Woolery, Michael
About Woolery, Michael
Woolery, Michael is a forestry consultant in Illinois. The business trades as greenwood forestry consulting and has operated since 2005, serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Michael holds a BS in Forest Science and an MS in Natural Resources and Environmental Science, both from the University of Illinois, and he is a TSP with the USDA. The work starts with a look at the land. Land management planning begins with an assessment, often a detailed inventory, and the business describes its services as ones that "begin with your forest, but go far beyond this as well." Plans can cover thinning, tree planting, timber sales and assessments. Many plans are prepared so landowners can enroll in state forestry or natural resource programs, such as the IFDA and CSP run by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Michael can also prepare plans for NRCS programs like EQUIP. Outside the timber, the business does native seeding for pollinator habitat, planting prairie species, native pasture, and food plot planning and installation. A current timber sale is posted for Putnam County, Illinois, with an Invitation to Bid download. This suits a landowner who wants a management plan that fits government programs, along with timber work and wildlife or prairie plantings on the same ground. From greenwoodforestry.com, read 10 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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