Forestry Consultants

Penn Forestry Company Inc is a consulting forester in Biglerville, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Penn Select Timber, Inc is a timber buyer in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor and a consulting forester. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Champion Lumber Co is a mill in Champion, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Oil Valley Hardwoods works out of Titusville, Pennsylvania, doing timber harvesting and forestry work. They describe themselves as a natural resource management service, handling forested land, its waters and wasteland, mainly to harvest timber. They also serve Warren county. The work itself covers felling selected trees, removing branches, cross-cutting the stems into size categories, stacking along tracks in the forest, and extraction to the roadside. They work in hardwoods and other woods, and they also take on consulting forestry alongside the logging side. They offer a "free consultation" before any work starts, and the office keeps regular weekday and Saturday hours, by appointment. There's no minimum tract size stated anywhere on their pages, so if you're on the smaller end of the 5 to 50 acre range, you'd want to call and ask directly whether your lot is worth their trip. This fits a landowner near Titusville or in Warren county who wants someone who handles both the cutting and the forestry advice side, and who'd rather start with a conversation than a quote sheet. From oil-valley-hardwoods.ueniweb.com, read 5 October 2026.

Green Ridge Forest Products is a timber buyer based in Cochranton, Pennsylvania, serving landowners in Crawford County. Along with buying standing timber, they also log, run a sawmill, and offer forestry consulting, so they can wear more than one hat on the same piece of ground. They work in hardwoods, mentioning oak, cherry, walnut, hard maple, and ash, along with pine. The process starts with a free appraisal. From there, "your payment will be issued before we cut or remove any trees," and once the cutting is done, the crew will "clean all trails and re-seed your soil before we leave." That's useful to know if you're worried about what your woods will look like afterward. For acreage, they prefer landowners have at least five acres to appraise, though they make an exception for walnut trees, which can sometimes be worth harvesting on smaller lots. They describe themselves as family owned and operated for generations, though no specific founding year is given. This fits a landowner in or near Crawford County with a stand of mixed hardwoods, at least five acres, who wants one business to handle the buying, the cutting, and the cleanup afterward rather than juggling separate contractors for each step. From greenridgeforestry.com, read 5 October 2026.

Fritz Logging, also known as Russell E. Fritz Logging, Inc, is a logging company based in Bedford, Pennsylvania. It works in Bedford County and takes on timber harvests for landowners who want to sell. The company does selective harvesting with low impact, cut-to-length equipment. They cut trees to length at the stump and carry them to roadside with a forwarder, which they say causes less damage and leaves the woodlot healthier than conventional logging. Their own words put it plainly: "WE CAN SELECTIVELY HARVEST TIMBER WITH LOW IMPACT LOGGING EQUIPMENT, AND LEAVE THE RESIDUAL TREES AND SOIL UNHARMED." A forester with the company will appraise your woodlot first. They pay "competitive prices upfront" before the job starts, so you know what you're getting before any cutting begins. Beyond harvesting, they also buy timber and offer forestry consulting. This fits a Bedford County landowner who wants a local outfit that appraises the timber and settles on a price before a single tree comes down, and who cares about keeping the rest of the woodlot standing and the soil intact after the crew leaves. From fritzlogging.com, read 5 October 2026.

Stuart Land and Timber LLC is a logging business in Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, run by Karl Stuart. It takes on logging, tree removal, forest management plans, permitting, erosion and sedimentation plans, timber sales and timber sales contracts, along with excavating work such as gravel driveways, culverts, and stump removal. Karl works in Montgomery County. The work is "efficient and sustainable timber harvesting using industry best practices to maximize value and protect your land." Karl is an SFI Qualified logger, trained in sustainable forest management and safe, environmentally responsible operations, and holds a BS in Forest Management from the University of Maine, Orono. The company started in 2023. Being a small company, Stuart Land and Timber LLC handles projects too small for larger firms, aiming for "personalized service and profitable outcomes." This suits a landowner in Montgomery County with a modest-sized tract who wants one person handling the harvest from forest plan to timber sale, with excavating work thrown in if needed. From stuarttimber.com, read 5 October 2026.

