Columbia Timber Company

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Columbia Timber Company is a timber dealer and land management company utilizing professional foresters and state-of-the-art computerized technology to assist clients with land management. Jib Davidson and Norman McRae have developed a Timber Investment Program (TIP) that successfully integrates established financial analysis techniques with traditional forest management techniques. Columbia Timber Company was established by Jib A. Davidson and Norman I. McRae in December, 1989. It was a logical extension of the timber consulting business originally founded as Florida Forestry Services by Jib Davidson in 1984. Norman McRae joined Florida Forestry Services in 1987. As a timber consulting company, Florida Forestry Services managed timberland and sold timber on a client fee basis. The company's services included timber appraisals, timber market analysis, developing forest management plans, analyzing timber investment opportunities, site preparation and overseeing the planting of thousands of acres, bought and sold timberland for their customers, analyzed landowner timber tax situations and sold timber. The focus was primarily on private landowners and industrial timberland. In early 1989, Florida Forestry Services added an important dimension to its timber management program. As a consulting forestry company, it was obvious that Florida Forestry Services was unnecessarily charging timber sale fees and, as a consultant, its timber market information was somewhat out of touch...

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