Selling Timber in Walker County, AL
Quick answer
There are 13 timber businesses listed for Walker County, Alabama: 4 consulting foresters and 9 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 13 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 Walker 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 Walker 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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Before you take the first offer
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. 3 of the 4 foresters covering Walker County offer the full set — appraisal, cruise, and running the sale itself. How to decide whether you need one
Consulting Foresters in Walker County (4)
These 4 foresters have offices right here in Walker County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
A. Willis Land Management appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Nauvoo, in Walker 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 Consulting Forester, Herbicide Applicators (Air), Herbicide Applicators (Ground), Timber Appraisal, Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Insects & Disease Detection, Site Prep (Chemical), Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement and Tree Planting (Hand).
Allsouth Land & Timber appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Jasper, in Walker 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 Consulting Forester, Timber Appraisal, Beaver Control, Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales, Timber Stand Improvement and Wildlife/Pond Management.
J. H. Graham, Inc. is a forestry consulting and rural real estate firm based in Jasper, Alabama. It has worked with private landowners, families, trusts and institutions since 1993, mainly in Northwest Alabama and Walker County. Timber sales are the core of the work. The firm maps and inventories your stand, recommends a harvest plan, and gives you the market value of the timber. It then marks sale boundaries and stream management zones, advertises the sale, runs the bid openings, weighs the offers, and writes the cutting contract. Routine inspections follow the harvest to make sure the contract is kept. Timber appraisals also cover land and timber purchases and sales, and estate planning. For reforestation, the firm arranges site preparation, burning, and planting of pine and hardwood seedlings, with planting contractors and daily quality checks. Hunting leases are handled from start to finish. The office provides the lease, collects the fees, and sends them on to the landowner. All matters with the hunters go through the office. Chip Graham, Joseph H. "Chip" Graham III, founded the firm. He is an Auburn forestry management graduate, an Alabama Registered Forester, a licensed Alabama real estate broker since 1997, and a past president of the Walker County Area Board of REALTORS. The firm manages about 28,000 acres, with more than $50 million in rural land and timber. It suits owners who want their timber sold, replanted, and their land sold or leased, all from one office. From growembig.com, read 17 October 2026.
Cleveland Land & Lumber appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Jasper, in Walker 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 Consulting Forester, Timber Buyers/Loggers and Timber Stand Improvement.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Walker County (9)
These 9 are based in Walker County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Aldridge Land and Timber appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Nauvoo, in Walker 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 Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Mowing/Mulching, Prescribed Burning, Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers and Tree Planting (Hand).
Bankhead Land & Timber Company is a land and timber business in Jasper, Alabama. It was founded in 1994 and works in north and north-central Alabama, and it lists Walker among the counties it serves. The company describes itself as a wood procurement firm that supplies several mills in the upstate of Alabama, so it buys timber for those mills and also runs its own logging. The services it lists are land appraisal, timber appraisal, timber buying and logging, timber sales, and timber stand improvement. It says it does not specialize too narrowly, because owners come to it for different reasons. Some want to trade trees for college, some want to thin a stand for future growth, and some want to develop their property. In its own words, "Whatever your needs, we will provide you with options and ideas." The firm has three foresters and an office manager. Its logging side runs five to seven crews, with each crew handling between 15 and 50 loads a week. The office is at 411 9th Ave in Jasper. This suits an owner who has a clear goal for the timber and wants help weighing the choices, whether that means a sale to a mill, a logging job, or work on the stand before any cutting. From bankheadlandandtimber.com, read 17 October 2026.
Burton Industries LLC. appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Jasper, in Walker 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 Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Prescribed Burning, Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Buyers/Loggers, Timber Sales and Timber Stand Improvement.
Forest Energies Inc. is a logging contractor in Cordova, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Harold Fondren Logging is a logging contractor in Townley, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Jasper Lumber Company appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Jasper, in Walker 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 Buyers/Loggers.
Oakman hardwood, Inc appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Oakman, in Walker 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 Buyers/Loggers.
Pro Logging Timber and Agriculture is a logging contractor in Empire, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Tim Sherer Logging Co Inc is a logging contractor in Nauvoo, Alabama. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Land clearing and small-lot services (2)
Atlaco, LLC appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Nauvoo, in Walker 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 (Ground), Timber Appraisal, Beaver Control, Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Mowing/Mulching, Prescribed Burning, Residential (WUI) - Hazards Fuel Reduction, Residential (WUI) - Tree Care Services, Site Prep (Mechanical), Timber Sales, Tree Planting (Hand) and Wildlife/Pond Management.
Gilmore's Reclamation appears on the Alabama Forestry Commission's service provider directory, based in Jasper, in Walker 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 Land Appraisal, Beaver Control, Boundary Line Maintenance, Fireline/Breaks/Road/Food Plots, Prescribed Burning, Residential (WUI) - Hazards Fuel Reduction, Residential (WUI) - Tree Care Services, Site Prep (Mechanical), Tree Planting (Hand), Tree Planting (Machine) and Wildlife/Pond Management.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Walker County?
13 businesses are listed for Walker County: 4 consulting foresters and 9 buyers, loggers and mills. 13 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Walker 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 Walker 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 Walker County?
No price series is published for Walker 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 Walker County come from the Alabama Forestry Commission service provider directory, revised 21-Sep-26. The register is updated quarterly.