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Managing Timberland for Maximum Benefits
Improving your Investment
Timber ownership is like any business: You get out of it
what you put into it. Our goal is to make every acre we
manage achieve its highest and best use through skilled,
efficient handling.
Maximum Benefit Management
Our staff of 15 graduate foresters manages over a
quarter of a million acres of prime timberland according
to each parcel’s greatest potential.
We believe strongly in the “multiple use concept”
through which land is managed to achieve several
different and desirable goals simultaneously: timber
growth, wildlife habitat, scenic and recreational
quality and protection of the watershed. This means ATI
is not simply a pine management company. Though much of
our land is best suited for pine, we also manage creek
and river bottom lowlands to maximize production of high
grade hardwoods, primarily red oak, white oak and ash.
Achieving quality naturally
Wherever possible, ATI employs “uneven aged” or “all
age “ forest management. With this approach, the timber
on a given tract ranges from small naturally
regenerated seedlings to mature pine or hardwood
sawtimber.
The “uneven age” system is preferable for most tracts
because it continually yields large, high quality timber
with good density and clear wood - precisely what is
needed to produce premium grade lumber the market
demands. This fits the needs of most private landowners
who value environmental factors as well as a fair return
on investment with a harvest rotation of every 6 to 8
years.
Managing for Sustainablilty
Recently, many companies have jumped on the sustainable
forest bandwagon, a practice virtually pioneered in
Arkansas by ATI. Mr. Garland Anthony was one of the
first to practice sustainability in forestry in the
1920s. He observed clearcuts where all the trees-old
and young, large and small - were being harvested
together. He directed his crew to discontinue the
practice. “Save the small trees. Let them grow.
They’ll be bigger and better when we return.” Today
they are the source of our premium products. This
practice, although refined, remains the cornerstone of
our management policy.
Technological Proficiency
While we prefer natural regeneration by select cuts and
“all age” management, situations arise that call for
other management methods. In those cases, we use
prescribed burning, chemicals or “even age” cutting of
those tracts suitable for future “uneven age” management.
Our professional foresters make decisions and implement
them with the help of a large staff of forestry
technicians, surveyors and line maintenance personnel.
Our department of timber management is supervised by an
ATI vice president with years of technical expertise and
experience, a man whose family has lived and worked in
the woods of South Arkansas for generations.
Your Timber Management Team
Sustainable timber management is the key to the success
of any wood products-related enterprise. With almost 100
years of experience in the field, ATI provides the service
efficiently and economically.
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