As any professional forester will attest, we quickly learn the truth of an old business adage while working in the field: “The only constant is change.” When working in an industry that is not only impacted by macroeconomic factors (oil prices, GDP, housing starts, etc.), we are also forced to adapt to whatever circumstances Mother Nature throws our way. As we have seen throughout 2019, the weather can wreak havoc on short-term performance in localized markets.