Western Missouri Forestry
About Western Missouri Forestry
Western Missouri Forestry is a consulting forestry business based in Lees Summit, Missouri, run by Brad King. He founded the company in 2010 and has been offering consulting forestry services to Missouri landowners since then. The work covers forest inventory, timber sale administration, preparation of timber tax basis, and appraising trees. Species handled include Black Walnut, Black Oak, White Oak, Sycamore, Bitternut, Basswood, Eastern Red Cedar, Red Maple, White Mulberry, and Ash trees. Brad serves Jackson County. He is a member of the Missouri Consulting Foresters Association, takes part in the Call Before You Cut program, and holds ISA certified arborist status. The smallest job shown on the business's own pages was 25 acres: "This client sold 34 trees on 25 acres for $28,300." The approach favors selective cuts of mature trees, aiming to "turn many stands into a decadal revenue source for our clients" rather than clearing a stand all at once. This fits a landowner in Jackson County who wants a stand managed over time with selective harvests, not just a single one-time sale. From westernmissouriforestry.com, read 8 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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