In 1984 after working as the staff consulting forester with the Loyalhanna Watershed Association in Ligonier, PA for two years, I left and started my own consulting forestry practice under the name of Algrow Management Company, Inc.. The first step was to take out a loan to get things started. I had the expectation of work for two small timber-sale clients in the beginning. As luck would have it, six months later when the start-up money was running out, my first timber-sale commission check came in. Each year the business grew a little by word-of-mouth, client referrals and new work I would cultivate from the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry’s District 4 landowner referrals list. Nearly 34 years and almost 700 timber sales later, Algrow Management Company, Inc. is standing strong and is providing a wider range of forestry services to a more varied clientele with a personal touch.