Northern Stewards is a business designed by Keith and Allan Thompson from Waterbury, Vermont.  Northern Stewards is a forestry and wildlife consulting business which provides consulting services that aim to enrich the relationships between landowners and their land.  The work that we provide is for communities and individuals that live or have a desire to live with an eye towards nature. We offer Property Walks, Property Assessments, GIS Mapping, Educational Services, Forest Management Plans, Wildlife Habitat Management Plans, Current Use Enrollment and Timbersale Supervision.

We use private consulting, research, and public education as the tools to achieve a healthier state for us all to live.  Please check out our Products and Services page to see exactly what we can offer you.

Keith and Allan grew up in Waterbury, Vermont and have founded Northern Stewards on the idea that human needs and the ecological health of our land are directly linked.  Therefore people’s wholesome, active relationship with their land is the most important factor in promoting a healthy and productive landscape in our state. It is for this reason that our work is done with the intention of providing people with information about their land and the places they love so they have the tools they need to be the best stewards of their own land.

Keith Thompson – studied Forestry at the University of Vermont. He has spent many years working in the forests of Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont seeing the effects of both poor management and excellent management of our Northern Forest region.  In the variety of management approaches used in the forest he sees reflected the whole spectrum of societal values that drive our forest uses.  In his work with Northern Stewards, Keith strives to help the positive visions of landowners be reflected on their own land through thoughtful, on the ground management.

Allan Thompson – has spent years exploring and pursuing interests relating to wildlife and wildlife habitat relationships. Allan studied Wildlife Biology at the University of Montana.  Allan has spent his professional career researching amphibians, reptiles, small mammals including bats, wildlife use of their habitat, and impacts of human related disturbances on wildlife.  Through Northern Stewards, Allan continues to understand how wildlife works within that ecological system, greatly improving the ability to ensure that systems sustainability. 

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi