1. •Appraisals in conformance with Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions ("Yellow Book").  Includes appraisal of 176 parcels in central Washington totaling 95,176 acres and timber thereon, for proposed land exchange;
   

1. •Appraisals of important riparian corridors throughout Washington state, also under federal appraisal standards; and cruising & inventory of on-site timber projected as legally harvestable.  Includes multi-phased acquisitions over 7-year period of 5000 acres in Hoh River corridor on Olympic Peninsula; multiple acquisitions throughout marine coastal area and in interior of western and central Washington;
   

1. •Analyses of impact of ESA-listed species on market value - Integral to appraisal of numerous privately and publicly owned properties supporting merchantable-sized timber, occupied by Northern spotted owl, a federally threatened and state endangered species; or marbled murrelet, which is federally and state threatened.  Scope of work in each project typically includes platform surveys and cruise of timber projected as legally harvestable;
   

1. •Appraisal of two ownerships--public and private--totaling 8640 acres among 30 non-contiguous tracts proposed for exchange in eastern Jefferson County, Washington.  Includes substantial merchantable and pre-merchantable timber; and tracts with varying highest and best uses;
   

1. •Appraisal review and independent appraisal of a private 47,000 acre forest land ownership within Green River watershed in King County, WA, managed under federally approved Habitat Conservation Plan; included cruise audit of inventory data supplied by prospective seller;
   

1. •Proposed exchange of perpetual timber rights (PTRs) and merchantable timber - Lead appraiser for private owner of 23,900 acres of PTRs in central Washington and State agency administering 7500 acres of timber in northeastern Washington proposed for exchange; included field audit of third party cruise;
   

1. •Pipeline expansion across 5 counties in western Washington:  appraise contribution of resource (stumpage) and ornamental vegetation on each of 500+ ownerships with various highest and best uses, in partial acquisitions for utility use.  Included cruise and inventory of impacted trees and timber and forest practices permitting for timber removals;
   

1. •Appraisal of 54,000+ acres of mostly industrial forest land among 65 parcels in western Washington for pending partitionment, including transitional use property.  Scope of work included cruise of on-site timber under applicable highest and best use scenarios;
   

1. •Appraisal of 25,000 acre block, including cruise and contribution analysis of merchantable timber thereon, in north-central Washington transferred to Natural Resources Conservation Area (NRCA);
   

1. •Appraisal of 23,100-acre industrial forest land and timber thereon in three-county area of northwestern Washington;
   

1. •Lead specialist in evaluating merchantable and pre-merchantable timber as part of valuation of 2,000,000 acres of Trust land administered by Washington State Department of Natural Resources;
   

1. •Appraisal reviews - Portfolio-sized reviews include a 304-parcel project totaling 111,933 acres among 16 counties in Washington, ranging in size from less than 2 acres to several thousand acres;
   

1. •Commercial property appraisal reviews - Over 600 separate appraisal reviews of commercial, special purpose and residential properties in urbanized Puget Sound area, concentrating in Snohomish County WA;
   

1. •Forest practices consulting including permit assistance for small landowner timber harvesting (Class III); land use conversions for residential and commercial development and public works projects (Class IV-General); and projects subject to review under State Environmental Policy Act (Class IV-Special).
   

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