Penn Forestry Co Inc.
This firm's office is in Biglerville, PA, outside Maryland. It appears here because the Maryland forestry register lists it as working 0 Maryland counties. Worth asking how far they'll travel for a tract your size.
About Penn Forestry Co Inc.
Penn Forestry Co Inc. is a consulting forestry business in Biglerville, Maryland, working with private woodland owners in the mid-atlantic region. They've been doing this since 1960. They take on timber sales, forest management and stewardship plans, timber value appraisals, timber trespass appraisals and expert witness testimony, timber taxation and estate planning, timber and woodland inventory, timber stand improvement, wildlife and recreational planning, and forest pest management. For a timber sale, they start by looking over your woodland and helping you set short and long term goals, then market the timber and pulpwood. They put together a timber sale contract built for your tract and stay involved from start to finish. They say "we hold a performance bond to ensure that all work is completed to the satisfaction of our forester and the landowner." Timber sales work is generally handled on commission, with daily and hourly rates for other services like appraisals and plans. They list counties across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, and note they'll travel outside those counties too, by calling to check. They hold Maryland State License #694 and are registered in Maryland and West Virginia. They describe the company as "large enough to serve you professionally, but small enough to serve you personally." This suits a landowner who wants one outfit to carry the whole process, appraisal through contract through logging, and who falls within their mid-atlantic reach. From pennforestry.com, 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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