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Meet the Team at Deer Park Lumber, Inc.
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Jeff Nichols
Title: Director of Procurement/Certified Forester
Email: jsn@deerparklumberinc.com
Bio: Jeffrey graduated from West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia in 1984 with a Masters Degree in Forestry and is now Deer Park Lumber’s Director of Procurement. He is a Certified Forester – Society of American Foresters. He has been involved in Sustainable Forestry Initiative of Pennsylvania (SFI of PA) training for many years, a Tree Farm Inspector, a member of the Board of Directors of Northern Tier Hardwood Association and member of Pennsylvania Forest Products Association Forestry Committee.
Why I like working at Deer Park Lumber:
I like working at Deer Park Lumber, Inc. for the challenge of building and growing the procurement and forestry services part of the business and working with forest landowners. I enjoy working with the forestry team and training foresters in the business and forestry aspects of the lumber business. I like the fact that Deer Park Lumber is a family owned business that invests back into its business and is committed to being an advocate and leader of the forest industry in Pennsylvania.
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Barrett Wiggans
Title: Forester
Email: barrett@deerparklumberinc.com
Bio: Barrett attended Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado and graduated in 1994 from Paul Smith’s College in New York with an A.A.S. in Forest Technology. He is employed at Deer Park Lumber as a Procurement Forester and is an American Tree Farm Qualified Inspector and has completed his Silvi training along with being SFI certified. Like other members of the team he has been a member of the Society of American Foresters since 1993.
As with the other members of the team, Barrett enjoys the every day challenges at Deer Park Lumber. His concern for the forests of the area make it enjoyable for him to work with the different landowners, helping them to design a forest management plan that best meets their short and long-term objectives.
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Travis Wiggans
Title: Forester
Email: travis@deerparklumberinc.com
Bio: Travis graduated from Paul Smith’s College in 1996 and soon after found employment with Deer Park Lumber as a Procurement Forester-a job that he has held ever since.
He enjoys working for Deer Park Lumber because he likes the challenge of putting together a plan for a landowner-from initially meeting the people to re-establishing property lines to marketing timber to meeting the objectives of a landowner. He also enjoys spending time with the logging contractors to ensure a fine and agreeable outcome of the plan for the present needs as well as the future.
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Paul Vanderpool
Title: Forester
Email: paul@deerparklumberinc.com
Bio: Paul is a graduate of Williamsport Community College, has completed Sustainable Forestry and Silva Training and is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Northern Tier Hardwood Association. He brings to the table extensive logging experience having been a partner in the family logging company for 15 years. Mr. Vanderpool is a founding member and former director for the HLMA Loggers Chapter and received the 1999 Pennsylvania Outstanding Logger Award from the Hardwood Lumber Manufacturer’s Association in Pennsylvania.
Working at Deer Park Lumber is enjoyable for Paul because of the atmosphere that comes from a successful family owned business. Watching the company grow and adjust to ever-changing business conditions gives him a sense of security in knowing that this company is in it for the long run. The forestry department has provided Paul with a great experience. The professionalism, integrity and teamwork displayed by his supervisor and co-workers promote success in every aspect of the procurement process.
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Jeff Dymond
Title: Forester
Email: jeffd@deerparklumberinc.com
Bio: Upon successfully obtaining two degrees from Keystone College and Syracuse University, Jeff immediately put his knowledge to work in the forest products industry. He has worked as a procurement forester for Deer Park Lumber since 2000. Jeff specializes in mapping and deed work for the company’s forestry team. If Jeff isn’t in one of the courthouses in northeast Pennsylvania doing research work, he can be found in the forest doing Silva culture work with the other foresters. With over 15 years of experience in the industry, Jeff is a great addition to “Team Deer Park”.
There are many reasons why he enjoys working at Deer Park Lumber, including being part of a growing, honest, family run business. Jeff feels that he is constantly improving the business by continuing to learn on a day-by-day basis. Jeff also enjoys being part of a community-minded company that supports many different local activities and benefits, like his son’s youth soccer team that he helps coach.
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Matt Andrews
Title: Forester/ Log Buyer
Email: matt@deerparklumberinc.com
Bio: After graduating from Cameron County High School in Emporium, Pennsylvania, Matt attended Keystone Junior college in 1990 and Mercyhurst College in 1991. During the summer months in between college, he worked in southwestern Montana as a ranch hand and fly-fishing guide on the Madison River. He graduated from Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondack Mountains in 1994 with a degree in forestry. Since working full time at his family business, Matt has learned many different positions. Lumber stacker, debarker operator, log scaling and procurement forestry, just to name a few. Matt has continued his education since college with Sustainable Forestry Initiative training and silvaculture and log bucking training in Pennsylvania. Currently, he is a member of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative of Pennsylvania State Implementation Committee and continues his membership in the Society of American Foresters.
Matt truly enjoys his life engaged in his family’s lumber business. He enjoys the everyday challenges and all the fine people he meets in the lumber and timber business. He currently is enjoying his trips to foreign countries with Deer Park’s salesman representing his family’s business and meeting old and new customers alike.
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Jim Brown
Title: Log Buyer
Email: jim@deerparklumberinc.com
Bio: An economics graduate of Slippery Rock University, Jim has worked for Deer Park Lumber since 1974 when his father held partial ownership in the company. In 1987, he began to scale logs and continues to do so as a roadside log buyer.
Jim likes to work for Deer Park Lumber because it is a family oriented company that treats people fairly and with respect.
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Boyd Rogers
Title: Log Yard Manager/Log Scaler
Bio:
Education:
1999: Graduated from Lackawanna Trail High School. Lackawanna Trail High School is associated with the Lackawanna County Career Technology Center where I graduated first in my class after completing a three year course in only two years.
Experience:
1999: I began working for Geo Science Engineering Company right out of high school as a field technician and Quality Control person where I tested many types of construction materials.
March 1, 2005: I became a full-time employee of Deer Park Lumber Inc. starting as a lumber handler and eventually became a certified forklift operator.
2009: I was promoted to the Forestry Department. I am receiving on-going training through Deer Park Lumber and have received training through the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Program.
2011: Promoted to Log Yard Manager/Log Scaler
Why I enjoy working for Deer Park Lumber:
I enjoy the outdoors and doing my part to help our forests to be a healthier and long-lasting renewable resource.
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