G and R Timber Harvesting Firewood Sales is a logging contractor in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Beiler's Sawmill is an Amish-owned sawmill and timber buying business in Quarryville, Pennsylvania. They buy standing timber and logs, run their own mill, and also offer forestry services, including timber management, logging, vegetation management, and horse/mule logging. They buy hardwood species: walnut, white oak, red oak, poplar, ash, maple and cherry. Their buying process starts with a call, then a visit from their forestry team to survey your trees, followed by an offer. If you accept, their crew handles the cutting and hauling, and you get paid once it's done. They say "We Buy Standing Timber and Logs" and are "currently paying a premium for white oak and walnut" if you're within 100 miles of Lancaster County. They serve Lancaster County and reach into Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey as well. They've been in business over 40 years. They mostly want larger timber sales, 50 or more trees, though they'll look at smaller amounts of walnut or white oak if the trees are good ones. The smallest job they mention on their own pages is thinning and timber work at Innabah Camp and Retreat Center, which they describe as a "medium-to-large scale timber harvest project." This fits a landowner in or near Lancaster County with a real stand of hardwood, especially walnut or white oak, who wants one buyer to assess, cut, and haul the timber and pay out when it's done. From beilersawmill.com, read 5 October 2026.

Stoltzfus Forest Products is a timber-buying business and sawmill in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania. They buy standing timber and process it at their Lancaster County sawmill, and they also handle the logging and forest management work that goes with a sale. They buy Black Walnut, Red Oak, Hickory, Cherry, Yellow Poplar, Red Maple, and White Oak. Their process starts with a phone call, then a meeting to walk through the harvest plan, which they say balances top prices with the long-term health of your woods. Their own crews mark and cut the trees, haul the logs to their mill, and turn lower-grade logs and trimmings into mulch and firewood. They say "we pay in full before one tree is cut." Their forester holds a Maryland forester registration and belongs to the Society of American Foresters. They work in Lancaster County and other counties nearby, including York, Chester, Dauphin, Lebanon, Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia, and Berks in Pennsylvania, plus several counties in Maryland. The business was founded in 1990 in Peach Bottom by Samuel Stoltzfus, a dairy farmer who turned his interest in sawmills into a side business, so they've been at this a long time. They say they can work with landowners who have at least 50 trees to harvest, rather than setting a minimum by acreage. That makes them a fit for someone with a smaller stand who isn't sure if their acreage alone would qualify, as long as the tree count and species line up with what Stoltzfus buys. From stoltzfusforestproducts.net, read 5 October 2026.

Berndtson Timber Management works out of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, buying and harvesting timber and doing forestry consulting for landowners in Tioga County. Owner Greg Berndtson has a B.S. in Forest Management from the University of New Hampshire and more than 14 years of timber harvesting experience. The business has served north-central Pennsylvania since 2007. They take on both hardwood and softwood timber, and the work isn't just cutting and hauling. They'll write up forest and wildlife management plans, do crop and mast tree release, put in food plots, control competing vegetation and invasive species, clear land, and handle timber salvage after storms. On a harvest, they say they'll "time harvests to minimize rutting and residual damage" and grade and seed skid roads and landings once the job is done. They also say they look for "multiple payment options to ensure you get top dollar for your timber." The smallest project they'll take on is 5 acres, by their own stated minimum, though they say they can also handle jobs well over 500 acres. Initial consultations are free. This fits a landowner in Tioga County with a modest woodlot who wants one outfit to handle the whole job, from marking and cutting the timber to leaving the land looking cared for afterward, not just a buyer who shows up for the logs and leaves. From berndtsontimber.com, read 5 October 2026.

