Timber Buyers & Forestry Professionals in Madison, IN

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.