Michigan Forestry Company
About Michigan Forestry Company
Michigan Forestry Company is a forestry consulting and logging outfit based in Holland, Michigan, working with landowners in Ottawa County. They handle the whole arc of a timber sale and forest management job, not just the cutting. Their work covers strategic harvests, forest management planning, and administering timber sales from start to finish. That includes the initial consultation, boundary marking, timber marking and scaling, preparing and soliciting bids, writing and managing the contract, and supervising the harvest itself. They also write forest management plans and help landowners enroll in programs like the Qualified Forest Program, Forest Stewardship Program, Commercial Forest Program, and NRCS plans. On the wildlife side, they plan for habitat, promote nut-producing trees, and work on invasive species control. Their mission, in their own words, is "exercising sustainable forest management on behalf of the landowner," done through harvests, planning, and timber sale administration. They describe themselves as having "over 15 years of forestry experience" aiming to meet landowner goals for their woodlots. This fits a landowner in Ottawa County who wants someone to run the entire timber sale process, from walking the property and setting goals through to supervising the actual harvest, rather than just getting a quote on standing timber. From miforestry.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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