Forest Management and Forest Carbon Project Consulting by Pine Valley Forestry Services LLC.

PVFS is an independent consulting firm specializing in nearly all aspects of forestry and forest carbon services. We are located in Western New York State and serve clients across the US and Canada.

To contact us use the link above, email at MattSmith@pinevalleyforestryservices.com, or call 716-720-2571. Our hours are 8 am to 5 pm (eastern time zone) Monday through Friday.

We are a highly qualified and experienced consulting firm, maintaining affiliations with the Society of American Foresters, Association of Consulting Foresters, and SUNY ESF.

Meet Our Founder

Matt Smith, ACF is the President and Founder of Pine Valley Forestry Services. His specialties include forest carbon offset development, timber management, forest inventories, resource analysis, forests as an investment, forest certification programs, and wildlife management. Matt has 23 years of experience in forestry consulting and 22 years of experience in the business of forest carbon offset projects in North America and abroad.
Highlights of Matt's career include the Presidents award from the Association of Consulting Foresters in 2009, and forest education awards from SAF in 2007. He testified for SAF before the US House of Representatives in 2009 on the state of the Nation's forests, served as an SFI/ISO 14001 auditor for 9 years, and is a pioneer in the area of forest carbon offsets. He served as health and safety officer for 12 years, and adjunct professor for nearly 20 years at SUNY ESF where he earned his BS in Forestry.

Providing a diverse array of services for forest business, consultants, carbon developers, and landowners.

Forest and Wildlife Management

Timber and wildlife management planning, budget development, timber sales, forest inventory, boundary maintenance, and other traditional services.

Professional Services

Decision and policy support, health and safety program development, special projects, resource analysis, forest sustainability consulting, forest inventory design, data quality assurance, damage appraisals, expert testimony, and others.

Forest Carbon Services

Carbon program consulting, cost benefit analysis, decision support, verification support and training, carbon inventory consulting, market consulting,
policy development, protocol development, carbon inventory, verification support, project strategy, carbon market education.