Winneshiek County Contacts for Forestry

USDA Service Center

Your local USDA service center houses staff from multiple agencies that can help with a variety of projects on private land.

  1. The Natural Resource Conservation Services (NRCS) has staff who work exclusively with private landowners to improve soil health, water quality, and wildlife habitat through federal land conservation programs. They administer the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), which provides financial assistance and technical service for many activities including weed control, prescribed burning, forest management plans, and forest stand improvement. The NRCS is also a good source of information regarding pond construction.
  2. The Farm Service Agency administers several conservation-focused programs including the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in addition to many loan and financial programs for farmers and landowners. Examples of practices eligible for federal cost-share and rental payments through CRP include grassland habitat establishment, hardwood tree planting, riparian forest buffer establishment, and many others.
  3. Soil and Water Conservation District staff provide assessment, planning, design, and cost share assistance to reduce soil loss, improve soil health, reduce runoff and protect water quality on private land.
Decorah Service Center
Office:
563-382-8777
2296 Oil Well Road
Decorah, IA 52101
United States

Wood Processors

Wood processors are a resource for people who have timber to sell, who want logs sawn, or who want to buy logs, lumber, or other wood products. Note: Iowa wood processors range greatly in capacity and services provided. For example, larger wood processors may not accept small volumes of timber to be processed for hobby purposes. Loggers who buy timber and are not listed on Iowa's Bonded Timber Buyer list are breaking the law.

Brown Forestry & Sawmill
Thomas Brown
Cell:
563-380-1199
1814 337th St
Decorah, IA 52101
United States
Services Provided
Custom milling and portable mill
Custom Log Sawing
Office:
563-569-4281
16886 100th St
Luana, IA 52156
United States
Services Provided
Custom sawing and woodworking. Provides custom milling, has kiln drying service, and a portable mill. Procurement radius is 50 miles.
Grau Logs & Lumber Inc.
Patrick Grau
Office:
563-245-1147
116 Gunder Rd.
Elkader, IA 52043
United States
Services Provided
Circular sawmill. Major products and services include cants, fuelwood, grade lumber, pallet lumber, rough lumber, ties, wood mulch, and custom sawing. Provide custom milling
Services Not Provided
Does not provide kiln drying and doesn't have a portable mill.
Hammes Brothers Sawmill Inc.
Jeff Sieren
Office:
641-622-3551
27254 282nd Ave
Ollie, IA 52576
United States
Services Provided
Grade lumber, pallet lumber, veneer. Will process all tree species.
Services Not Provided
Does not provide custom milling. Does not have a kiln drying service or portable mill.
Kendrick Forest Products
Office:
563-928-6431
601 S. Washington
Edgewood, IA 52042
United States
Services Not Provided
Does not have a portable mill
Konkel Forest Products, Inc
Office:
563-544-4600
411 Main Street NW
New Albin, IA 52160
United States
Services Provided
Circular mill. Major products and services include cabin logs, can't dunnage, ecelsior/bedding, fuelwood, grade lumber, pallet lumber, rough lumber, ties, veneer, and wood mulch. Procurement radius is 100 miles.
Meador Timber Custom Milling
Bruce Meador
Cell:
563-880-2943
915 1st AVE NW
Waukon, IA 52172
United States
Services Provided
Custom milling and portable mill
Additional Notes
Can mill up to 29 inch log 16 feet in length
Moravia Hardwoods, LLC
Office:
641-895-8209
2789 645th Ave
Moravia, IA 51571
United States
Services Provided
Grade lumber, pallet lumber, rough lumber, wood mulch, kiln drying service. Procurement radius is 200 miles.
Services Not Provided
Does not provide custom milling and doesn't have a portable mill
Pierce Lumber, Inc
Office:
319-444-2933
1629 13th St.
Belle Plaine, IA 52208
United States
Services Provided
Band sawmill. Major products are blocking, cants, grade lumber, pallet lumber, rough lumber, and mulch. Procurement radius is 200 miles. Had kiln drying service.
Wieland and Sons Lumber Co.
Office:
319-935-3936
644 220th St
Winthrop, IA 50682
United States
Services Provided
Blocking, cants, grade lumber, pallet lumber, ties, veneer, wood mulch. Has kiln drying service. Procurement radius is 300 miles.
Services Not Provided
Does not have portable mill.
Woodland Forestry LLC
Office:
563-673-2146
10571 18th Ave
Monmouth, IA 52537
United States
Services Provided
Custom milling, has kiln drying service and portable mill. Procurement radius is 100 miles.
Kevin Oetken
Office:
563-673-2146
Cell:
563-357-7843
10571 18TH AVE
Monmouth, IA 52309
United States
Services Provided
Custom milling, kiln drying, portable mill

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