Mellette Forestry Group LLC
About Mellette Forestry Group LLC
Mellette Forestry Group LLC is a forestry consulting firm in Gainesville, Georgia. Morgan Mellette started the consulting business in 1979, and it became Mellette Forestry Group LLC in early 2005. The firm helps landowners reach their goals while keeping the forest productive. Its work includes forest management plans, timber inventories, timber marking and sales, insect, disease and storm damage surveys, wildlife management, invasive species control, reforestation, appraisals, GIS mapping, and forest investment analysis. For a timber sale, the firm walks the land with the owner, cruises the timber to find how much is there and what it is worth, and sends bid invitations to timber buyers within a 50 to 75 mile radius of the property. It opens the bids, helps draft the contract, and supervises the harvest. Timber inventories cover properties from a few acres to thousands. The firm describes itself as "working for the landowner," lists Hall County as an area it serves, and says it has worked for clients throughout the southeast. Absentee owners can have the land checked for gates, boundary lines, and harvesting activity, with a written report and photographs. Morgan Mellette is a Registered Forester in Georgia and South Carolina, a Certified Real Estate Appraiser in Georgia and Florida, and a Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI). He is also a member of the Society of American Foresters and a past president of the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Consulting Foresters. The firm's listed credentials include certification in Prescribed Burning by the Georgia Forestry Commission. This firm suits a landowner who wants a forester on their side through a timber sale, or an owner who lives far from the land and needs regular checks. From melletteforestry.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
This firm isn't credited with all three, which doesn't make it a worse forester — plenty specialise in management planning, wildlife or wetlands. It does mean that if your goal is to sell timber, you'd likely need someone else for the part that's missing.
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