Western Land Services, Inc., an employee owned business, has been bringing land, natural resources, and people together for over 45 years. WLS offers a suite of services conducive to private and public organizations in the timber industry, including forest service departments, timberlands holding companies, timber purchasing and harvesting outfits, and timber investors. Specifically, our Title, GIS, and Administrative services can bring added efficiencies to your ongoing operations and give you confidence in properties or assets you acquire or are looking to develop. Land is our specialty!! Contact us today to learn more about our services and how we can help at clients@westernls.com, subject line: Timber!

As an employee owned organization for nearly 4 years, Team WLS is excited to recognize Employee Ownership Month brought to you by The ESOP Association! What does Western Land Services being employee owned mean for you, as a client? It means we take personal ownership of every project. It means we work hard, and go the extra mile behind the scenes. It means a positive experience. And, it means best in class results. If you are an existing client, we thank you for believing in us and making us better each and every day. If you are not yet a client, but would like the experience of being supported by an outstanding employee owned team fully invested in strong core values, please contact us today at clients@westernls.com. And, stay tuned for more ESOP recognition throughout the month of October!

Our friends at Quorum Software are at it again with another quality content filled event. Don’t miss #QnectOnDemand, Quorum Software’s FREE online #OilandGasSoftware conference! We are proud to sponsor this event and donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Register before October 13 to reserve your spot: https://events.quorumsoftware.com/qnect-on-demand. And remember Western Land is here to support you with all of your onboarding and Data Integrity needs!

A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT – SHAWN FIELDS

Dear Clients, Friends and Partners,

The Western family has watched as many in our industry have been increasingly impacted by COVID-19, and first wish to extend our thoughts and prayers to your respective team members that may be personally impacted during this time.

An increasing number of states, counties, and municipalities, along with the Federal government, have passed laws and issued orders that have and will have an impact on our offices and business.  We want to assure you that Western is taking these laws and orders seriously and are working to ensure complete compliance with them in our various offices around the country.

Our staff has been encouraged to work remotely where they can.  Where we need to be at our offices or in the field to stay on top of our projects and are legally allowed to do so, we are requiring compliance with the CDC recommendations regarding the safeguards associated with COVID-19.  Those employees working remotely are fully accessible and available to you as always via phone, email, and any other forms of communication necessary to get the job done.  Our team is very seasoned and has a long track record of working the phones aggressively to acquire leases, rights of way, or curative instruments to help control costs for our clients, so we are ready to take on COVID-19 and stay impactful for our clients.  Finally, our back office team of professionals are in place to handle the processing of all payments, signed documents, invoices or other matters needing attention.

We are also monitoring closely all government office closures, national and local laws or orders as they are released, and we promise to keep our clients informed of any events impacting our ability to meet deadlines or cause delays in the execution of our work.

Western has been in business for over 45 years, and we realize these are challenging times for our country and our industry.  But we believe it’s challenging times where our core values shine the brightest at WLS, which remind us that our attitude as employee owners leads us to embrace innovative solutions to deliver best-in-class service to our clients.  We have the breadth of experience, the creative mind-set, and the depth of team to handle your title, due diligence, GIS, regulatory, data ingestion, commercial real estate, and renewable projects from start to finish, even during this difficult time.

Thanks for putting your trust in Western.  We hope you and yours are safe and well.

Best Regards,

Shawn Fields, President