Resource Management Service, LLC

Resource Management Service, LLC is a timberland investment manager that provides acquisition, asset and property management, timber and land sales, and client accounting and reporting primarily to institutional investors. It serves pooled timberland funds and a smaller number of direct or separately managed single-investor accounts for clients such as pension funds, endowments, foundations, family offices and other institutional investors.

The firm uses proprietary timber-growth and financial models and emphasizes investment-grade plantations, operating scale, research and technology, and environmentally responsible forest management as core elements of its approach. As of December 31, 2025, RMS reported approximately $1.6 billion of discretionary AUM and $4.3 billion of non-discretionary AUM across 14 clients, reflecting that most assets are managed on a non-discretionary basis while RMS retains discretionary authority for some relationships.

Compared with many peers, RMS combines vertically integrated, in‑house forestry and property management with international operations and employee ownership, and it uses leverage across its investment vehicles (including debt financing considerations that can affect separately managed accounts). The firm also maintains third‑party solicitation and placement arrangements and manages certain separately managed accounts that are treated like single-investor funds, one of which does not qualify for the custody audit exemption and is subject to an annual surprise examination.