Forest fires are burning longer, and hotter, than ever before. Severe wildfire kills trees and forests’ seed sources, preventing natural regeneration. If you have lost your forests to fire, we may be able to help.

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Our Services

Pathways for landowner support

Mast is restoring landscapes that have been severely impacted by wildfire—where no other resources or options exist for recovery. We offer two pathways for support. Our two commercial nurseries supply customers across North America and operate year round to advise and fulfill your seed and seedling orders. In addition, your burned trees could be eligible for our Biomass Burial Program that generates funding for reforestation through the burial and removal of your fire-killed tree stock.

Cone Collection

Mast and its nurseries scout, collect, and bank more than 25 species from the pacific northwest and intermountain west.

Seed Processed

Each cone bushel is analyzed for health and vitality, then processed for proper storage in our seed bank or for immediate sowing.

Seedlings Grown

Seedling health and growth is closely monitored and maintained with precision and care.

Resilient Reforestation

Prescriptions are guided by nature and your intent for the land. We help restore biodiversity so that forests can recover and withstand our changing climate.

Reforestation prescriptions for the land, the ecosystem as it should be

Mast’s reforestation prescriptions follow nature’s lead, and where possible, leave the land better than how it was before the fire. Our team of certified professional foresters will assess your land, the climate, and your desired management practices to develop a custom plan. Species, density, low impact site prep, and scalping techniques are considered to give seedlings their best opportunity.

Mac Lefebvre

Director of Origination

Bill Layton

Director, Forester Operations

Julian Yuh Coleman

Sr. Specialist, Operations

Richard Schonenberg

Operations Forester

Kea Woodruff

General Manager, Silvaseed

Nik Larum

General Manager, Cal Forest

PROJECT SPOTLIGHT

Recovery in Big Horn County Montana

In 2021, the Poverty Flats Fire devastated the Gentry property. Out of mill range, a consulting forester cleared and piled most of their fire-killed trees with the plan to burn them to reduce the risk of future fires. Just in time, we partnered to bury those logs instead. Carbon credits generated from the burial their trees were sold within the same year, which financed 125+ acres of low density ponderosa pine planting.

When you witness that kind of devastation, you're absolutely affected. And it wasn't just ours—we had shared that land with so many others who had enjoyed it too. It was painful. I felt it. The land was hurting, and that hurt me. All those feelings boiling up—I had to do something.

— Rebecca Gentry, Landowner