Sunset Forestry LLC
About Sunset Forestry LLC
Sunset Forestry LLC is a forestry consulting business in Oregon, Wisconsin, run by John Gritt. It is "a consulting company specializing in land management planning & timber sale establishment." The work covers forest management plans, forest inventory and mapping, timber sale establishment with marking, bidding and administration, appraisals for land, timber, or damage and trespass, and property walkthroughs for education and tree ID. John Gritt worked as a Wisconsin DNR Forester from 2006 to 2011 before starting this business in 2011, and holds credentials as a Wisconsin DNR Cooperating Forester, a Certified Plan Writer for Managed Forest Law (MFL), and a Technical Service Provider with NRCS. He also writes Managed Forest Law and Stewardship plans, and notes that state or federal grants can sometimes help cover costs. Rates are set up by job type: MFL or Stewardship plans typically run $800 plus $8 per acre or the approved amount under EQIP funding, and timber sale establishment is typically billed at $125 an hour plus paint. This fits a landowner in Dane County who wants a plan written, a timber sale set up and administered, or a straight answer on what their trees are worth, especially if they want to see if a grant can help pay for the plan. From jjgritt5.wixsite.com, read 8 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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