Koett, Luke
About Koett, Luke
Koett, Luke operates as Midwest Forestry Unlimited, a forestry consulting business in Illinois. Its contact details list Galena and Milledgeville, Illinois. Luke works alongside Paul Bane, and the two of them offer a wide range of services to woodland owners. Both have a B.S. in Forestry from Southern Illinois University, and they say they bring many years of practical experience. The business also carries commercial general liability insurance with errors and omissions cover, which it names on its pages. The services run from management plans, inventories, and Illinois Forest Development Act stewardship plans to appraisals and valuations. They also include timber sale marketing and management, contract timber work and tree planting, invasive species control, herbicide application, wildlife management, and ecological restoration. Their prairie restoration work is described as reaching across northern Illinois. Their site puts it this way: "No matter how big or small the project." Prospective clients are asked to send their questions first, and the business quotes from there. This suits an owner who wants planning and ongoing management help alongside a timber sale, and who is comfortable starting with a set of questions. From midwestforestryunl.wixsite.com, read 21 October 2026.
Can they handle a timber sale?
Selling standing timber properly takes three things. Here's what the state register credits this firm with.
Timber AppraisalAn estimate of what your standing timber is worth in dollars, based on how much there is, its quality, and current prices. When you are selling, settling an estate, dividing property, or need a value for taxes or insurance.What does this mean? → — not listed
works out what your standing timber is worth
Timber Cruise & Volume EstimateA field measurement of your standing trees — their species, sizes, and quality — that adds up to how much wood you actually have. Before you sell, so you go in knowing roughly what is out there rather than taking a buyer's word for it.What does this mean? → — not listed
measures and grades what's actually out there
Timber Sale & Contract AdministrationRunning the sale for you: advertising the timber, taking bids, writing the contract, and overseeing the logging so the agreed terms are met. When you want someone on your side handling the whole sale rather than dealing with buyers and loggers yourself.What does this mean? → — not listed
runs the sale and handles the contract
This firm isn't credited with all three, which doesn't make it a worse forester — plenty specialise in management planning, wildlife or wetlands. It does mean that if your goal is to sell timber, you'd likely need someone else for the part that's missing.
Everything they're registered for
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Member of
B.S
Forestry
Southern Illinois Univ
2006