Biography

Melisa V. Love was born in and raised near our Nation's Capital... Read more

PROFILE

Melisa Love spent many years in the industry before venturing out on her own to start her own consulting firm. What originally encouraged Love to start Forestry Consultants, Inc., was the flexibility it offered. “I left the industry to spend time with my kids when they were young, and when I reentered the market, I wanted to fit my work and career with my family,” she explained. “Consulting gave me that opportunity.”

Since then, Love has transformed her Opelika-based business from a one-woman shop to a full-service firm with four foresters. The appeal of the industry also changed for Love as well when flexibility wasn’t quite as critical. “What’s kept me going is that I love to work with private landowners,” she said. “I like the variety of seeing different properties and being on different lands and working toward different goals.”

Today, her firm continues to offer clients a full spectrum of services, but she has been focusing more on the real estate side of the business, something she ventured into about 20 years ago. “Over the years, I’ve worked with so many wonderful clients,” Love said. “You build a special relationship with them, so it’s nice to
be in a position to help them sell their land when and if the day comes that they want.”
(March 2024)
 

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