Natural Resources Associates
About Natural Resources Associates
Natural Resources Associates is an environmental and ecological consultancy rather than a timber-consulting firm, and the distinction matters for a landowner deciding whom to call. Its staff page says the firm has been serving Sarasota and Charlotte counties and surrounding areas since 2014, and that its environmental staff has over sixty combined years of experience with the area's ecosystems and wildlife; with the Florida Forest Service it lists a service area of fourteen Florida counties, from Alachua, Baker and Bradford in the north to Broward and Lee in the south. The services page names its most common work as protected species surveys, permitting, relocation and mitigation; wetland delineation, permitting and mitigation; land management and wildlife management; prescribed fire plans and implementation; fire mitigation and protection consultation; nuisance wildlife deterrent and removal; GIS mapping; and photographic services. Its wildlife and land management page adds habitat management, ecosystem restoration, vegetation reduction, management plan writing, wildfire risk reduction and, in the firm's own wording, 'forest & timber management assistance' - one line in a nine-item list. The permitting pages set out in detail how Florida scrub-jay, gopher tortoise and bald eagle surveys and mitigation work, and how county ordinances covering grand and heritage trees are handled. Founder and president Phillip Brouse is described as a Florida Certified Prescribed Burn Manager who has worked with GPS and GIS mapping since 1997, after posts with Sarasota County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Charlotte County's environmental parks. Senior ecologist Debbie Blanco spent 22 years as an environmental land manager with Sarasota County and is a certified burn manager and licensed natural areas herbicide applicator. Ellie Brouse works as administrative assistant and project coordinator while serving as field ecologist for the Cape Coral and south Charlotte County areas. As described on naturalresourcesassociates.com, read 23 September 2026.
Can they handle a timber sale?
Selling standing timber properly takes three things. Here's what the state register credits this firm with.
Timber AppraisalAn estimate of what your standing timber is worth in dollars, based on how much there is, its quality, and current prices. When you are selling, settling an estate, dividing property, or need a value for taxes or insurance.What does this mean? → — not listed
works out what your standing timber is worth
Timber Cruise & Volume EstimateA field measurement of your standing trees — their species, sizes, and quality — that adds up to how much wood you actually have. Before you sell, so you go in knowing roughly what is out there rather than taking a buyer's word for it.What does this mean? → — not listed
measures and grades what's actually out there
Timber Sale & Contract AdministrationRunning the sale for you: advertising the timber, taking bids, writing the contract, and overseeing the logging so the agreed terms are met. When you want someone on your side handling the whole sale rather than dealing with buyers and loggers yourself.What does this mean? → — not listed
runs the sale and handles the contract
This firm isn't credited with all three, which doesn't make it a worse forester — plenty specialise in management planning, wildlife or wetlands. It does mean that if your goal is to sell timber, you'd likely need someone else for the part that's missing.
Everything they're registered for
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Natural Resources Associates
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