Tuscaloosa Forestry Service
About Tuscaloosa Forestry Service
Tuscaloosa Forestry Service is a forestry consulting firm based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and it also does logging. It works in Mississippi, east Mississippi, west Alabama and central Alabama, with Tuscaloosa at its base. The firm was formed in 1987 and has "over 33 years of forest management experience." Timber sales come in two forms. In a lump sum sale, the timber goes out to bid with timber buyers, and the landowner is paid for all the estimated timber on the tract when the timber deed passes to the buyer. You give up the ability to make changes during the sale, but you are paid up front. In a pay-as-cut sale, the landowner is paid as each unit is harvested, and the firm keeps control of the sale. The firm keeps contracts with local wood purchasing companies and logging crews. Species include loblolly pine, longleaf pine, hardwoods, and mast orchards such as fruit trees, chestnut and sawtooth oak. The rest of the work covers site preparation by chemical or mechanical means, herbicide application by air or ground, hand or machine tree planting, prescribed burning, timber stand improvement, pond and wildlife management, and insect and disease detection. It also does GIS and GPS mapping, estate planning and property management plans. Credentials include an Alabama Registered Forester License (#1217), a Professional Logger Manager certification in Alabama, and a real estate license. This suits a landowner in the area who wants one firm to appraise, sell and replant a tract. From tfs1.com, read 17 October 2026.
Can they handle a timber sale?
Selling standing timber properly takes three things. Here's what the state register credits this firm with.
Timber AppraisalAn estimate of what your standing timber is worth in dollars, based on how much there is, its quality, and current prices. When you are selling, settling an estate, dividing property, or need a value for taxes or insurance.What does this mean? → — not listed
works out what your standing timber is worth
Timber Cruise & Volume EstimateA field measurement of your standing trees — their species, sizes, and quality — that adds up to how much wood you actually have. Before you sell, so you go in knowing roughly what is out there rather than taking a buyer's word for it.What does this mean? → — not listed
measures and grades what's actually out there
Timber Sale & Contract AdministrationRunning the sale for you: advertising the timber, taking bids, writing the contract, and overseeing the logging so the agreed terms are met. When you want someone on your side handling the whole sale rather than dealing with buyers and loggers yourself.What does this mean? → — not listed
runs the sale and handles the contract
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