Forest Resources Inc.FOREST RESOURCES INC.
About Forest Resources Inc.

A local forester who knows Illinois woods.

Forest Resources Inc. is a family-owned forestry business based in Shumway, in Effingham County. For over twenty years we've helped Illinois landowners care for, improve, and profit from their land.

Perry Bushue of Forest Resources Inc. in the field
20+
Years of experience
650+
Stewardship plans written
100s
Landowners partnered with
Several
State parks served

Twenty years of doing it right.

Perry Bushue has spent his career in the woods. Over more than two decades, he's worked every side of forestry in Illinois — planting new stands, thinning crowded ones, appraising and selling timber, building wildlife habitat, and writing the stewardship plans that tie it all together.

That experience adds up to more than 650 stewardship plans and projects all across the state, from private family woodlots to several Illinois state parks. It's hands-on work, and Perry does it personally — when you hire Forest Resources, you get the forester, not a subcontractor.

The approach is simple: understand what you want from your land, give you an honest plan to get there, and do the work right. No upselling, no jargon — just good forestry from someone who lives and works in the same part of Illinois you do.

A forester felling and limbing hardwood timber in the Illinois woods.
Rooted in Illinois
We don't just write the plan — we walk the ground, mark the trees, and see the work through.

How we work

Honest first.

We tell you what your land and timber are actually worth, and what's worth doing — even when the answer is "wait."

Hands-on.

Perry walks the property, makes the plan, and is on site for the work. You always know who you're dealing with.

Long-term.

Good forestry plays out over decades. We plan for the woods you'll have in twenty years, not just today.

Where we work

Central & Southern Illinois.

Based in Shumway (Effingham County), we travel throughout Central and Southern Illinois for projects of every size. If you're not sure whether you're in our area, just give us a call.

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Let's talk about your land.

Free consultation, no pressure. You'll talk to Perry directly.