Cowan Lumber is a timber buyer in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor, a mill and a consulting forester. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Streams Way Mills is a portable sawmill operation based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, serving Montgomery County. They select cut trees from owned property, purchased timber, or trees you supply, and the business says "the trees are completely used from trunk to branch." They work with softwood and hardwood. The mill can come to your property or you can bring wood to them. Downed trees get cut to your specification, and standing trees can be felled and processed, though dangerous tree removal is referred out to local tree services. Work is billed per board foot or hourly, plus travel if they come to your site. Output includes rough or finished trim, slabs for counters and tables, flitch cuts, timber framing members, framing lumber, survey stakes, firewood, mulch, and crane cribbing or trailer decking. Kiln drying is listed as coming soon. The person behind it describes coming to this "after using a manual sawmill for over 15 years as a hobby," now running a bandmill setup for the business. He's also a registered architect with over 30 years of experience, and offers architectural design services alongside the milling work, including residential and commercial renovation, accessibility design, and existing conditions surveys. There's no stated minimum acreage or tract size for timber work. This fits a landowner with standing or downed trees who wants the wood actually milled into usable lumber or furniture stock rather than just sold off, and who might also have a building project where architectural help could come in handy. From streamswaymills.com, read 5 October 2026.

Dan Miller Logging is a sawmill and logging business based in Polk, Pennsylvania, working Venango County and the areas around it. They started out in 1945 as MPR Lumber, passed down through the family to what is now Dan Miller Logging. Their main work is custom sawing, turning out framing and sheeting lumber up to 16 feet long, along with wood beams, fireplace mantels, and other specialty timber products. They cut hemlock and pine lumber, and they buy hemlock and hardwood timber and logs. Beyond the sawmill side, they also handle logging, tree removal, and timber consulting for landowners working out what to do with their woods. There's no set minimum acreage spelled out, but they say plainly that they "take pride in working with small tracts of timber for landowners and builders," so this isn't a business that needs a big parcel to take you on. This fits a landowner with a smaller wooded property in or near Venango County who wants lumber cut to their own specs, or who has hemlock or hardwood to sell and wants someone who will deal in modest quantities rather than only large harvests. From danmillerlogging.wixsite.com, read 5 October 2026.

Springfield Hardwood is a timber company based in Mercer, Pennsylvania, buying standing timber and running the harvest themselves, since they also operate their own sawmill. They handle the whole job: foresters evaluate your woodlot, they put together a written proposal and a detailed agreement, and if you sign on, they pull the local, county, and state permits and bonds before any cutting starts. Payment is given at signing, and all money is paid in full before the timber harvest begins. A Forestry Operations Manager oversees the work, and harvesting is done by certified loggers using modern, low-impact equipment, with grading, reseeding, and land restoration after. They buy Oak, Maple, Walnut, Cherry, Ash, Poplar, and Hickory, and also buy logs directly from loggers and tree services, not just standing timber. Beyond harvesting, they offer forest management, animal habitat improvement, and forest regeneration work, and have "professional foresters on staff" for landowners who want a longer-term plan for their woods, not just a one-time cut. Springfield Hardwood is typically looking for trees "14 inches in diameter and larger at chest height" rather than a set minimum acreage. They serve Mercer County directly, with their broader working area covering counties across western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and southern New York. The company describes over 100 years of combined timbering experience among its staff. This one suits a Mercer County landowner who wants a single company to buy the timber, run the permits, do the cutting, and handle restoration, rather than hiring separate people for each step. From springfieldhardwood.com, read 5 October 2026.

