Metcalfe Forestry CO
About Metcalfe Forestry CO
Metcalfe Forestry CO is a forest management consulting business based in Grayling, Michigan. They work out of two professional forest managers plus subcontractors, serving Crawford County and northern Michigan more broadly. Their work covers management plans, timber inventories, map making, timber harvest boundary location, timber trespass or theft evaluation, timber tax and depletion account preparation, Federal Form T, timber appraisals, post harvest inspections, expert witness testimony, and wildlife, aesthetic, or recreational improvements. A timber sale with them runs through a set process: they meet with you about your goals, inventory the property and write a plan, mark boundaries and trees, put the sale out to bid, collect down payments and security deposits through their escrow account, check on the logger during harvest, and return the deposit once post-harvest cleanup is done and standards are met. They note that "Metcalfe Forestry requires all logging companies that we work with to be fully insured." Their timber tax work covers reporting timber income as capital gain and building a depletion account, separate from the forestry consulting side. Their smallest stated client size is 10 acres, with larger clients running into the thousands of acres. Staff hold the ACF credential, and the business has done contract work, including for the MDNR, Forest Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs, since 1998. This fits a landowner in or near Crawford County with at least 10 acres who wants a forester to run the whole sale process, handle the paperwork end of timber taxes, or testify in a trespass or boundary dispute. From metcalfeforestry.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.
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