Selling Timber in Rio Grande County, CO
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Rio Grande County, Colorado: 1 consulting forester. 1 of them has an office 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 Rio Grande County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Colorado's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Rio Grande County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them. No agency publishes a Colorado price series. These are the appraised minimum stumpage rates from two actual 2025 national forest sales in Colorado.
| Engelmann spruce, lodgepole and mixed conifer sawtimber | $5–$8.2 per hundred cubic feet |
Source: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, 2025. All Colorado timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Rio Grande County have no idea what their standing timber is worth, which is exactly the position a buyer wants you in. Four questions gets you a ballpark range before the first offer lands.
Consulting Foresters in Rio Grande County (1)
This forester has an office right here in Rio Grande County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Legacy Forest Management LLC is a forestry consulting business based in Monte Vista, Colorado, working with landowners in Rio Grande County. The work covers forest management plans, forest improvement plans, thinning and hazardous fuels reduction, forest inventory and stand exams, pest and forest health management, tree risk assessment, project layout and individual tree marking, rangeland health assessment, geospatial mapping, wildfire recovery and reforestation, and forest economics and feasibility review. The forester leading the business holds ACF consulting forester standing, is an active member of the Society of American Foresters, and carries the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification. The business describes itself as built "to close that gap by providing practical, science-based, and locally informed forestry expertise for the people who need it most," and says it works "without the politics, bureaucracy, or grant-driven agendas that often complicate landowner needs." It serves southern Colorado and the broader Southwestern region, with its base in Monte Vista. This fits a landowner who wants a plan written, trees marked, a hazard tree checked out, or a thinning project overseen on the ground, rather than someone looking only for a timber sale or logging crew. From legacyforestco.com, read 10 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Rio Grande County?
1 business is listed for Rio Grande County: 1 consulting forester and 0 buyers, loggers and mills. 1 of them has an office in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande 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? →What is timber worth in Rio Grande County?
No price series is published for Rio Grande County on its own. Colorado's latest published stumpage figures (USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, 2025) put engelmann spruce, lodgepole and mixed conifer sawtimber at $5–$8.2 per hundred cubic feet. 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 Rio Grande County come from the county register, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.