Selling Timber in Washington County, RI

Christopher Palmer is a consulting forester in Exeter, Rhode Island. It appears in the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Forest Environment, Forestry Consultants list. A consulting forester works for the landowner, not the buyer. A listing here is not an endorsement.

Thompson Native Lumberyard is a sawmill in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, right on Woodville Road. It's been family owned and operated since 1955, started by James Thompson Sr and now run by his son James Thompson. This is a mill and lumber business, not a timber-buying or logging outfit. They take in logs and process lumber in house with their own machinery, and from that they sell lumber, mulch, firewood, and pallets. The lumber is "locally sourced from New England," and the firewood is "processed on site and delivered to your home." If you're looking for someone to come walk your woods, mark trees, or make an offer on standing timber, that's not what this place does. But if you've already got logs down, or you want milled lumber, mulch, or firewood, they handle that end of the work themselves, right at their yard. They list Washington County as an area they serve. There's no mention of forestry credentials or land management services, this is a working sawmill and retail yard, not a forestry consulting operation. This fits a landowner who already has logs cut, or who wants to buy local lumber, mulch, or firewood rather than sell standing timber. If you need someone to evaluate your trees or run a timber sale on your land, you'll want to look elsewhere. But for turning logs into usable wood products, or picking up firewood and mulch from a long-running family mill, Thompson Native Lumberyard is set up for exactly that. From thompsonnativelumber.com, read 10 October 2026.

Buttonwoods Sawmill is a sawmill in Richmond, Rhode Island. They mill raw timber into lumber, working with oak, pine, and cedar, and they also handle logging. Services run from custom milling and kiln drying to surface planing, live edge slabs, trailer decking and cribbing, interior lumber, and post and beam work. If you've got logs on your land and don't know if they're worth cutting, they'll come look. "Not sure if your backyard logs are millable? We'll come to you." They do an on-site check for log quality, accessibility for their portable mill, and structural integrity, then give you a detailed estimate based on board footage, species, and any extra shop work like drying or surfacing. From there they'll either set the mill up on your property or arrange transport back to their stationary mill. They serve Washington County and have been running since 1999. This fits a landowner who has a tree or two worth saving, maybe for a table or a timber frame, rather than someone looking to sell off a standing stand of timber. From buttonwoodssawmill.com, read 10 October 2026.