Christopher Palmer
About Christopher Palmer
Christopher Palmer is a licensed land surveyor in Exeter, Rhode Island, and he also offers forestry services alongside his survey work. He holds a Rhode Island Professional Land Surveyor license and a Rhode Island Licensed Arborist license, and he is a Certified Forester on the RIDEM consulting list. The forestry work he lists covers forest management plans, arborist reports, harvesting inspections, and aerial photo interpolation and overlay. He also handles RIDEM wetland permitting and environmental permitting and site planning. He says he works to help you use your land "to the best of it’s ability," while meeting all state and environmental rules and regulations. He has over 20 years in land surveying and land planning, and over 20 years in forest consulting and environmental planning. He earned an Associate in Applied Science degree in forestry recreation from Paul Smith's College in 1996, and he has served as chairman of the Town of Exeter Planning Board. His listed service area is Washington County and Rhode Island. Christopher Palmer suits a landowner in Washington County who wants a surveyor and a forester under one roof, especially for a property that needs boundary work, a wetland permit, or a harvest inspection. From palmersurvey.com, read 21 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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