Mark A. Kane Inc., Consulting Forester
About Mark A. Kane Inc., Consulting Forester
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.
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.
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