Keister Consulting, Inc.
About Keister Consulting, Inc.
Keister Consulting, Inc. is a forestry consulting business in Wayland, New York. They work as consulting foresters and also do timber buying, handling the planning and oversight of a timber sale rather than running the logging equipment themselves. They take on timber harvests, write management plans, do valuations, mapping and GIS work, and can provide expert witness testimony. They plan and administer sales of high-quality, low-grade, and softwood timber, working with species like Black Cherry, Black Walnut, Red Maple, White and Red Oak, Sugar Maple, Aspen, Beech, Cottonwood, Silver Maple, Pine, Spruce, and Larch. Work runs on an hourly and per diem basis, with fees that can work out to "as low as 5 or 6 percent of the sale price." Mark Keister is a New York State DEC-certified and insured herbicide applicator, and they bring in subcontracted mist application crews for larger herbicide jobs. They also help with NRCS CAP plans and carbon offset opportunities, and they hold SAF-CF certification and belong to NYICF. They serve Livingston County, within DEC Regions 7, 8, and 9. This fits a landowner who wants someone to manage the whole sale process on their behalf, from marking timber to mapping the property, rather than just getting a quote from a logger. From keisterconsultinginc.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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