Sourwood Forestry Consulting
About Sourwood Forestry Consulting
Sourwood Forestry Consulting is a forestry consulting business based in Berea, Kentucky. The business is run by Scott Shouse, ACF, who has more than 25 years experience in forestry and holds a B.S. and an M.Sc. in forestry from the University of Kentucky. He is a full member of the Association of Consulting Foresters (ACF) and the Society of American Foresters. The work covers "basic inventory to custom data analysis tools," so this is a consultant you'd bring in for planning and numbers on your land, not just a timber sale handshake. Services named include basic inventory and custom data analysis tools. Sourwood Forestry Consulting serves Madison County. If you're a landowner in Madison County who wants a clear picture of what's standing on your acres before you decide anything, or who wants data and analysis rather than just a quick cruise and a handshake, this is the kind of consultant to call. Someone further off or looking only for a straightforward logging crew to come harvest and haul may want to look elsewhere, since the work here leans toward inventory and analysis with a single named forester behind it. From sourwoodforestry.com, read 4 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.
Everything they're registered for
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