Forestwide, LLC
About Forestwide, LLC
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.
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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