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Edward F. Travis

The firm's principal is Edward F. Travis. Ed is a 1969 graduate of the University of Alabama with a BS degree in Commerce & Business Administration with a major in real estate. Ed began in the real estate appraisal business in 1971 after service in Vietnam as an Army artillery officer. In 1992, Ed completed a Master of Forestry degree (MF) from Duke University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in Durham, North Carolina.

Ed's varied appraisal experience as an MAI, ARA, and licensed real estate broker enhanced the creation of a niche practice exclusively oriented to forest appraisal and brokerage, which then expanded to forest and land management consulting as a Registered Forester and ACF member. He is licensed as a Registered Forester in Alabama, Mississippi, and North Carolina.

Ed has always felt that involvement in professional organizations was important. He has previously served as board chairman of the Alabama Forest Resources Center, a land trust seeking working forest conservation easements, and continues to be active as a member of the board.

He recently served as the state chairman of the Alabama chapter of ASFMRA. As well, Ed is the past chairman of the Alabama Chapter of the ACF and past president of the Alabama Jubilee Chapter of the SAF (Society of American Foresters).

Ed also served as past chairman of the Alabama-Northwest Florida Chapter of the Appraisal Institute and was appointed to Alabama's first Real Estate Appraiser's Board for a three year term ending in 1994. Ed has also been involved in forestry and appraisal instruction on a local and national level. He has instructed courses in appraisal, forest and timber appraisal and in conservation easements.

Michael Tyler Travis

Michael Tyler Travis is a Forest Technician. Tyler graduated from Alabama Southern Community College in Monroeville, Alabama in 2001 with an Associates degree in Forest Technology and has been working in the woods since an early age.

Tyler is a senior at Auburn University's School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences. Upon graduation, Tyler intends to work in the business and will pursue his interests in the timberland real estate market. Tyler is a Certified Burner in Alabama and an avid hunter.

Diane Travis

Diane Travis has managed all of the administrative functions of the company since 1990. She enjoys gardening, family geneology, exercise, the family pets, and especially her family and two year old grandson.

Robert A. Johnson, Jr.


Robert A. Johnson, Jr., is an Alabama Registered Forester who lives in Atmore, Alabama. In 1971, he earned a BS degree from Auburn University in Forest Management. Robert’s forestry career spans 35 years and he has diverse experience, ranging from procurement activities for Hercules, Inc. during 1971 - 1973.

He later was employed from 1973- 2000 as a Forester with significant land management responsibilities and later as an Area Manager for Container Corporation in Brewton, Alabama. Smurfit- Stone Corporation subsequently acquired Container Corporation. Since 2000 he has been operating his own Forestry Consulting practice.

Robert has experience in small and large scale forest management operations, including site preparation, planting, artificial and natural regeneration, control burning, road and bridge construction, lake and pond management, stream side management zone delineations, timber cruising, timber marking, timber sale preparation, logging management and BMP (Best Management Practices) compliance monitoring.

Robert’s varied forestry experience and his unique ability to solve client’s land and timber management problems encouraged him, in 2004, to expand his services by becoming licensed as an Alabama Real Estate Salesperson. Robert is dedicated to developing long-term client relationships.

Robert enjoys hunting, fishing and golf, but especially, his family and grandchildren. He is active in his church and is well respected in his community.

William D. Murray III


William D. Murray III is a licensed real estate appraiser in Mississippi with additional prior experience in residential and commercial appraising. Will is a 2000 graduate of Fairhope High School and a 2006 graduate of Faulkner University in Montgomery with a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources. While currently pursuing his Real Estate license in both Alabama and Mississippi, Will is continuing his education in the appraisal business. Will's duties within the firm focus on timberland and other rural property appraisals but also include assisting company foresters in timber sales, control burning, GPS/GIS mapping, cruising timber, and other duties as related to the firm's operations.

Will is dedicated to his family and enjoys spending time hunting, fishing, playing golf, and various other outdoor activities. He is active in his church and other organizations in the community of Pascagoula, MS.

The firm also retains other Registered Forestry Consultants who work as independent contractors. These individuals have worked, under the direct supervision of the firm's principal for many years, on varied projects and all possess the same land and professional practice ethics as embodied in the firm's mission statement.