Maine Forestry
About Maine Forestry
Maine Forestry is run by Michael Rochester, a licensed professional forester based in Deer Isle, Maine. He covers Aroostook County. The work covers timber cruising, thinning, and timber harvest supervision. Species he mentions working with include beech, yellow birch, pines, yellow poplar, sweetgum, cherry, maple, oak, hickory, sugar maple, and pulpwood. He describes his approach plainly: "if you need someone to supervise a timber harvest, I can help you with process from start to finish." He also offers to help landowners manage their woodland tax bills, saying "if you want to save money on your woodland taxes, I can help you greatly reduce them." There's no stated minimum acreage for taking on a job. This looks like a fit for an Aroostook County landowner who wants one person to walk a harvest from planning through supervision, and who's also thinking about what the tax side of owning timberland means for them. From maineforestry.net, read 5 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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