SHELTERWOOD SOLUTIONS
About SHELTERWOOD SOLUTIONS
Shelterwood Solutions is a forestry consulting business based in Bangor, Maine, run by David Irving, a Maine licensed professional forester. It's family-owned and has been going since 2007. The work covers forest management plans, timber harvest administration, wildlife habitat planning, timber stand improvement projects, woodlot assessments, timber volume and value appraisals, wildlife surveys, wetland delineations, and digital mapping with GPS and GIS software. If you're looking at a harvest, the business describes its role this way: "Shelterwood offers preparation and supervision services to protect and maximize your investment." That means handling the administration and oversight of a sale rather than buying the wood itself. There's no stated minimum acreage, but the smallest job mentioned is a 20 acre woodlot harvest, so that gives a sense of the scale this business has worked at. It serves Penobscot County and more broadly says it works "throughout Maine." David Irving holds Maine forester license #3249, is a Certified Tree Farm Inspector, and belongs to the Society of American Foresters. This fits a landowner in Penobscot County, or elsewhere in Maine, who wants one person handling the planning and the paperwork around a harvest, not just a quick stumpage quote. From shelterwoodmaine.com, read 11 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.
Everything they're registered for
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