At RMK Timberland Group, our goal is to achieve competitive timberland investment returns while exercising environmental stewardship. In our view, active and environmentally responsible forest management is good business.

Preserving the environmental integrity of the land we manage enhances the biological growth of trees – the most important variable influencing our investors’ returns. It helps preserve the market value of the land. Importantly, it also maintains timber as a sustainable resource that will continue to provide benefits for generations to come.

In fact, investors who choose timberland for their portfolios under the care of environmentally responsible forest managers are supporting ecology and conservation through this vital sustainable resource. Timberland investments support ecology in a variety of ways:

• Use of timber products helps conserve nonrenewable resources such as plastic, concrete and steel.
• Production of wood products requires only a fraction of the energy needed to manufacture substitute products.
• Trees produce oxygen that helps improve air quality.
• Wood is 100 percent biodegradable and returns to enrich the ground rather than adding to landfills.
• When land is planted in timber, it provides a vital habitat for wildlife – even immediately after harvest, when sun-loving plants and animals flourish in transitional meadowlands.