Costello Forestry Consulting, LLC
About Costello Forestry Consulting, LLC
Costello Forestry Consulting, LLC is a forestry consulting business in Lebanon, Ohio, run by Scott Costello, a Certified Forester. It covers Warren County and the wider area of Southwestern and West-central Ohio, East Indiana, and Northern Kentucky. The business handles timber sales, timber appraisals, timber tax basis work, property tax OFTL/CAUV consulting, forest inventory, financial analysis, forest management plans, timber trespass cases, invasive species management, forest health assessment, small non-herbicide timber stand improvement jobs, small woodlot management, and planning for conservation developments or farmland preservation. It "provides services for all types of landowners, whether timber production is your main objective or not," and notes forestland can be managed for wildlife habitat, biodiversity, ecosystem restoration, firewood, or recreation, not just a timber sale. Work can be billed hourly or by contract bid, though timber sale services are generally handled on commission. Costello holds Certified Forester credentials (#1020) with the Society of American Foresters, a status held since 2001, and was once a Certified Tree Farm Inspector with the American Tree Farm System. He worked as an Ohio service forester for years before starting the business in 2006. This suits a landowner in Warren County or nearby who wants one person who can walk through a timber sale, answer tax questions, write a management plan, or handle a trespass issue, rather than someone who only logs and leaves. From costelloforestry.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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