Timber Cruising Expert Needed

[solidwoods]

I'm looking for someone that has an official certification to quantify and certify quality of stumpage/logs.  Maybe Master Logger Certification or a type of Timber Cruising Certification. Anyone know anyone with these credentials?

I am located in Fentress Co. Tn.  Between Knoxville and Nashville is Crossville, North hwy127 about 30mi is Allardt, my town
JIM

[Texas Ranger]

Kinda sounds like you need a forester rather than a logger.  Take a trip through these web sites and find a forester in your area.

http://foreststewardsguild.org/scrscr/search.asp

http://www.acf-foresters.com/

[Ron Wenrich]

Why not use a cosulting forester? They can give you a cruise which is accurate.

What do you mean be "certify quality"? It's pretty hard to guarantee that trees will yield a certain amount of veneer, #1, #2,#3 sawlogs. Sometimes the defect is not known until the tree is cut.

Also, bucking can have a huge impact on log quality and quantity as well as harvesting techniques.

[Tillaway]

What is the purpose of the cruise?

The only cruiser certifications I know of are for The USDA Forest Service and British Columbia has a certificate and training program but I think it has something to do with the Union and the Ministry of Forests.

Like Ron and Don have stated, any consulting forester can do this.  If it is for an appraisal for financing then be sure to use a forester that can do appraisals as well.  I believe you need special training and a license to do appraisals that will be accepted by financial institutions.  I know allot of forest consulting firms out here have that capability.