Bear Forestry, LLC
About Bear Forestry, LLC
Bear Forestry, LLC is a consulting forestry firm in Madison, Indiana, and it works in Jefferson County. Abe Bear started the business in early 2014 after years of public forestry work. Bear Forestry does not buy timber or cut logs. It works for the landowner, selling the timber and overseeing the job. The main work is timber marketing. When a sale is planned, the forester marks the trees to come out based on the landowner's goals, with marks at breast height and at stump level. Sale notices go to licensed timber buyers, who submit sealed bids on a set sale date. The firm then prepares the timber sale contract and oversees the harvest. Bear Forestry also does timber appraisals, timber stand improvement, and invasive species control on bush honeysuckle, autumn olive, privet, tree-of-heaven, multi-flora rose, and oriental bittersweet. Other work includes forest management plans, tree planting, and habitat improvement. The firm holds ACF certification. Its site says the goal of its timber sales is "a fair market price." Abe graduated from Purdue University in 2006 with degrees in forestry and wildlife management. He then worked as a county forester in Virginia and spent six years as field forester at Martin State Forest for the Indiana Division of Forestry before starting his own firm. Bear Forestry suits a Jefferson County landowner who has timber to sell and wants it offered by sealed bid, with a consultant handling the marking, the contract, and the harvest oversight. It is also a good fit for an owner who wants stand improvement or invasive plant removal done alongside a sale. From bearforestry.com, read 12 November 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.
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