Parker Forestry Services, Inc.
About Parker Forestry Services, Inc.
Parker Forestry Services, Inc. is a consulting forestry business in Salisbury, Maryland, working with landowners across the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. They've been at it since 1983, started by W.H. "Ace" Parker, Jr. and W. Allen "Skip" Jones, Jr., with Stacey Esham joining the team in 1997. Their work covers forestland management, timber sale administration, timber appraisal, forest management plan preparation, and wildlife habitat planning. In their own words, "our team assists you in the management of timberland areas." Skip and Stacey are both MD Licensed Foresters, and the business holds Maryland State License #616 and #213. They're involved with the Maryland Forests Association, the Association of Forest Industries, the Society of American Foresters, the Association of Consulting Foresters, County Forestry Boards, and the Quality Deer Management Association. The county they serve is listed as Wicomico, though their own pages describe work across the wider Eastern Shore, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. No acreage minimum is given, and no particular tree species are named on their pages. What they do point to is depth: "over sixty years of combined experience in forestland management" between Skip and Stacey, built up over more than four decades in business. This fits a landowner who wants a forester who has been doing this on the Eastern Shore a long time, handling the paperwork and planning side of a timber sale as well as the sale itself, rather than someone who just cuts and leaves. From parkerforestryservices.com, read 8 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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