Forest Legacy LLC
About Forest Legacy LLC
Forest Legacy LLC is an independent forest management firm based in Ollie, Iowa. It describes itself as a firm that "aims to help landowners steward their forest resources," working across Southern Iowa and Northern Missouri. The work they take on covers the full range a woodland owner might need: site preparation, brush and invasive species management, tree planting by hand and machine, planting maintenance, forest stand improvement, forest management plan writing, timber sales and marketing, timber appraisal, and prescribed fire. Most timber sales they handle run on a sealed bid basis, "to encourage competitive bidding on the client's trees." As the landowner, you keep the right to accept or reject any bid, so if the offers come in low you can walk away without cutting a tree. Once you do accept, you sign a contract with the buyer covering timing, soil care, fences, residual trees, and the payment schedule, and the forester checks in on the logging operation to make sure the buyer holds up their end. Cody Widner started the company in the summer of 2021 and leads it as head forester, with Cassidy Widner working alongside him. The business is listed as an official member of the Association of Consulting Foresters. This fits a landowner in Southern Iowa or Northern Missouri who wants a forester to run the whole timber sale process on their behalf, from writing the management plan through marketing the trees and overseeing the logger once a bid is accepted. From forestlegacyllc.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? →
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? →
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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