F&W Forestry Services, Inc.
About F&W Forestry Services, Inc.
F&W Forestry Services, Inc. is a forestry consulting business based in New York, serving Franklin County. It is listed as a forestry consultant and holds a Society of American Foresters Certified Forester (SAF-CF) credential, along with membership in the New York Institute of Consulting Foresters (NYICF). The work covers the kinds of jobs a landowner brings to a consultant: timber sales, property management, forest inventory and mapping, forestland accounting, and other technical and analytical support. For a timber sale, the approach is to run a pre-harvest valuation of the stands on a property, looking at species, age, and condition, then set up a sale plan and market the timber to buyers. Staff stay involved during the harvest itself, handling boundary checks, timber marking, and compliance audits on site. The company also offers road maintenance, boundary re-marking, and drone monitoring of forest health between sales. It has operated this way since 1962, and manages millions of acres of timberland across its wider operations. Its stated aim is "to maximize the value and enjoyment of their land" for the people it works with. This fits a landowner in Franklin County who wants a consultant carrying formal forestry credentials and decades of history behind the name, rather than a one-person local operation. From fwforestry.net, read 11 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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