SOUTHERN MAINE FORESTRY SERVICES
About SOUTHERN MAINE FORESTRY SERVICES
SOUTHERN MAINE FORESTRY SERVICES is a forestry consulting business based in Parsonsfield, Maine, working out of North Windham. They handle the parts of a timber sale most landowners don't want to tackle alone: marking the trees to be cut, tallying the wood, finding a logger, negotiating the contract, and then staying on top of the job while it runs. They also do straight consulting work: woodlot assessments, forest management plans, timber appraisals for buying, selling, or settling a trespass, and help with Tree Growth Tax questions and forest mapping. On the land management side they do timber stand improvement, pre-commercial thinning, planting, pruning, and boundary work. Sales run by bid, either lump sum or by the MBF and ton. They mark the trees and lay out the skid trails first, then send the job out to bidders. The winning bidder has to post a bond or deposit before cutting starts, and on a lump sum bid, payment is due at signing or within ten days of the bid being accepted. They say they "contract only with very high quality loggers with proven track records," and describe themselves as "stickler's for detail when preparing a client's woodlot for sale." They work in York County and say they have "been in business for a long time." This fits a landowner who wants one firm to run the whole process, start to finish, bid by bid, rather than handle the marking, the logger, and the paperwork themselves. From someforest.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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