Forestry Consultants

J&R Logging Inc is a logging and forestry consulting business based in Mount Aukum, California, working in El Dorado and Amador Counties. They have been in business since 1979, and say they have "over 40 years of timber harvesting experience in our local community of El Dorado & Amador Counties." Their work covers timber harvesting, forest restoration, and forest management. They name "responsible forest management" and "forest restoration" as their specialties, and describe their approach as built on family, community, and pride in their work, their forests, and the people around them. Business partners they list include Sierra Pacific Industries, the US Forest Service, Associated Calif. Loggers, and American Loggers Council. This fits a landowner in El Dorado or Amador County who wants a logger with a long local track record and a stated focus on restoring forest land, not just taking the trees and leaving. From jandrlogginginc.com, read 4 October 2026.

Big Creek Lumber Company is a mill in Vallejo, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester, a timber buyer and a logging contractor. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Summit Forestry Services is a forestry consulting business based in Grass Valley, California, for landowners with timber who need help deciding what to do with it. It's been operating since January 1997. The work covers the permits needed to harvest: Timber Harvest Plans, emergencies, exemptions, and 3 acre conversions. They also do timber marking, timber sale preparation, logging administration, timber inventories, appraisals and valuations, log merchandising, marketing and accounting, and independent third party consultations. On the land itself they handle reforestation work such as site preparation, tree planting and timber stand improvement, plus wildfire rehabilitation. They write both Timber Management Plans and Non-Industrial Timber Management Plans (NTMP). They describe their process as working with the client to meet the objectives for the property. They can run a "turn-key" project from start to finish, or just give the landowner specific advice to save money, or do something in between. The company serves Nevada County and says it works with both local clients and "out of the region" clients. Peter Walden is a Registered Professional Forester (RPF) #2001 and a California Agricultural Pest Control Advisor (PCA) #07770. This fits a landowner who wants one outfit to carry a harvest through the permitting, the marking, the sale and the cleanup afterward, rather than just a one-time opinion on what the trees are worth. From summitforestryservices.com, read 4 October 2026.

Humboldt Redwood Company Lumber Mill is a mill in Scotia, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Green Diamond Resource Co - California Timberlands Division is a timber buyer in Arcata, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor and a consulting forester. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Elsi Logging LLC is a logging contractor and forestry consultant based in Fortuna, California, working in Humboldt County. It's a Native American woman-owned business, and the owner grew up in logging camps in Trinity County before starting the company here on the Redwood Coast. The work covers sustainable logging and timber harvesting in redwood, along with forest management and fire prevention: thinning, firebreak construction, controlled burns, and tree health assessments. They also do land restoration and conservation work, including reforestation, erosion control, riparian and wetland restoration, invasive species removal, and carbon sequestration projects. For landowners selling timber, they offer timber valuation and appraisal, long-term forest management planning, and guidance on selective harvesting versus clear-cutting, plus wood processing and transportation. They describe their approach as blending "traditional ecological knowledge" with modern forestry techniques, and use selective harvesting and reduced impact logging methods rather than clear-cutting. They serve communities throughout Humboldt County, including Eureka, Arcata, Fortuna, and Garberville, and work with private landowners, conservation groups, tribal entities, and government agencies. Their stated mission is "to deliver high-quality logging services while respecting the ecosystem, community, and tribal heritage." This fits a Humboldt County landowner who wants more than a straight timber sale: someone interested in selective cutting over clear-cutting, habitat or watershed restoration alongside the harvest, or working with a locally rooted, tribally connected operation. From elsilogging707.com, read 4 October 2026.

James L Able Forestry Consultants is a forestry consulting business in Eureka, California, in Humboldt County. They call timberland management and forestry consulting their core business, saying "Timberland management and forestry consulting is our core business." They take on timberland management, timber cruising and growth, timber appraisals, inventories, forest harvesting and utilization, forest roads, natural resource economics, GPS and GIS techniques, wildlife and habitat conservation, government assistance programs, real estate acquisition and disposition, and range management. For a management client, they work to understand the owner's needs and goals for the property, then design and implement a management plan, using site-specific silvicultural systems to schedule timber harvests. Timber appraisals are part of this work and often set the basis for deciding what to do with the land. They serve Humboldt County, and say they have designed tree farms in Humboldt, Del Norte and Mendocino counties. One of their staff holds the Regional Chairman position for the American Tree Farm Association. They have operated since 1979. This fits a landowner in Humboldt County who wants someone to plan out the whole life of the timberland, not just arrange a single harvest. From ableforestry.com, read 4 October 2026.

Black Fox Timber Management Group, Inc. is a consulting forester in McCloud, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Mendocino Forest Products Co is a sawmill and forestry consulting business based in Ukiah, California. It works with landowners in Mendocino County, and its main trade is milling redwood, with harvesting as one of its services. The company plans and carries out timber harvests under what it calls "uneven age management," aiming to keep a mix of younger and older trees standing rather than clearing a stand at once. Each year it develops a batch of harvesting plans, written by registered professional foresters, running close to 200 pages apiece, which go to the state of California for approval before any cutting starts. The work also covers habitat preservation and a Habitat Conservation Plan, with care taken over wildlife areas before a harvest begins. Its forests carry Forest Stewardship Council certification. Mendocino Forest Products Co describes its redwood as grown and harvested "in accordance with some of the highest environmental standards in the world." Since the company handles both the milling and the forestry consulting side, a landowner working with them is also working with the foresters who write and file the state paperwork a harvest requires. This fits a landowner in Mendocino County with standing redwood who wants a harvest plan built and filed by registered foresters, with real attention to habitat and uneven-age cutting rather than a clear-cut. From mfp.com, read 4 October 2026.

J&L Palo Urbano Wood Milling is a mill in Santa Rosa, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Sierra Forestry Consulting, LLC is a forestry consulting and logging business based in Oakhurst, California. It is set up to work with landowners as well as utilities and agencies, and it covers Madera County. The work it takes on runs from standing timber to the paperwork around it: tree harvesting, planting, logging, timber tract operations, tree line assessments, evaluation of hazardous trees, logging remediation and gathering, wildfire prevention, project management, safety consulting, natural resource stewardship, environmental assessments, wood product manufacturing, lumber grading, forest management, and vegetation management. The business describes its approach as delivering "holistic forest management" for the people it works with, and sums up its own attitude toward tough jobs as "we are the solution." On credentials, Sierra Forestry Consulting holds licensed timber operator (LTO) status and certified arborist standing with the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). Staff also carry the ISA Board Certified Master Arborist and ISA Utility Specialist designations, ISA Traq certification, Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) membership including Certified Treecare Safety Professional status, and a connection to the Western Chapter of the ISA. The business was founded in 2018, started up to meet demand for expert arborists in utility vegetation management work. This fits a landowner whose property touches power lines, sits in wildfire-prone ground, or who wants a consultant that also carries arborist and safety credentials alongside the logging side, rather than a straightforward timber-sale broker. From sierraforestry.com, read 4 October 2026.

California Redwood Company LLC is a mill in Little River, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Forester's Co-Op is a consulting forester in Grass Valley, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

W. M. Beaty & Associates Inc is a consulting forester in Redding, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

North Wood Forestry is a consulting forester in Siskiyou County, California. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.