PROFILE

Though born and raised in Birmingham, life as a forester has taken Douglas McConnell all over the country. After graduating from Sewanee, he moved to North Carolina to pursue a master’s degree at Duke University before relocating to Idaho for a doctoral program. After then teaching at the University of Florida, Douglas and his wife, Sara—also a consulting forester—moved back to Alabama. Appropriately, the move back was to care for family forestland in Coosa County. This property was the precise spot he visited as a child that fueled his interest in forestry. “My grandparents owned it when I was a child, and it’s certainly where my attraction to caring for the forest began,” McConnell said.

From that family land just outside of Rockford, McConnell works with his wife at Forest Owner Services, where in addition to caring for family property he assists clients with any and all forest management needs. “It’s gratifying to work with property owners,” he said. “For some of the properties we’re working with the next generation, and it’s great to help them care for the land.”

Seeking clients in these counties:
Chilton
Clay
Coosa
Elmore
Shelby
Talladega
Tallapoosa

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