forests in 1974. In 1975, after completing a degree in Forest Management from Purdue, he joined the staff full time assisting forest landowners

Maddie began working for the Division of Forestry as an inventory forester in 2015. She then transferred to a district forester position in 2017

Jason earned his degree in forestry in 1996 from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL. He has worked as a technician with the Illinois Natural History Survey and as a forester for Westvaco Paper Company in western Kentucky

Ralph began working for the Division of Forestry in 1983 as a Resource Specialist at Yellowwood State Forest and assumed his current role as District Forester for Monroe and Owen counties in 1991

Educational Qualifications B.S. Degree in Forestry from Purdue University, 1985. Specialized Training Land Investment Potential (University of Minnesota) 1990, Society of American Foresters Continuing Education Certificate 2014, Gypsy Moth Qualified Certified Applicator?s Training 1998, Best Management Practices Monitoring Training 2000, and Professional Real Estate Practice 2017.

Ben's career began as a summer intern doing Classified Forest re-inspections in 2001. He then became Assistant Property Manager at Jasper-Pulaski State Nursery later that year

Ben Wilson began his career with the Division of Forestry in September 2020 as the district forester for District 1. Before moving to Indiana, Wilson worked as an intermittent forestry technician for the Iowa DNR at Loess Hills State Forest

James joined the Division of Forestry in 2006 and has been the District 19 Forester since 2007. Prior to that, he was an Assistant District Forester in District 13

Zach began working with the Division of Forestry in the summer of 2015 as an Intermittent Forester, working on inventory and management guides for Yellowwood and Morgan-Monroe State Forests.

With over 29 years of professional forestry experience and 16 months with the Indiana Division of Fish and Wildlife, Rob Haubry is the driving force behind Haubry Forestry Consulting.

Services Provided:  Tree Planting Timber Stand Improvement Timber Sales Mgmt Timber Appraisal (Cost Basis)  Counties Served:  Centr

Time in Forestry Consulting: 1990 Industrial: Public: Other: 1987 Education 1986 B.S.F. Purdue University Forest Management B.S. A.A.

Expert Timber Appraisals and  Sustainable Harvest Planning Professional Woodland Management  Services including: -Timber Marking & Bid S

Time in Forestry Consulting: 1997 Industrial: Public: Other: Education 1997 B.S. Purdue University Forestry Management Other Qualifications Pest

Jeremiah began his work with the Division of Forestry as a timber technician during the summers of 1999 and 2000, then full-time in 2001 as Assistant Property Manager at Jackson-Washington State Forest

Education and Experience: B.S. Degree, Forestry, 1966, Southern Illinois University IDNR Best Management Practices Training Soren Ericksson's L

I have worked as a consulting forester, timber buyer and sawmill manager in the South Bend area since 2003.  I am a University of Kentucky graduate, originally from Lexington, Kentucky.

Maddie began working for the Division of Forestry as an inventory forester in 2015. She then transferred to a district forester position in 2017.

Janet joined the Division of Forestry in 1978 and has been a district forester since 1993. Previously, she worked on four state forest properties in southwestern Indiana as a resource forester

Abby interned as a Timber Technician at Harrison-Crawford State forest in the summer of 2008. In 2010, she worked as an intermittent employee in districts 2 and 12 and also worked on Continuous Forest Inventory plots on private forestland

MRM is a forestry and natural resource consulting firm located in Dubois County, Indiana.  At Multi Resource Management we specialize in providing forest management services to private woodland owners in Southwestern Indiana at the highest professional level possible.

Evan has been with the Division of Forestry since 2016, serving as resource specialist/assistant property manager at Ferdinand and Pike state forests until assuming his current role as district forester in 2021.

Gretchen has been with the Division of Forestry since 1998 spending the first 10 years on State Forest Properties as a Resource Specialist, inventorying, marking, and administering timber sales

Experience: Worked as a service forester with the Kentucky Division of Forestry for 9 years; Worked as a private consulting forester since 2006; Illinois commercial pesticide applicator’s license #CA18536412; Indiana commercial pesticide applicator’s license #F224019.

Experience: B.S., Forestry / Wildlife Management, Purdue University, 1998. 20+ years working in forestry. Specialized in private forestry. Former administrator of Michigan’s private forestland programs.

Experience: Five years consulting experience (Forestland Management, Utility Arboriculture); USFWS Forest Technician; Certified Arborist Education: B.

Hemard & Company is a consulting firm providing information technology and business consulting for forestry, forest products, and natural resouces-based businesses.

Research Interests Forest and native plant nursery propagation, outplanting, and establishment including biophysical and physiological limitations and adaptations within each system.

The Forest Biometrics Research Institute (FBRI) is a non-profit public research corporation dedicated to sustainable and scientifically based forest management.