Matt's Healthy Woods & Wildlife
About Matt's Healthy Woods & Wildlife
Matt's Healthy Woods & Wildlife is a forestry consulting business run out of Cameron, Missouri, with Matt Arndt listed in Higbee. Matt describes the company as "a full service forestry consulting company," and the work covers a lot of ground: forest management plans, forest stand improvement, wildlife habitat enhancements, timber sale marking and administration, timber value appraisals, emerald ash borer treatments, boundary marking, tree planting, GPS and GIS services, and presentations. The approach isn't limited to just getting timber off your land. Matt says he wants to help "whether you want to manage your forest for maximum timber production, whitetail habitat, overall forest health, or anything in between," so this is someone you'd call whether your main goal is a timber sale or just keeping the woods healthy for years to come. Matt holds credentials as a Certified Forester through the Society of American Foresters and a Certified Arborist through the International Society of Arboriculture, and he's a member of the Missouri Consulting Foresters Association. Staff forester Tyler Cox, based in Higbee, is also an MCFA member. This fits a landowner who wants someone thinking past the next timber sale, toward soil, wildlife, and the long-term shape of the woods, and who wants a consultant with forestry and wildlife credentials rather than just a timber buyer. From mattshealthywoods.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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