The Lyme Timber Company began investing in timberland and rural real estate in 1976. In 2022, The Lyme Timber Company LLC bought out the remaining passive interest of the original owners and is now 100% owned by current employees.
Lyme is a leader in land conservation, sustainable forest management, and ecosystem services, having conserved over 900,000 acres of working forest over the past 30 years and developed business lines in forest management services, wetland mitigation banking, and carbon sequestration. Alongside its conservation and forestry strategies, the Company seeks to improve job quality, safety, and competitiveness in the forest products supply chain through investments in locally-managed sawmills, logging businesses, and log distribution yards.