Romeo Forestry LLC is a logging contractor in Butler County, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a mill and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Hickman Lumber Co. Inc is a mill in Emlenton, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Generations Forestry Inc is a consulting forestry and timber buying business based in Kane, Pennsylvania. They are independent, which they say matters because it means they "put your needs first" while helping manage your forest and get your products to market. They take on timber appraisal, timber marking, contract logging, and specialty marketing, along with forest management plans, timber stand improvement, regeneration, and stand inventory work. They also handle wildlife and hunting lease management, oil, gas and mineral management, erosion control, and timber security services. They work in saw logs, pulpwood, and veneer logs. When a property is ready for sale, they evaluate the stand, mark timber, prepare bid packages, take competitive bids, award to the highest bidder, then monitor the logging for compliance before releasing the bond. They serve McKean County and describe working across Pennsylvania and New York. Their stated minimum is 1 acre, and they say they deliver solutions "whether you have 1 acre or 100,000 acres of timberland." The company was formed in 2013 by Ken Kane, built from consulting forestry companies he had been part of for 30 years before that. Credentials include membership in the Association of Consulting Foresters and the Society of American Foresters, SFI certification, and licensed pesticide applicator status in Pennsylvania. This fits a landowner who wants one firm to run the whole sale process, bid to cleanup, and who may also want help with wildlife, gas, or mineral questions on the same property. From generationsforestry.com, read 5 October 2026.

Forestwide, LLC is a forestry consulting and real estate firm based in St. Marys, Pennsylvania. They work with private landowners as well as industrial, governmental, and non-governmental groups, and they cover Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio, with Elk County named as served. Their main work is timber sale administration: they mark and tally the trees, get an appraisal done to set a minimum bid, send the sale out to bidders, collect sealed bids, and then write and enforce a cutting contract once a sale is awarded, with inspections along the way to check on cleanup and compliance. Beyond timber sales, they do forest management plans, timber inventories and appraisals, oil and gas right-of-way work, forest regeneration, timber stand improvement, forest stewardship plans, disease and pest inspections, boundary line maintenance, forest mapping, wildlife habitat work, aerial reconnaissance, and herbicide and pesticide application. No tree species are named. They'll take on small parcels: "whether it's 1 acre or 1,000, selling it directly without representation can have unfortunate results." Their own words add that "you do not need to own or represent a large amount of forestland to utilize our services," and the initial consultation and on-site walk-through come at no charge. The founder, John J. Slinkosky, holds full membership in the Association of Consulting Foresters of America, plus certifications as a PA Forest Stewardship Plan Writer, PA Commercial Pesticide/Herbicide Applicator, American Tree Farm System Inspector, PA Wildland Firefighter, and USDA Technical Service Provider, and he's also an FAA licensed pilot. The firm has been operating for over 26 years. This one suits a landowner with just a few acres who wants someone to run the whole bidding and contract process rather than sell logs directly to a buyer. From forestwide.com, read 5 October 2026.

Scalpy Hollow Timber is a timber buyer in Drumore, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester. A timber buyer purchases standing timber and arranges the harvest. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Brownlee Lumber Company is a sawmill and timber buyer in Brookville, Pennsylvania. They also do forestry consulting and logging, and they serve landowners in Jefferson County. The company started in 1973, when brothers Dan and Charles Brownlee bought a log skidder and a log truck and began working as logging contractors. They built their own sawmill in 1978 and added a kiln drying operation in 1985. If you have standing timber, their foresters will walk your woodlot with you before anything is cut. Their stated process is to "tailor an approach to maximize the long term potential of your property," covering forest management plans, timber stand evaluation and harvest selection, confirming where your property lines actually sit, erosion control planning, the harvest itself, full sale supervision, and even rebuilding log landings and haul roads once the job is done. They buy and mill Red Oak, White Oak, Cherry, Soft Maple, Hard Maple, Poplar, and Ash, and they offer a free appraisal of your standing timber before you commit to anything. Their harvesting approach is described as selective, removing mature, overcrowded, diseased, dying, or poorly formed trees rather than clear cutting, following what they call "Best Management Practices." Their forestry staff includes a Forestry Department Manager with a forestry degree from Virginia Tech, on staff since 1999, and a forester with a Penn State background who joined in 2016. This fits a Jefferson County landowner who wants one company to handle the appraisal, the paperwork, the cutting, and the cleanup afterward, rather than hiring separate people for each step. From brownleelumber.com, read 5 October 2026.

