ACADIAN FORESTRY CONSULTING, LLC
About ACADIAN FORESTRY CONSULTING, LLC
Acadian Forestry Consulting, LLC is a forestry consulting firm based in Lebeau, Louisiana, with an office in Morrow. It serves St. Landry. The work covers timber cruising and marking, timber damage appraisals, boundary line maintenance, forest management plans, timber stand improvement, taxation, and tree planting. They also make GPS and GIS maps of land and can monitor absentee-owned property for trespass and timber theft. If you want to sell, they can handle it two ways. They can hire a logging contractor to cut the timber and haul it to mills, and you're paid weekly after the wood is hauled and settlements come in. Or they can run a bid so several buyers compete, and you choose whether the contract is paid up front or "pay-as-cut." Their first visit to your land costs nothing, and they'll tell you whether it needs management yet. The team has over 40 years combined experience in the timber industry. The owner, Ryan Manuel, holds a bachelor's degree in forestry from LSU and an MBA from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and he has more than 10 years as a forester. He also recently became a licensed Louisiana real estate salesperson. This suits landowners who want one firm to handle the cruise, the marking, the bid, and the logging oversight, or who own land they can't visit often. From acadianforestry.com, read 18 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? →
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
Everything they're registered for
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