We are dedicated to helping private landowners and forest managers throughout the southwest meet their unique forest management goals. Founded in May 2019 by owner and principal forester Ty Mares, Legacy Forest Management, LLC is a professional forest management company based in the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado and specializes in technical forest management services. Legacy Forest Manageme
nt, LLC serves Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona providing services that include forest management plan preparation, forest inventory, forest health and wildfire risk assessments, forest thinning/ wildfire mitigation (hazardous fuels reduction) project design & implementation, forest policy and economics analysis, water resource management, logging systems design/ operational feasibility, geospatial services, rangeland vegetation surveys, and more. Prior to founding the company, owner Ty Mares held numerous positions as a presale forester, forestry technician, and forester trainee with the US Forest Service in various locations across USFS Region 2 and Region 3 and holds a Bachelor's degree in Forestry with an emphasis in Forest Management from Colorado State University.
