Consulting Ecological Forester · Whitmore Lake, MI

Forest Management for
Southeast Michigan

Ben Kasmenn works with private landowners across southeast Michigan to understand their woodlands, plan for the long term, and put conservation practices in place that improve land health for decades.

What I Do

Forestry Services

Timber sales, forest management plans, and ecological design for private landowners with 20–150 acres of woodland in southeast Michigan. Planning and hands-on guidance, all from one person who knows your land.

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The Farm

A working nursery on the home place in Whitmore Lake growing native plants, medicinal herbs, and eventually supplying restoration projects with locally sourced plant material. Early stage and intentional.

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About Ben

Forestry graduate, lifelong farmer, ecological thinker. The combination of farming roots, forestry credentials, and conservation design experience makes this practice different from most consulting foresters in the region.

About Ben Kasmenn

Forestry That Starts with the Whole Land

Most consulting foresters focus on timber. Ben looks at the full system — what's growing, what's declining, what the land is capable of, and what the owner actually wants from it.

Farming roots, forestry credentials

A lifetime of agricultural knowledge combined with a forestry degree — he understands land as a working system, not just a timber stand.

Ecological approach

Invasive species, native plantings, habitat improvement — conservation outcomes are built into every management plan, not added as an afterthought.

Small-acreage specialist

The 20–150 acre range is the focus. He knows the scale, he doesn't pretend otherwise, and he works it well.

Southeast Michigan, locally based

Based in Whitmore Lake. Serving Washtenaw, Monroe, Lenawee, Jackson, Livingston, and Hillsdale counties — he knows this land.

Serving Southeast Michigan

Based in Whitmore Lake, Ben works with private landowners across a six-county service area stretching from south of Lansing to the Ohio border — a region with millions of acres of private woodland and very few consulting ecological foresters.

If you own wooded land in this area and want help with a timber sale, a management plan, or conservation work, this is the right call to make.

Washtenaw County Monroe County Lenawee County Jackson County Livingston County Hillsdale County

Ready to talk about your land?

A free call is a good place to start. No pressure, no commitment — just a conversation about what you have and what you might want to do with it.

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