IN THIS ISSUE:
P31 ENTERPRISES: A VISION FOR WILDFIRE PREVENTION AND RECOVERY
PERSONALITY TESTS: PROS, CONS, AND HOW TO CHOOSE Psychometric personality tests can be a valuable tool for your business, but not all are created equal. Morrison Principal Shawn Miller breaks down the common concerns and the greatest advantages.
Founded in 2016 in Oroville, California,
included providing clean up and removal
P31
on
services following the 2017 Tubbs Fire—
for
then the most destructive in California
the Bamford family of businesses, which
history—and after the Mendocino Fire
operate in timber and other industries.
Complex, which burned over 450,000 acres
But that was never the end game: from day
in 2018. Sadly, those records are falling as
one, the mostly woman-owned business
this is written.
Enterprises
providing
originally
administrative
focused services
had greater goals, with plans for services to remove trees and brush damaged by western drought conditions and pinebeetle borer infestations. These services are critical to both lessen fire risks and to mitigate the spread of borers to healthy trees.
INTRODUCING MORRISON’S NEW MANAGING PRINCIPAL As of July 1, 2020 Principal Toni Scott is now overseeing daily operations as Morrison’s new Managing Principal, while Brent oversees the Business & Accounting Advisory
service
line
and
strategic
initiatives.
November 8, 2018 Camp Fire, in Paradise, California, which surpassed the Tubbs Fire as the state’s most destructive wildfire. Pacific Gas & Electric also engaged P31 to clear trees and brush from miles of utility lines as part of its “line hardening” program
California timber industry goes back to
to reduce fire risk and improve public safety
the 1960s, and the women of the family
after the Camp Fire. In addition, P31 began
and others now in P31’s ownership have
“foundation work,” helping to clear and
long played active roles. “P31” is short
recover burned properties by the removal
for Proverbs 31, which is dedicated to
of foundations, metal, other fire debris, and
industrious women “of noble character.”
layers of ash and contaminated soil from
It reads in part:
burned areas, preparing the way for the
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She considers a field and buys it; out of
eventual recovery and restoration of those properties.
She sets about her work vigorously; her
From humble beginnings in 2016, P31 grew
arms are strong for her tasks.
from administrative work and ambitious
She sees that her trading is profitable,
goals to a peak of 74 crews and over 450
and her lamp does not go out at night.
employees by 2020. Incidentally, it is also
P31 soon added the felling and removal of dead and dying trees along roadsides and
There is always something new going on
utility lines to its services, with a focus
with our clients, and we are delighted to
on safety and fire prevention. In 2017,
share the latest news with you including
the company began cleanup and debris
national recognitions and new leadership
removal services in the wake of California’s
announcements.
devastating wildfires. Among others, this
WWW.MORRISONCO.NET
proved invaluable in the wake of the
The Bamford family’s involvement in the
her earnings she plants a vineyard.
CLIENT CORNER
P31’s tree removal and cleanup services
the youngest company to headline the Morrison newsletter in our eight years of publication. That’s a minor accomplishment in light of all they have achieved but it impressed us!
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NEWSLETTER | FALL 2020