Yarnell Forestry Consulting, LLC
About Yarnell Forestry Consulting, LLC
Yarnell Forestry Consulting, LLC is a forestry consulting business based in Marshfield, Missouri. Eric Yarnell founded the company in 2011, and the team now includes Cade Schmitz. They work with forest landowners on management advice and timber marketing, aiming, as they put it, to help you "love your property more than you already do." The work covers a wide range: forest management plans, timber valuation and appraisals, timber sale marking and administration, timber cost basis and forest taxation advice, timber inventory, GIS mapping, forest stand improvement and woodland thinning, temporary forest openings, invasive plant control, urban tree inventory, and insect or disease diagnosis. Their stand improvement notes mention oak trees specifically, pointing out that thinning can boost acorn production for wildlife. They describe their usual starting point this way: "A forest management plan is the best place to begin," with a forester evaluating the woods before any thinning or harvest work happens. They serve Webster County, within a broader area described as southwest and south central Missouri. Eric Yarnell is an SAF Certified Forester and ISA Certified Arborist, and belongs to the Association of Consulting Foresters, the Missouri Consulting Foresters Association, the Society of American Foresters, the International Society of Arboriculture, and the Missouri Forest Products Association. Cade Schmitz is an SAF Candidate Certified Forester and Associate Wildlife Biologist. This fits a landowner in or near Webster County who wants a full management plan first, including wildlife and habitat work, rather than just a quick timber sale. From yarnellforestry.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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