Page 10 - Georgia Forestry - Fall 2018

Dwight Sheppard
Bringing a Bird's Eye Perspective to Forest Management
Dwight Sheppard currently serves as a technical services manager for F&W Forestry Services, a global forestry consulting firm headquartered in Albany. From supporting the company’s geographic information system (GIS) and spatial analysis program to training field foresters on how to use drone technology to inform their decisions, Dwight and F&W provide foresters and landowners with data and analysis to inform critical landowner management decisions.
“We like to stay on top of any new technology that can
make the foresters’ job more efficient and provide them with information to make better decisions,” Dwight said. “Today, our foresters are given the opportunity to upload data without ever leaving the field, and we can provide them with answers and analysis in real time. It is critical to making us more efficient.”
As drone technology continues to improve, Dwight says that F&W will continue to find ways to make each stage of forest management — from planting to harvesting — more efficient and more valuable for forest landowners.