ADforester

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ADforester www.adforester.com
518-479-9676
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- Timber Sale Management
- Forest Stewardship Plans
- NYS 480-a Tax Law Plans
- Forestry Mulching

Based in Greene County, NY (serving all surrounding counties).

Meet the Team Behind AD Forester, LLC!Hey Capital Region! I'm Jeremiah Snowden, and this is Jacob Fontaine (with the bea...
10/01/2026

Meet the Team Behind AD Forester, LLC!

Hey Capital Region! I'm Jeremiah Snowden, and this is Jacob Fontaine (with the beard) and we own and operate AD Forester, LLC from Coxsackie, NY.

We get around quite a bit and try to spend more time in the woods than in the office. So, I wanted to take a minute to introduce ourselves.

I was born in Baltimore, MD and my family moved here when I was 6. I was raised in Catskill, NY by my parents along with two brothers. My father being the pastor of then First Baptist Church in Catskill where he is still serving, now called Community Life Church.

I got married at 20 in 2005 to my high school sweetheart, Alicia. We have 3 sons and at any given time, 1 or 2 foster children. I took an apprenticeship in forestry in 2012 with her father, Anthony DelVescovo who started the business in 1981. In 2023, when the opportunity came up, I took over and rebranded the business as AD Forester.

In 2025, I hired Jacob Fontaine who had graduated with an Society of American Foresters accredited Bachelors degree in Forestry from Paul Smith's College, and is a certified American Tree Farm Inspector. Jacob grew up near Buffalo, NY and fell in love with the woods and woodworking at an early age. Having taken some classes in forestry during high school, he decided to pursue it as a career. From his first phone call with me, I knew that he was the right person for the job.

Although the practice of forestry has many different situations and circumstances, we always treat our clients as family and their land as our own. We are looking forward to the future and evolution of forest management, and to serving our clients and neighbors. We are working on expanding our services, which currently include:

- Timber sale management
- NYS 480a plan development and implementation
- Stewardship Plan development for programs such as Regenerate New York
- Property line posting
- Trail development and maintenance
- Custom map making with QGIS (see website examples)
- Consultations and evaluations
- Working to expand into forestry mulching for invasive species management and land clearing

Thank you for supporting us, it truly means the world. Got a project in mind? Reach out, we'd love to help you steward your land.

Jeremiah Snowden and Jacob Fontaine
AD Forester, LLC
Managing forests for the future!

Keep an eye out for HWA when walking through hemlock stands. The easiest sign to spot is the small, white, woolly masses...
09/01/2026

Keep an eye out for HWA when walking through hemlock stands. The easiest sign to spot is the small, white, woolly masses on the underside of hemlock branches where the needles attach. Infested trees may also show thinning foliage, needle loss, and branch dieback.

HWA is a serious threat to New York’s hemlocks. As infestations progress, trees can decline and die, impacting forest habitat, streambank stability, and the cool, shaded conditions that benefit cold-water species. Early detection can make a big difference in managing affected stands.

Our first trail creation project in East Jewett is complete! 🌲 We used a mini excavator equipped with a forestry mulcher...
08/30/2026

Our first trail creation project in East Jewett is complete! 🌲 We used a mini excavator equipped with a forestry mulcher to create and open up the trail system, then installed color-coded trail markers that correspond with a georeferenced PDF map. The map can be used in a GPS-enabled app, allowing visitors to track their location and navigate the trail system right from their phone.

Beech Leaf Disease (BLD) is a serious tree disease affecting American and European beech trees. It can be identified by ...
08/30/2026

Beech Leaf Disease (BLD) is a serious tree disease affecting American and European beech trees. It can be identified by dark striping or banding between the leaf veins, distorted or curled leaves, and reduced leaf growth—symptoms that are often easiest to spot in the summer. One unfortunate “positive” of Beech Leaf Disease is that it may help address a problem that decades of Beech Bark Disease have created across New York’s forests. BBD often caused beech to respond by producing abundant root sprouts, allowing it to outcompete other native seedlings and become increasingly dominant in the understory. Many of these beech trees were ultimately destined to decline and rot in place with little to no timber value, making BLD’s impact particularly complicated. It is eliminating beech in areas where the species had become more of a liability than an asset to forest health and diversity.

Caught this little bumblebee taking shelter from the rain, still covered in pollen. 🐝🌧️ Bumblebees generally avoid flyin...
08/27/2026

Caught this little bumblebee taking shelter from the rain, still covered in pollen. 🐝🌧️ Bumblebees generally avoid flying in heavy rain, so when a shower rolls in, they’ll often find a place to wait it out—apparently, our table made the list today!

The Eastern box turtle is the only box turtle you’ll find in New York, and they’re pretty uncommon. They’ve got that cla...
05/01/2026

The Eastern box turtle is the only box turtle you’ll find in New York, and they’re pretty uncommon. They’ve got that classic high, rounded shell and can actually close themselves up tight like a little box when they feel threatened. You’ll usually find them in forests or overgrown fields, slowly moving around looking for bugs, berries, and mushrooms. If you come across one, it’s best to just leave it where it is—moving them can actually do more harm than good, unless of course they are on the road.

NOTE: Even if you find an empty shell like this one in the woods, technically you’re not supposed to collect or keep it without a permit.

My first sighting of the season. Garter snakes are the ones I spot most. Wether you love them or hate them, garter snake...
04/30/2026

My first sighting of the season. Garter snakes are the ones I spot most. Wether you love them or hate them, garter snakes play an important role in our eco system. Found this guy in a sunny patch near a small stream.

Spring is the perfect time to take care of your property lines. Whether you need them posted for the first time or just ...
04/29/2026

Spring is the perfect time to take care of your property lines. Whether you need them posted for the first time or just need to replace signs that have fallen or faded, it’s an easy thing to stay ahead of this time of year.

If it’s something on your list but not something you want to tackle yourself, give us a call—we’re happy to help.

This is a picture we took at the end of winter of an otter slide! Fortunately Jake was there that day and knew what it w...
04/29/2026

This is a picture we took at the end of winter of an otter slide! Fortunately Jake was there that day and knew what it was, because I had no clue. We found multiple trails going up and down a hill in the woods. Not sure what was uphill, but it led down to a large swamp. Always something cool to see in the woods.

You don’t always expect to find flowers in the woods—but spring has a way of changing that. While a few show up in the s...
04/28/2026

You don’t always expect to find flowers in the woods—but spring has a way of changing that. While a few show up in the summer, this is the season when the forest really comes alive.

The more time you spend outside, the more you start to notice the small things.

Take a walk today and look for something you’d normally pass by without a second thought.

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143 County Route 51
Coxsackie, NY
12051

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