MANUEL FORESTRY, LLC
About MANUEL FORESTRY, LLC
Manuel Forestry, LLC is a forestry consulting and land business based in Ethel, Louisiana. Its owner, Thomas M. Manuel, is a consulting forester, wildlife biologist, and licensed broker in Louisiana and Mississippi. Real estate is the main trade. For decades the business has provided consulting services to "non-industrial forest landowners," and it covers southeast Louisiana and southwest Mississippi, with East Feliciana County named as a county served. On the forestry side, the work includes timber management plans, timber appraisals, timber sales, site preparation, tree planting, and hunting lease management. The business also takes on timber marking, timber cruises and estimates, boundary line work, taxation, and SIP management plan development. When a landowner decides to sell all or part of their land, Tom markets and sells the property himself. He draws on his forestry knowledge there, since he knows a tract's wildlife use, habitat, timber volume and value, and neighbors. The smallest job shown on his pages is a 10-acre parcel with a house in Amite County, Mississippi. This suits a landowner who wants one person to look at the timber, plan its management, and sell the land if that time comes. From manuellandsales.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? →
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? →
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? →
runs the sale and handles the contract
Everything they're registered for
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