Allen Royer
About Allen Royer
Allen Royer Forestry & Wildlife Consulting is a family forestry and wildlife business in Greencastle, Indiana, listed as a consulting forester. Allen and Peggy Royer started it in 2019, after Allen's 44 year career with Indiana DNR. Allen holds a forestry degree from Purdue, and their son Brad has joined the team, which now has three people. Timber marking is the core of the work. The forester walks the stand and marks each tree to be cut with paint at eye level and on the stump. Each marked tree is recorded by species and measurements, which gives a board-foot tally and estimated value before any equipment enters the woods. Timber appraisals start with what the business calls "boots on the ground" fieldwork, using sample plots, sawlog and pulpwood grades, and current stumpage prices. An appraisal can be paired with marking to help Indiana landowners with tax relief. The business also offers land management plans with a 10-year strategy, boundary marking, help with cost-share paperwork, prescribed fire, food plots, invasive species control, tree planting, timber stand improvement, and wildlife habitat work. It works across Indiana, and Putnam County is one of the counties it serves. Allen Royer suits a landowner who wants timber marked and valued by a forester before any sale, and who may also want habitat or planting work done on the same land. From royerforestryconsulting.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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