Rockefeller Forestry is a logging contractor in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Woods & Wildlife Forestry is a consulting forestry business in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, run by Jeff Eason since 1995. They do tree assessment, timber management, and wildlife management, working with landowners who want their woods cared for and their wildlife habitat kept in mind. The trees they mention working with include poplar, oak, chestnut, cherry, walnut, hardwoods, and ash. When they take on a job, they walk the property with you first to make sure your goals and theirs line up. From there they sign a consulting agreement spelling out what they'll do, mark the timber and boundary lines, line up permits if needed, and manage the bidding and sale between you and a logging company. They say "each job is clearly outlined before the work is started," and they also offer long-term forest management plans and post-harvest clean up. They are listed as an accredited business by BBB. They say they'll work with landowners who have 5 or more acres. Their stated service area covers Dauphin County, along with Perry, York, Lancaster, Berks, and Lebanon counties in Pennsylvania, and customers across Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. This fits a landowner who hunts their own land and wants the timber work done with the deer and the habitat in mind, not just the harvest. From woodsnwildlife.com, read 5 October 2026.

PMH Land and Mill is a mill in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a logging contractor and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Laidlaw Forestry, INC. is a consulting forester in Union City, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

FS Timber, LLC buys standing timber and does forestry consulting out of Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania. They also do excavation work on the side, things like trail repair, ditch cleaning, road grading, and site prep for camps or new home builds. Their main business is buying your standing timber, along with timberland management, premium timber appraisals, property feature mapping, boundary line maintenance, forestry consulting, and wildlife improvement work. On species, they specifically call out ash trees, noting there may still be economic value in ash left after the emerald ash borer, and they mention leaving "low value oak" behind to help feed whitetail deer through the winter. They say they have "no quotas to reach" and offer a free initial look at your timber before anything moves forward. There's no stated minimum acreage, but their property feature mapping example mentions a "five acre hunting property" up to a "500 acre hunting lease," so five acres looks like the smallest size they talk about handling. They work across Western New York, the Southern Tier, and Northwest and North-Central Pennsylvania, with named counties including McKean, Potter, Allegany, Cattaraugus, Steuben, Tioga, Livingston, Warren, and Chautauqua. They say the company has "over fifty years" in the timber industry. This looks like a fit for a landowner in that Western NY or North-Central PA stretch who wants one outfit to look at the timber, handle the sale, and also take care of trail or road work on the property while they're at it. From fstimber.com, read 5 October 2026.

Gutchess Hardwoods Inc is a mill in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer and a consulting forester. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Mark A. Kane Inc., Consulting Forester works out of Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and handles timber sales for private landowners. As Mark puts it, "our primary service is the administration of Timber Sales for private property owners." They cover the whole job from start to finish: give you management recommendations, appraise your standing timber, use GPS and GIS to map out your property and sale boundaries, then go through your woods to select, measure, mark, and tally the trees to be cut. They calculate the volume, write up the sale contract, send advertisements to buyers, run the bidding, and stay involved during the harvest itself, including inspections while logging is underway and making sure you're paid before any wood comes off the ground. They also write up erosion and sediment control plans when needed, and handle wildlife habitat work alongside a sale if you want it. Species they've worked with include oak, poplar, and Maples. They mainly work in Huntingdon, Centre, Mifflin, Blair, and Bedford counties in Central Pennsylvania. Mark earned a B.S. in Forest Science from The Pennsylvania State University, and the business has "50 years of local Forestry Experience in Central PA," with 35 of those years spent administering timber sales, on over 200 client properties. They'll do a free initial appraisal before you commit to anything. This fits a landowner in that part of Central Pennsylvania who wants someone who has been doing this a long time and will walk every piece of the sale with you, from marking trees to making sure the buyer pays up before cutting. From makaneinc.com, read 5 October 2026.

