Fred, a VT licensed forester and pesticide applicator, has been working closely with John McClain in our Green Mountain Center since 2016. His work includes timber inventories, Use Value appraisal plans, timber sale marking and administration as well as invasive plant and vegetation control. Prior to joining NEFCo, Fred had his own business working solo with a cable skidder on private woodlots in central Vermont. He also worked with mechanized logging contractors cutting and skidding larger timber on difficult, steep terrains. His earlier career included employment at Wagner Woodlands in New York as well as several positions with logging companies in the Adirondacks, New England and Colorado. Fred is a 1985 graduate of Paul Smiths College with a forest technician degree and resides in Royalton, VT where he is the tree warden.