Selling Timber in Dougherty County, GA
Quick answer
There are 9 timber businesses listed for Dougherty County, Georgia: 5 consulting foresters and 4 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 8 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 Dougherty County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Georgia's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Dougherty County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Pine sawtimber | $22–$28 per ton |
| Pine chip-n-saw | $17–$23.5 per ton |
| Pine pulpwood | $6–$9.5 per ton |
| Mixed hardwood sawtimber | $26–$32 per ton |
| Hardwood pulpwood | $6–$8 per ton |
Source: University of Georgia Extension, Q3 2025. All Georgia timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Dougherty 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 Dougherty County (5)
These 5 foresters have offices right here in Dougherty County. A forester works for you, not for the buyer.
Darbyshire Forestry appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's list of consulting foresters covering Georgia, with an office in Albany, in Dougherty County. The Commission compiles that list from foresters who submit their own details to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The Commission's record marks the firm as: Certified Prescribed Burner.
F & W Forestry Services Inc appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's list of consulting foresters covering Georgia, with an office in Albany, in Dougherty County. The Commission compiles that list from foresters who submit their own details to it; a listing is not an endorsement. The Commission's record marks the firm as: Association of Consulting Foresters member; Certified Real Estate Appraiser.
Matre Forestry Consulting Inc is a forestry and land business in Albany, Georgia. Mike Matre set it up in 1999 in his hometown. It handles timber sales, timber marking, cruising and appraisals, forest stewardship and timber management plans, site preparation and reforestation, prescribed burning, and hunting lease management. Land sales and purchases go through Saunders Real Estate, where Mike is a Senior Advisor and Associate Broker. On timber, the firm posts some of its sales as "sealed bid lump sum timber sales." It does not publicly advertise per ton sales, so a landowner who wants that route should call Mike directly. For a sale on a specific tract, he can prepare a timber market analysis and a consulting forester's price opinion. Its land sales run through exclusive listings, sealed bids, and live and online auctions. Mike is an Accredited Land Consultant and a member of the Association of Consulting Foresters, and the business lists a Certified Prescribed Burner certification. The work covers Southwest Georgia, Central Georgia, Southeast Alabama, and the entire state of Georgia, with counties such as Dougherty, Calhoun, Lee, and Tift named. The smallest job shown is a 52-acre sealed bid land sale in Calhoun County. That is the basis for the minimum tract size here, not a stated policy. This firm suits a Southwest Georgia landowner who wants one contact for both the timber and the land sale, and who would like a written price opinion before going to market. From matreforestry.com, read 17 October 2026.
Paschal Wildlife and Forestry Consulting, LLC appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's list of consulting foresters covering Georgia, with an office in Albany, in Dougherty County. The Commission compiles that list from foresters who submit their own details to it; a listing is not an endorsement.
Timberland Services of SWGA appears on the Georgia Forestry Commission's list of consulting foresters covering Georgia, with an office in Albany, in Dougherty County. The Commission compiles that list from foresters who submit their own details to it; a listing is not an endorsement.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Dougherty County (3)
These 3 are based in Dougherty County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Flint Timber & Debris is a logging contractor in Albany, Georgia. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Georgia-Pacific LLC is listed in the Georgia Forestry Commission's Wood-Using Industries directory as a sawmill-softwood facility in Dougherty County, taking yellow pine. The Commission publishes the directory; it does not rate or endorse the facilities in it.
Interfor US, Inc. is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Albany, Dougherty County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (1)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Dougherty County, working from a nearby town.
Flint Timber & Debris is on the Georgia Master Timber Harvester active roster, at Camilla, Dougherty County. Georgia Master Timber Harvester is a training programme; the roster records a current designation and is not a rating, a licence, or an endorsement by anyone. The roster publishes no phone number, so there is none here.
Land clearing and small-lot services (1)
Albany Green Energy is listed in the Georgia Forestry Commission's Wood-Using Industries directory as a energy product-heat & steam facility in Dougherty County, taking yellow pine, hardwoods. The Commission publishes the directory; it does not rate or endorse the facilities in it.
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Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Dougherty County?
9 businesses are listed for Dougherty County: 5 consulting foresters and 4 buyers, loggers and mills. 8 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Dougherty 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. University of Georgia Extension publishes an annual timber situation and outlook report with recent quarterly figures, which tells you what the market is doing, not what your tract holds. 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 Dougherty 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 Georgia?
Georgia has no statewide permit for cutting timber on your own land, and state law forbids a county to require one or to charge a fee for a timber harvest notification. What a county may require is the notification itself: where its ordinance calls for one, the harvester files it before entering the property if possible and no later than 24 hours after entering, and the county may ask for a bond of up to $5,000 against damage to its roads. Not every county has an ordinance, so check with yours before work starts. Georgia's Best Management Practices are not a permit programme, but following them is how a harvest stays clear of the water-quality law that is enforceable.
Permit rules in Georgia →What is timber worth in Dougherty County?
No price series is published for Dougherty County on its own. Georgia's latest published stumpage figures (University of Georgia Extension, Q3 2025) put mixed hardwood sawtimber at $26–$32 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.