Selling Timber in Elmore County, AL
Quick answer
There are 5 timber businesses listed for Elmore County, Alabama: 2 consulting foresters and 3 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 5 of them have offices in the county. The rest are registered to work here and travel in, and every listing shows how far its office is from the county seat.
Timber prices for Elmore County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Alabama's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Elmore County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them. Alabama publishes no free, maintained timber price series of its own, and Timber Mart-South's Alabama report is paid, so there is no Alabama-only figure to quote. The range above is not an Alabama number: it is the range a regional report gave for Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama together in Q4 2025, and only for pine sawtimber. Treat it as a rough regional marker, not as your county's price.
| Pine sawtimber | $17–$21 per ton |
Source: Southern Ag Today (from Timber Mart-South), Q4 2025. All Alabama timber prices
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A timber buyer's job is to buy your timber as cheaply as they can. A consulting forester works for you — they measure what's standing, tell you what it's worth, and run a competitive sale, usually for a percentage of the price. That makes their interests line up with yours. 2 of the 2 foresters covering Elmore County offer the full set — appraisal, cruise, and running the sale itself. How to decide whether you need one
Consulting Foresters in Elmore County (2)
These 2 foresters have offices right here in Elmore County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Natural Resource Consulting, Inc is a forestry firm based in Tallassee, Alabama. They say they are foresters and arborists, and describe themselves as "just plain good folks." Their main work is forest management for landowners whose goals go beyond just growing trees. Their home page puts it this way: "Let us manage the forest while you enjoy it." Their listed services are consulting forestry, land appraisal, timber appraisal, timber sales, timber stand improvement, and GIS and GPS mapping. They also do tree care, aimed at beauty, shade and the long life of trees, and urban forestry for safe, storm-ready grounds for visitors and golfers. Forestry work is listed for South Central Alabama, tree care for South Central Alabama and West Georgia, and urban forestry for the United States. The county served is Elmore. The firm suits a landowner in Elmore who wants forest management and tree care from one firm. From nrc-trees.com, read 17 October 2026.
Sizemore and Sizemore, Inc. is a forestry consulting firm in Tallassee, Alabama. It has offered forest appraisal, timber analysis and management work since 1949, across the southeastern United States. The firm's registered foresters handle timberland appraisal, timber inventory, forest management plans, GPS and GIS mapping, prescribed burning and reforestation. The register also lists timber sales, ground herbicide application, site preparation, hand and machine tree planting, boundary line upkeep, firebreaks and food plots. If you're thinking about selling, here is how a sale runs. The crew first marks and inventories the sale area, then builds a prospectus with maps, volume estimates, bid papers and a sample contract. The prospectus goes to bidders near the tract about a month before the sale, and they can walk the land before they bid. The firm says its sales run primarily on a "sealed bid basis." After the sale, the firm writes the contract and oversees the harvest. They also run small-scale timber inventory surveys for private landowners, to estimate value or plan future harvests. Most of the firm's work is for timber investment organizations, forest industry, lenders, and private investors and landowners. The register lists Elmore as the county served, and the firm's own pages name Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia. This firm suits a landowner who wants a formal sealed bid sale from a firm whose main clients are investors and industry. From sizemore1949.com, read 17 October 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Elmore County (3)
These 3 are based in Elmore County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Baseline Forest Services appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Wetumpka, in Elmore County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Herbicide Applicators (Air), Herbicide Applicators (Ground), Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Mowing/Mulching, Prescribed Burning, Residential (WUI) - Hazards Fuel Reduction, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement, Tree Planting (Hand), Tree Planting (Machine), Whole Tree Chipping and Wildlife/Pond Management.
Birmingham Logging Company, LLC is a logging contractor in Millbrook, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Clearwater Foresters Inc appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Wetumpka, in Elmore County. The Commission compiles that directory from providers who submit their own information to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The directory lists it under Timber Appraisal, Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Insects & Disease Detection, Prescribed Burning, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement, Tree Planting (Hand) and Tree Planting (Machine).
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Elmore County?
5 businesses are listed for Elmore County: 2 consulting foresters and 3 buyers, loggers and mills. 5 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Elmore County?
Nobody can tell you what your timber is worth without walking it. Value depends on the species, the size and grade of the trees, how thickly they stand, the ground conditions and how easily a logger can reach them. Anyone who quotes you a figure without seeing the land is guessing, and a guess in that direction is rarely in your favour.
What stumpage value means →Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Elmore County?
You do not have to use one. A consulting forester works for you rather than the buyer, marks the timber, runs a sealed-bid sale and typically charges a percentage of the sale. Research from several state extension services has found that timber sold through a consultant often returns enough more to cover the fee, though results vary by tract and by market. The decision usually turns on the size of the sale and whether you have sold timber before.
Do I need a forestry consultant? →Do I need a permit to cut timber in Alabama?
Alabama requires no state permit to harvest timber on your own land, but it does require a NOTICE, and the notice is state law rather than a county's own idea. Before timber is hauled out over county roads, the timber owner tells the county commission's regular office: four business days ahead where the harvest needs a new access point onto the road, two where it uses one that already exists. In exchange the statute closes the door on anything further — a county may not demand a second notice, a permit or licence, or a bond or other security as the price of using its roads. Separately, Alabama's forestry Best Management Practices are not a permit programme, but they are not merely advisory either: the Department of Environmental Management inspects forestry operations and will require BMPs where voluntary use falls short, because the water-quality law behind them is enforceable.
Permit rules in Alabama →What is timber worth in Elmore County?
No price series is published for Elmore County on its own. Alabama's latest published stumpage figures (Southern Ag Today (from Timber Mart-South), Q4 2025) put pine sawtimber at $17–$21 per ton. What your own timber brings depends on the species, the size and amount of it, and how far it is from a mill. A timber cruise by a forester settles it.
Forester listings for Elmore County come from the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory, revised 21-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.