Headwater Forestry Inc.
About Headwater Forestry Inc.
Headwater Forestry Inc. is a consulting forestry business run out of Kingston, New York, by Cory Creagan, who has practiced consulting forestry in Vermont and New York since 2014. They write forest management plans built to meet NYS RPTL-480a standards and VT Use Value Appraisal requirements, and they handle water quality compliance, timber harvesting, forest boundary marking, GIS and GPS mapping, and ecological management. They serve Ulster County, along with the Hudson Valley, Catskills, Capital Region, and Vermont more broadly. Cory also spent time as the State of Vermont's Bennington County Forester. The work covers everyone from family forest owners to municipalities and non-profits, and they say "we mostly serve small private landowners and family forests." On timber sales, they say they aim to "plan your timber harvest and ensure you receive the best price for your timber," and they point to boundary marking as "your best protection against trespass and timber theft." The stated minimum is 5 acres, and they put it plainly: "whether you own 1,000 acres or 5 acres," they'll work with it. One project example shows the range of what they actually take on, drafting a management plan and running a competitive bid process for a 100 acre municipal forest that brought in over $65,000 for a harvest of declining sugar maple, red maple, and yellow birch. This fits a landowner in Ulster County or nearby who wants a written forest management plan and someone to oversee a bid process before any cutting starts, not just a quick timber sale. From headwaterforestry.com, 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.
Everything they're registered for
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