Timber Buyers & Forestry Professionals in Westfield, PA

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.

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.