Consulting Forester

Mark E Dale

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About Mark E Dale

Mark E Dale is a forestry consulting business in Monticello, Mississippi. Its website, for Forest Pro, LLC, says the firm handles timberland management, appraisal and timber sales in South Mississippi. The county listed is Lawrence. The motto is "Everything Timberland." The firm holds certifications as a Certified and Registered Forester, a Licensed Appraiser and a Real Estate Broker. The work covers timber sales, standard and custom cruises, management plans, property inspections, reforestation, boundary line painting and timber trespass. Standard cruises come with a written explanation of the inventory methods and stand and tract reports on volume and value. Sale boundaries are painted rather than flagged, so the sale area cannot be moved without notice. Each sale comes with a full color prospectus with photos. The firm says it has been certified as an expert witness in past timber trespass cases. Longleaf pine is the species named on the site. The firm says it has a proven tract record with longleaf, which it calls "notoriously stubborn to regenerate," and it recommends genetically improved containerized seedlings for most planting. Replanting is handled through its network of site preparation and replanting contractors. This suits a landowner in South Mississippi with longleaf pine who wants one firm to handle the cruise, the sale and the replanting. From theforestpro.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.

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works out what your standing timber is worth

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measures and grades what's actually out there

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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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