Selling Timber in Penobscot County, ME
Quick answer
There are 13 timber businesses listed for Penobscot County, Maine: 3 consulting foresters and 10 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 8 of them have offices in the county. The rest are registered to work here and travel in, and every listing shows how far its office is from the county seat.
Timber prices for Penobscot County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Maine's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Penobscot County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Red oak | $293 per thousand board feet |
| Hard maple | $251 per thousand board feet |
| White pine | $208 per thousand board feet |
| Hemlock | $69 per thousand board feet |
Source: Maine Forest Service, 2024. All Maine timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Penobscot County have no idea what their standing timber is worth, which is exactly the position a buyer wants you in. Four questions gets you a ballpark range before the first offer lands.
Consulting Foresters in Penobscot County (1)
This forester has an office right here in Penobscot County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Prentiss & Carlisle is a forestry consulting and operations outfit based in Bangor, Maine, working out of 107 Court Street. They've been at this since 1924, and they cover timberland across Maine, including Penobscot County. They do full-service forest management and in-woods work. On the logging side they run cut-to-length, mechanical, and conventional harvesting crews, plus road and bridge building for harvest access, and utility line and easement clearing. Their own crews cut around 90,000 cords of timber a year. On the consulting side they handle timber sale administration, accounting and reporting, forest product marketing, regulatory compliance, timber inventory work, growth and yield modeling, and GIS mapping and analysis. They've completed inventory projects on more than 500,000 acres in the past five years. They're also a licensed real estate brokerage in Maine and Wisconsin, so they can help with land valuation and sales alongside timber. Their process is to set a management plan in motion and then stay on it: "our forestry team oversees, monitors, and adjusts," laying out harvest operations, checking compliance, and administering each contract so the value of the timber is looked after from planning through sale. This is a bigger, long-running operation built around full forest management rather than a single timber sale, so it suits a landowner who wants ongoing oversight of their woods, not just a one-time harvest. From prentissandcarlisle.com, read 5 October 2026.
Consulting Foresters in Neighboring Counties (2)
Listed as working Penobscot County, from an office elsewhere. Closest first.
Golden Forestry Services, Inc. Consulting Forester is a consulting forester in Veazie, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Treeline, Inc. is a logging contractor in Chester, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester and a timber buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Penobscot County (7)
These 7 are based in Penobscot County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Jean Chouinard Logging is a logging contractor in Lincoln, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Katahdin Forest Management LLC is a logging contractor in Millinocket, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
M&M Vallee sawmills, dealer/distributor State of Maine is a mill in Etna, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Madden Timberlands Inc. is a logging contractor in Old Town, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Thibeault & Sons Logging is a logging contractor in Greenbush, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Timber Ridge Sawmill & Lumber is a mill in Bradford, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Yoder's Sawmill Inc. is a sawmill and timber buyer in Corinna, Maine. They turn logs into usable lumber, cutting custom orders for landowners and buying logs from loggers who have wood to sell. They work with cedar, hemlock, red oak, cherry, walnut, pine, and white ash, among other species. On the buying side, they say "if you're a logger with cedar, hemlock, red oak, or cherry to sell, we'd be interested in talking with you." On the milling side, they do custom sawing and custom kiln drying, plus planing, and they keep dimensional lumber and hardwoods on hand. They run a bandsaw mill and a kiln, and say they're "always looking for quality logs," taking on custom orders "large or small," whether that's a single special log or a bigger supply run. Products include white cedar decking, hemlock framing, log siding, hardwood flooring, pine tongue and groove, and kiln dried red oak. They're based at 910 Exeter Rd. in Corinna, Maine, and serve Penobscot County. They're listed under the mills and timber-buyers categories. This fits a landowner with cedar, hemlock, red oak, or cherry logs to sell, or anyone who already has logs cut and wants them custom sawn, dried, and planed into finished lumber rather than sold as standing timber. From yodersawmill.com, read 5 October 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (3)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Penobscot County, working from a nearby town.
Chester Forest Products is a mill in Chester, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
G P Logging is a logging contractor in Hermon, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Mccrossin's Forestry Inc. is a logging contractor in Greenfield, Maine. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Penobscot County?
13 businesses are listed for Penobscot County: 3 consulting foresters and 10 buyers, loggers and mills. 8 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Penobscot County?
Nobody can tell you what your timber is worth without walking it. Value depends on the species, the size and grade of the trees, how thickly they stand, the ground conditions and how easily a logger can reach them. Anyone who quotes you a figure without seeing the land is guessing, and a guess in that direction is rarely in your favour.
What stumpage value means →Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Penobscot County?
You do not have to use one. A consulting forester works for you rather than the buyer, marks the timber, runs a sealed-bid sale and typically charges a percentage of the sale. Research from several state extension services has found that timber sold through a consultant often returns enough more to cover the fee, though results vary by tract and by market. The decision usually turns on the size of the sale and whether you have sold timber before.
Do I need a forestry consultant? →What is timber worth in Penobscot County?
No price series is published for Penobscot County on its own. Maine's latest published stumpage figures (Maine Forest Service, 2024) put red oak at $293 per thousand board feet. What your own timber brings depends on the species, the size and amount of it, and how far it is from a mill. A timber cruise by a forester settles it.
Forester listings for Penobscot County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.