Publications

Lyme Timber Resources

2023 Annual Report: Firm and Portfolio Updates, ESG Initiatives, and Impact Reporting
Understanding the Roles of Government in Conservation Easement Transactions
Jess Phelps (2023)
2022 Annual Report: Firm and Portfolio Updates, ESG Initiatives, and Impact Reporting
You Get What You Pay For, Part II: A Timberland Investor’s Evolving Perspective on Forest Carbon Offsets
Who Will Harvest, Thin, and Restore Our Forests?
Jim Hourdequin Testifies Before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
2021 Annual Report: Firm and Portfolio Updates, ESG Initiatives, and Impact Reporting
Iowa’s Lost National Forests
Jess Phelps (2022)
Federal Land Conservation in Rural Areas
Jess Phelps (2021)
You Get What You Pay For: A Timberland Investor’s Perspective on Forest Carbon Offsets and Evolving Carbon Markets
Jim Hourdequin's Presentation at Who Will Own the Forest 2021 Conference (updated March 15, 2022)
Carbon Projects and Working Forest Conservation in California
Jess Phelps, David Hoffer (2020)
Lands Worth Saving: Natural Forests and the Enduring Value of Public Investment
James G. Lewis (Ed.) - chapter 12 by Peter Stein and Marc Hiller
Presentation to RISI Forest Investment Conference London, UK May 5, 2017
Jim Hourdequin (2017)
Damned By Faint Appraisal
Jim Hourdequin (2017)
Interview with Jim Hourdequin
Timber Harvesting & Wood Fiber Operations, 2013
Silviculture Magazine
Working Forest Conservation Easements
Peter Stein, Silviculture Magazine (2010)

Other Resources

Uneven Aged Forest Management Creates Wildlife Diversity
Adirondack Explorer (November 2019)
Scaling Impact Investment in Forestry
Global Impact Investing Network (2019)
New Impact Investing Partnership Fuels Ranch Conservation
Conservation Finance Network (2018)
In Pursuit of Deep Impact and Market Rate Returns
KL Felicitas Foundation (2018)
Could a Mature Timberland Asset Class Spur Conservation?
Conservation Finance Network (2018)
Can Money Grow on Trees?Across the world, businesses are making money by restoring forests and farmland.
Stanford Social Innovation Review (2018)
The Financial Performance of Real Assets Impact Investments: Introducing the Timber, Real Estate, and Infrastructure Impact Benchmarks
The Financial Performance of Real Assets Impact Investments
The GIIN and Cambridge Associates (2017)
Private Capital for Working Lands Conservation: A Market Development Framework
Private Capital for Working Lands Conservation
Conservation Finance Network (2017)
4th Annual Credit Suisse Conservation Finance Conference
Video Summary of 4th Annual Credit Suisse Conservation Finance Conference
Credit Suisse (2017)
Kunjamuk Young Forest Demonstration Project
Audubon New York, The State of New York, and The Lyme Timber Company (2016)
State of Private Investment in Conservation 2016: A Landscape Assessment of an Emerging Market
State of Private Investment in Conservation 2016
Forest Trends (2016)
Conservation Finance From Niche to Mainstream: The Building of an Institutional Asset Class
Conservation Finance From Niche to Mainstream
Credit Suisse and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment (2016)
Conservation Finance – Moving Beyond Donor Funding Toward an Investor-Driven Approach
Conservation Finance: Moving Beyond Donor Funding Toward an Investor-Driven Approach
Credit Suisse, WWF, and McKinsey & Company (2014)
Investing in Conservation: A Landscape Assessment of an Emerging Market
Investing in Conservation: A Landscape Assessment of an Emerging Market
EKO Asset Management Partners and NatureVest (2014)
Real Assets Primer: Research and Thought Leadership on Impact Investing
Real Assets Primer
Sonen Capital (2014)