Mike Bird, Chief Executive Officer
Mike Graduated from University of Missouri - Columbia in 1975 with a B. S. in Forest Management. He worked in forest industry for several years as a field forester, harvesting engineer, and procurement/management forester before starting Bird Forestry Services, Inc. in 1979. Bird Forestry Services, Inc. (BFS) started as a traditional forestry consulting firm offering services to private non-industrial landowners in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

As the BFS business developed Mike recognized other natural resource opportunities associated with land management, reclamation/restoration, enhancement and preservation. In 1989 Silva-Tech/South, Inc. (STS) was created as a vegetation management and reforestation business. Since its creation STS has completed silvicultural or land management treatments more than 400,000 acres of land.

In 1994, Mike along with Terry Anderson created Advanced Ecology, Ltd., (AEL) an environmental consulting firm. Over the last ten years AEL has developed an outstanding reputation in the industry. Evolving from a natural resource background the AEL team has the ability to solve environmental problems using a common sense approach.