Pervy Covert Dean
About Pervy Covert Dean
Pervy Covert Dean, working as Dean Forestry Services, is a forestry consulting partnership in Meridian, Mississippi. Covert Dean and his son Lance are both Mississippi Registered Foresters, and they work for the landowner, not a company. Their own line is "We do not buy timber," and they act only as your agent in selling it. Their work covers timber marketing through lump sum bid sales and negotiated sales, cruises and inventories, and appraisals, including estate work and timber that has been stolen or storm damaged. They also do forest management, forest inspections, and reforestation help. Pine plantation thinnings are their main negotiated sale. Covert has over 40 years of forestry experience, and Lance has over 20. Forest management has no annual fee. They are paid job by job, under a work order both parties sign. On a bid sale, they cruise the timber, estimate its value, and advertise it to timber buyers. Bids open on a set date and time, and you and all bidders may attend. They go over the results with you, check on the logging afterward, and are paid by commission at closing. On a negotiated thinning, they find a contractor, negotiate the price per ton, and handle a simple contract between you and the contractor. They traditionally work in Newton, Lauderdale, Scott, Jasper, Neshoba, Leake, Kemper, Smith and Clarke counties, though they are not limited to those. Covert is a member of the Newton County Forestry Association. Lance belongs to that group and the Neshoba County one, and he is an associate member of the USSVI. Pervy Covert Dean suits landowners who want a forester working for them, not a buyer, and who want bids opened with everyone invited to watch. From deanforestryservices.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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