Martell Forestry
About Martell Forestry
Martell Forestry, Inc. is a full-service forestry consulting firm in Gaylord, Michigan. It works for the landowner and takes no logs itself. Its foresters act as your agent in a timber sale and aim to "ensure you the best prices and workmanship." The firm works with a range of mills and qualified logging professionals and handles harvest administration from start to finish, including tree marking, timber inventory and appraisal. The firm writes forest management plans that meet Michigan programs such as the Qualified Forest Program, the Commercial Forest Program and the Forest Stewardship Program. Other work includes timber appraisal for real estate, timber theft, fire damage, conservation easements, wildlife habitat, forest health and custom maps. Keith R. Martell Jr. has been owner and president for 14 years. He holds Certified Forester and Registered Forester credentials, along with ACF membership, a USDA-NRCS technical service provider role, a DNR Forest Stewardship plan writer role and a Michigan real estate license. The firm serves landowners across the northern Lower Peninsula and eastern Upper Peninsula, including Otsego, Crawford, Cheboygan and Emmet counties. Martell Forestry suits a landowner who wants a professional forester to plan the land, oversee the cut and deal with the mill and logger. It is a good fit for someone who does not want to sell standing timber directly to a buyer. From martellforestry.com, read 12 November 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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