TIMBERLAND CONSULTANTS
About TIMBERLAND CONSULTANTS
Timberland Consultants is a forestry consulting business in Nobleboro, Maine, run by David Schaible. He's a Maine Licensed Professional Forester with a B.S. in Forest Management from the University of Maine at Orono, and he worked as a District Forester for the Maine Forest Service from 1971 to 1982 before starting this business in 1982. That means he's been at it for over 27 years. The work covers woodland evaluation, management advice and planning, woodlot harvesting recommendations and timber sale administration, timber inventory and appraisal, tax matters including the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law, boundary location and marking, wildlife habitat improvement, expert testimony in litigation, and help with environmental law compliance. He says he works "without any ties, contracts or obligations to any purchasers of wood products," which matters if you want someone in your corner and not the mill's. He serves landowners primarily in Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Kennebec, Androscoggin, Waldo and Cumberland Counties. The stated minimum is 10 acres, with woodland management services offered up to 1,000 acres. This fits a landowner in Lincoln County or nearby who wants a forester handling the planning, the tax questions, and the sale administration end to end, rather than someone who just wants a quote on standing timber. From timberlandconsultants.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
TIMBERLAND CONSULTANTS
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