If past is prologue, then understanding our economic past may help us better understand what may lie ahead for the forest products industry. Join Marshall Thomas, president of F&W Forestry, as he discusses the business concept of the product life cycle, examines the naval stores industry and the Southern lumber boom of the 1800s as examples of its relevance to the forest products industry over the last 200 years, and its application to the present. In doing this analysis, some interesting comparisons between the past and the present were discovered, along with some lessons for the forestry community for actions today that could help with current depressed markets and position forests and forest industry to help the world meet its carbon neutral goals.

Marshall D. Thomas is President of F&W Forestry, an international forest resource management company headquartered in Georgia. Marshall began his career with F&W in 1978 as a field and technical forester, eventually rising through the company’s ranks to head of the organization. Since 1988, he has led F&W through rapid growth and service-area expansion, including numerous offices in the US, Uruguay, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Europe. In addition to a variety of memberships in forestry associations, he is also a past president of the Albany Boys and Girls Club and past chairman of the Georgia Boys and Girls Club Alliance.

This presentation is approved for 1.0 hours of CFE credit by the Society of American Foresters.

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