F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber
About F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber
F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber is a sawmill and timber business in Columbia Falls, Montana, situated in the Flathead Valley between Columbia Falls and Whitefish. Along with running the mill, they buy logs, do logging, and offer forestry consulting to landowners, serving Flathead County. If you have timber to sell, you contact them and one of their foresters walks you through the process. Their services for private landowners include timber harvesting, private land management, and log buying. They say they "rely heavily on building relationships with local landowners and the community" to keep the mill supplied. Their foresters are "college trained professionals" and belong to the Society of American Foresters and the Montana Tree Farm System. They only contract with logging crews accredited through the Montana Logging Association, and they've committed to the SFI 2022 Standard for sustainable forestry. Stoltze Lumber was first established in Montana in August of 1912, and the current mill has operated at its Halfmoon Road site since 1923. This fits a landowner in the Flathead Valley area who wants to sell logs to an outfit that also runs its own mill and keeps foresters on staff to help plan the work, rather than a sole consultant working alone. From stoltzelumber.com, read 4 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
F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber
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