Indiana Timber Buyers buys standing timber and also works as a forestry consultant, serving landowners across Indiana. It was founded by Dan Schwering, who built it from a small custom sawing business into an operation that handles standing timber sales, cut logs, and veneer marketing. They buy hardwood species including Ash, Poplar, Red Oak, Hard Maple, Soft Maple, and Hickory, and say they "specialize in Walnut and White Oak with an emphasis on high quality veneer trees." When you call, they start with a free evaluation. If your timber isn't ready, they'll tell you so. If it is, they put together a timber management plan laying out the value and harvest details, and they'll show you how your numbers compare to the Annual Purdue Stumpage report. They also offer ongoing timber management plans for landowners who want a rotational harvest rather than a one-time sale, and they'll look at ash stands for Emerald Ash Borer damage. They say they stick to Best Management Practices during harvest to keep the forest floor as undisturbed as possible. They typically need 5 acres of timber to make a job work, by their own account "to justify the cost of moving equipment," though they note large veneer-grade Walnut or White Oak can be an exception worth asking about. They do not buy yard trees near dwellings because of the metal they tend to contain. This fits a landowner in Indiana with at least a handful of acres of hardwood, especially one with Walnut or White Oak, who wants a straightforward sale process and is open to a longer-term management plan rather than a single harvest. From indianatimberbuyers.com, read 4 October 2026.

Omega Lumber is a mill in Wheatland, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a consulting forester, a timber buyer and a logging contractor. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Graves Consulting Forestry & Land Management LLC is a one-person forest consulting firm out of Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania. The owner works as an independent consultant on behalf of landowners, not for a mill or a logging crew, and covers Potter County along with other parts of Pennsylvania and New York. The work covers timber sales, timber appraisals, timber stand improvement, wildlife and land management, property line maintenance, and sugarbush management. For a timber sale, the process starts by sitting down to hear the landowner's goals, then marking and tallying the trees with paint, measuring diameter and height of the merchantable logs, and marking pulpwood and undesirable trees at the same time. That tally becomes a bid prospectus sent out to several mills and private loggers, and the landowner picks the "highest responsible bidder." A contract is drawn up, and the sale is overseen from start to finish with inspections along the way and a check on clean-up. Timber appraisals can be done by a full cruise of every tree or by a plot cruise, for reasons like a property sale, taxes, or estate planning. Timber stand improvement is described as "comparable to weeding a garden," thinning out the weaker trees so the better ones grow faster. The owner has worked in timber buying and sawmill supply for more than 30 years before starting this firm in 2024, with an associate degree in forest management from Pennsylvania College of Technology. This fits a landowner in Potter County or nearby who wants one person handling a timber sale from the first walk in the woods through the final clean-up, or who also wants help with a sugarbush or a hunting property on the side. From gravesforestryconsulting.com, read 5 October 2026.

Northeastern Forestry Concepts is a consulting forester in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

timberline forestry services is a consulting forester in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Forest Land Services Consulting Foresters is a consulting forester in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Gyekis Forestry is run by Kerry Gyekis, a consultant forester based in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, working in Tioga County. A consultant forester is a graduate forester whose independent business provides forestry services to individual landowners, and this one is not tied to any sawmill or timber buyer. The work covers timber volume estimates, inventories, appraisals, marketing and sales, forest management, tree planting, timber stand improvement, trespass appraisals, wind damage assessment, forestland investment, and taxation analysis. Species handled include black cherry, black locust, oak, northern hardwood, maple, sugar maple, beech, birch, white pine, and hemlock. If you're thinking about a timber sale, Kerry will walk the land with you first and explain what he sees and recommends, at no cost. If you go ahead, the fee is usually 7% of the gross bid. For that, he does a full cruise and marking of the timber, writes a prospectus with species volumes, totals, and maps, sends it to prospective bidders, holds a tour of the sale area, opens sealed bids, advises on acceptance, writes the contract, and manages it through the harvest. He describes the goal plainly: "Market the timber to its highest price and best use." If your priorities aren't settled yet, he'll suggest a long-term land management plan first, with costs set after he's walked the property. This suits a landowner in Tioga County who wants someone to run the whole sale process, from marking the timber to writing the contract, rather than handling it alone. From theforester.com, read 5 October 2026.

James C. Neutzel Forestry Service is a consulting forester in York, Pennsylvania. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. It is also listed as a timber buyer. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.