Natco Forestry Services
About Natco Forestry Services
Natco Forestry Services is a forestry consulting business in Belpre, Ohio. They help landowners sell the timber on their property, "marketing the timber in a fashion that suits the landowner's needs in managing the sale from start to finish." They say they'll make sure landowners get full value and that the timber comes off safely, without unnecessary harm to the land. Beyond timber sales, Natco handles management plans, appraisals, pre-commercial thinning, grapevine removal, tree planting, and wildlife management. They also look at non-timber resources like mushrooms and wild herbs if that matters to your land. One specialty worth knowing about: timber appraisals on land disturbed by oil and gas wells or pipeline right-of-ways, which is handy if that's part of your situation. They mention cost share incentives that can help pay for a management plan, and they're set up to produce NRCS, West Virginia Forest Stewardship, and Ohio CAUV plans, which can tie into a lower tax rate on your land. William "Nat" Sistrunk runs the operation and holds WV Registered Forester #389. The business describes itself as "extremely versatile in our services." They serve Washington County, Ohio. This one suits a landowner who wants a single contact person to carry a timber sale from marketing through removal, especially if there's an oil, gas, or pipeline wrinkle on the property, or if a written management plan with possible tax benefits is part of the goal. From natcoforestryservices.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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