About Us

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Greg has semi-retired and works part time for WoodsRun Consulting Forestry. 

Greg has spent the last 46 years practicing forestry in the Carolinas and Georgia. Greg worked for International Paper for 30 years primarily in forest management and forest research.  In 2003, he started WoodsRun Forestry Consulting working to help private landowners manage their forests. Greg lives in Elizabethtown with his wife of 46 years and has three grown daughters and four grandchildren. He is a member of Trinity Methodist Church, Bladen Masonic Lodge 646, and Fayetteville York Rite organizations.

• 46years of forestry experience
  
• NC Registered Consulting Forester # 1176 
  
• SC Registered Consulting Forester # 1739
  
• NC Real Estate Broker # 126093
  
• NC Pesticide Consultant License # 030-1267
  
• Association of Consulting Foresters 

• North Carolina Forestry Association
  
• B.S. in Forestry – NC State University, 1973
  
• Masters Degree in Business Administration – Fayetteville State University, 1998
  
• Eagle Scout
  

Bill has been practicing land management since 1979 after graduating Clemson University with a BS in Forest Management. For 25 years of my career, I worked in SC and NC for the forest industry  with corporations producing paper and lumber products.  I was not sure at first what career path I wanted to take after high school, but a neighbor of mine was a consulting forester, and we talked about, and then enrolled in Clemson.  I enjoy meeting with our clients, listening to their goals, and helping them understand how we can improve their woodlands.  We really care about getting the most money we can when it comes time to thin or harvest, but a high quality job is most important to us.  Most recently, Bill worked at Georgia Pacific Corporation in their land management division until 2006 but has been a consultant forester ever since. Bill lives in Castle Hayne with his wife, Karen, in northern New Hanover County.

• 40 years of experience in forestry
  
• Association of Consulting Foresters (ACF)
  
• NC Registered Consulting Forester #1344
  
• SC Registered Consulting Forester #1126
  
• NC Tree Farm Inspector
  
• NC Real Estate Broker #262801
  
• B.S. Forestry Management at Clemson University, 1979
  
• Technical Service Provider to NRCS 

You may have inherited or purchased your timberland as an investment, hunting, your get-away place in the country, or you may have a second home or cabin on the property. Now, you ask yourself, how do we take care of the timberland? Call us to schedule an appointment if you own 100 acres or more of timberland. 

• We will meet on your property and listen to what your major objectives are in owning your property. 
• If you wish for us to partner with you as your consultant foresters, then for a fee and after the signing of a consulting services agreement, we will prepare a detailed management plan that is yours to keep. 
• We collect data of the different species and timber types of your property, and use mapping software and photographs to make a detailed map of the property. 
• Each stand or area that is unique by age or species is described in detail, estimated volumes of timber products are determined, soil types of each stand are described, and recommendations for management actions are given. This produces what we like to call a present and future schedule of activities that we can follow together to improve the health of your forest, improve it for wildlife habitat, create a road system if desired, surveying if needed, and a harvesting and thinning schedule for the next 10 years to create income for you and improve the health of your trees. 
• Growing and planting trees is a renewable resource, and produces very good financial returns, and has tax advantages. 
• You can also apply to your county tax office, using this management plan, to be enrolled in their Forestry Present Use Value Assessment Program, which will reduce your property taxes. Let us use our many years of experience in land management to help you realize the profits and enjoyment you can have with owning timberland. It is also a valuable asset that can be passed down to the rest of the family for generations to come.