Biographical Info

The firm is a Consulting Forestry service company based in Kane, PA; serving Pennsylvania and central and western New York.  We have 3 foresters on staff; Gary T. Pierotti, as the owner/forester, holds a B.S. Degree in Forest Science from Penn State University in 1973.  Gary has over forty years of forestry experience, most of which are in the consulting forestry business in the northern hardwood forests of Pennsylvania and New York.

Jim Hillebrand has a B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Forestry from Penn State University in 1976 and 1978, respectively.  Jim has over forty years of forestry experience, including ten years in land management with a large local timber firm.

Michael Hepinger holds a B.S. Degree in Forest Wood Products from Penn State University in 1999.  Michael has nearly twenty years of forestry experience including 15 years as a procurement forester with a large timber firm and 4 years experience in export log sales.  We also have access to several experienced forest technicians, as needed.