
President, Forest Strategies, LLC.
Member of the Natural Resources Council
Brad Franchi is the President of Forest Strategies, a Forest and Paper consulting service. Mr. Franchi has provided over 85 consultations while earning the top four percent of all consultants. He is also a Partner at Timber Barons LLCs that buy and sell timberlands, in SC and OH. Mr. Franchi has over 23 years of experience in managing forestry and paper operations. As a key member of the Forestry and Paper integration teams, including two large industrial mergers, he has Sarbanes Oxley experience. Mr. Franchi has expertise in managing forestry data analysis, valuation, purchasing and divestiture operations for large and small tracts of timberlands, focused on China, and the Americas. He has worked with Wall St and provided consultations on REITs, valuation of timberlands, general forestry and pulp and paper manufacture. Mr. Franchi has concentrated in the citing of Biomass plant studies, and lately, serving multiple client requests for timberland and timber valuations. (This is me - Update Profile)
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NOAA has reduced hurricane forecast due to a more robust EL NIno episode
September 9, 2009
Brad Franchi, President, Forest Strategies, LLC.
NOAA cuts hurricane forecast, cites El Nino | www.reuters.com
Out of the fry pan and into the fire? NOAA reduces hurricane forecast - El Nino windshear helps keep hurricanes at bay, upper level winds associated with El Nino disrupt internal events with the hurricane NOAA significantly reduced hurricane predictions recently - as the El Nino cycle strengthens...
Barrons Timber Analysis article might oversimplify the situation?
August 12, 2009
Brad Franchi, President, Forest Strategies, LLC.
Timber companies vulnerable to price drop-Barron's | www.reuters.com
Barron's timber article states that US timber may be overvalued by up to 50%. Barron's points out, correctly that even last year in the midst of 30%+ declines in stock values, timberland values actually rose 7%. If we return to the basic fundamentals of timberland ownership, a point by point summary...
Review of some recent El Nino events - Consequences can linger !
July 21, 2009
Brad Franchi, President, Forest Strategies, LLC.
EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO), DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION | www.cpc.noaa.gov
Terms and definitions El Nino - Refers to a weather event that usually last a year or more. El Nino is driven by warm waters in the tropical pacific. Most recent El Nino's have beaten a path across the US West and dumped up to 25% or more additional rainfall across the SE USA, during the wettesttime...
El Nino - 2009 - 2010 - promises to effect timber and paper production
July 12, 2009
Brad Franchi, President, Forest Strategies, LLC.
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - El Ni�o Arrives; Expected to Persist through Winter 2009-10 | www.noaanews.noaa.gov
NOOA is predicting El Nino conditions to effect World and US weather. In the Southern US El Nino conditions have occurred about every 5 years. This phenomena is caused by warming seas in Asia, which then sets up a "Freight Train" of wetter than normal conditions over the SE USA. After...
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Timber and Forest Industry Consultants | 293 |
| Paper Packaging Experts in GLG Member Programs (US) | 69 |
| Commercial Printing Market Experts | 330 |
| Fiberboard Experts (North America) | 15 |
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