About Connwood
Connwood's staff are licensed and insured. Our professional foresters
have a combination of education and experience to make them fully qualified for
guiding landowners in the stewardship of their property.
Connwood has a staff of four employees and one subcontractor: four
professional foresters and one forest technician. We employ foresters
with high personal and professional integrity, and qualifications derived
from both educational and practical experience. We have combined
forestry experience of over 80 years. The following paragraphs provide
short biographies on the background, skills, and qualifications of each
employee. Resumes are available upon request.
Please click here For information on Connwood Foresters Inc. Board of
Directors.
Dave Beers (Winsted, CT) has a B.S. in Biology and Natural Resource
Management from SUNY ESF Syracuse and a Masters of Forestry from
the University of Maine. For five years prior to joining Connwood, Dave
worked as a forestry consultant in Connecticut for a local competitor Ferrucci &
Walicki, LLC. Dave has also worked as a municipal wetlands enforcement officer
for the town of Washington, Connecticut. Dave enjoys teaching and
publishing about forests.
CT Forester #207
CT Arborist S-4912
MA Forester #343
NY & NJ Registered Forester
NYC Watershed Certified Forester
NRCS TSP 10-6763
Peter Lesmerises (Griswold, CT) has a B.S. in Forestry from the University of
New Hampshire. He served in Guatemala with the Peace Corps where he ran a
tree nursery and conducted soil conservation classes, then as a consulting
forester in Virginia before moving to Connecticut. For the past 22 years, he has
worked as a procurement forester in southern New England.
CT Forester #60
MA Forester #305
NRCS TSP 11-8040
Gregg Cassidy (Harrisville, RI) has a B.S. in Plant & Soil Science and
M.S. in Forestry from University of Massachusetts/Amherst. Prior
forestry experience includes working as a Service Forester with Rhode
Island DEM and as a private consultant serving Rhode Island, eastern
Connecticut, and central Massachusetts. Special interests include
forestscaping and managing for alternative forest products.
*SAF Certified Forester
*CT Forester #29
*MA Forester #31
*NRCS TSP #05-4655
Mike Haines (Rockfall, CT) is currently supervising land clearing for power
transmission line upgrades. He is an ace at doing boundary location/marking
and running our brushsaws. He must also be the youngest person ever to pass
both the Arborist test and Forester test in CT. He likes skydiving and karate.
CT Forester #985
CT Arborist S-5666
Arl Selner (Middletown, CT) attended the Forest Technician Program
at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Sciences. He joined Connwood in
1967, and except for a short military tour in the late 1960s, has been
employed by the company on a continuous basis ever since. Arl retired in 2008
and now stops by his office here to keep us in line and to help out here and
there. He continues to be an valuable knowledge source for us.
*CT Supervisory Forest Products Harvester #167
*CT Pesticide Supervisor S-4302
Bob Haines - Subcontractor (Middletown, CT): Bob is the
owner/operator of Future Forestry, a fully insured forestry consulting and
logging company. Bob is also the caretaker of Connwood’s property and
Christmas tree plantation. Bob has a B.S. in Forest Management from the
University of Massachusetts. Prior to starting his own business, Bob
worked as a procurement forester.
*CT Forester #141
*CT Arborist S-5146
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| Connwood 's Main Office (860) 349-9910 |
Connwood
Foresters, Inc.
Since 1945
Foresters, Inc.
Since 1945
