Acadian Forestry
About Acadian Forestry
Acadian Forestry Consulting, LLC is a forestry consulting firm based in Morrow, Louisiana, and it works in St. Landry. Its work runs from timber cruising, which measures the trees on your land, to forest management plans and the financial analysis that goes with them. Other services include timber marking, damage appraisals after trespass or storms, boundary line maintenance, GPS and GIS mapping, forest monitoring for owners who live away, tree planting, and help choosing state or federal incentive programs. The first visit to your property is free. When you are ready to sell, the firm can run a bid that draws several buyers, and the highest bidder signs a timber sale contract. You choose whether the contract is paid as a lump sum up front or "pay-as-cut." The firm can also hire a logging contractor directly, and you are paid weekly once the wood is hauled to the mill and the settlements come in. A management commission covers the trips to the property, the inventory and marking, the bids and contracts, and oversight of the loggers. The owner, Ryan Manuel, has a forestry degree from LSU and an MBA from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and has worked as a forester for over 10 years. He has just recently gained his license as a Louisiana real estate salesperson. The team has over 40 years combined experience in the timber industry. This suits a landowner who wants one firm to handle the cruise, the sale and the paperwork, and who may also want help with boundaries or monitoring. 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? → — 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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