Page 26 - Georgia Forestry - Issue 2 - Spring 2021

Alan Emmons
Alan Emmons
lan Emmons had a lot of experience to lean on as he began acquiring Georgia forestland in 2000. His North Carolina State forestry degree led him to jobs in Virginia and North
Carolina with Georgia-Pacific, eventually bringing him to Decatur County, Georgia, where he was seeking to “achieve the dream.” He is a consulting forester with Southern Forestry Consultants, which has locations in six southwestern states. He is a busy consultant, with hundreds of clients, who lives on his own 140-acre spread that was hit hard by Michael.
“Pines snapped, oaks fell, and every landowner was mad at everybody. My phone was ringing off the hook!” Emmons said the anxiety he and everyone else in the forest and agriculture industries experienced was “unbelievable,” as virtually overnight, loggers (and consultants) became the most sought-after rock stars and pulpwood prices plummeted from around $16 a ton to just $3.
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Patricia Middleton