Woodward Forestry LLC
About Woodward Forestry LLC
Woodward Forestry LLC is a family-owned forestry consulting firm based in Silverton, Oregon, working since 2005. Chris Woodward runs it, offering timber appraisals, timber management plans, and timber harvest administration for landowners in the Willamette Valley and beyond. On a harvest, Woodward Forestry handles the pieces a first-time seller might not think of: timing the sale, picking a mill, choosing a logging contractor, writing contracts, and watching over payment and quality control, including compliance with the Private Forest Accord. For appraisals, the work starts with a timber cruise to measure what's standing, then turns that into a valuation for a sale, an estate, a tax basis, or a timber deed. Worth knowing: "Woodward Forestry timber appraisals do not include valuations of bare land or structures," though they'll bring in another appraiser if land value is needed too. On planning, they'll either build a full forest management plan from scratch or just "fill in any gaps that may exist," covering reforestation, water and wildlife protection, and state rules. They also note that funding may be available from state or federal agencies to help cover the cost of hiring a consultant for a plan. This fits a landowner in the Willamette Valley area who wants one person to walk a harvest or appraisal start to finish, especially someone selling timber for the first time and wanting help sorting mills, contractors, and paperwork rather than doing it alone. From woodwardforestry.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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