Blue Ridge Forestry
About Blue Ridge Forestry
Blue Ridge Forestry is a consulting practice based in Asheville, carried on the N.C. Forest Service register for thirty-two counties running from Cherokee and Clay in the far southwest, up through the Blue Ridge and out across the foothills into Mecklenburg and Union. Its site headlines sustainable land management and forestry services and states a mission of providing forest resource expertise to landowners, professionals and companies. The forest management planning page describes basic, comprehensive and stewardship plans alongside harvest, regeneration and wildlife plans, notes that a stewardship plan is a first step toward NRCS cost-share funding or Tree Farm, FSC or SFI certification, and explains the North Carolina present-use-value route, which asks a landowner to hold 20 acres of timberland and file an approved plan prepared by a registered forester. The valuation page says the firm's specialty is quality Appalachian timber and that it also cruises white and southern yellow pine, working across veneer logs, grade saw-logs, pallet logs, plywood and peeler logs, chip-n-saw, pulpwood, firewood, posts and poles, and biomass. Value estimates are produced for acquisition due diligence, IRS timber basis, casualty loss, sale planning, timber theft, insurance claims and estate planning. Tract reconnaissance uses unmanned aerial systems and GIS mapping to size up a tract quickly before deciding whether a full inventory is warranted. On sales the firm says it brokers timber much like a real estate broker and then administers the contract through the harvest with regular inspections, and that it has handled hundreds of timber sales over more than thirty years of implementing plans. Other work includes boundary relocation and marking by GPS, road and trail planning and layout, mapping and GIS, technical training, and harvest inspections as certified American Tree Farm inspectors. As described on blueridgeforestry.com, read 23 September 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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Blue Ridge Forestry
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Registered forester
Member of
Association of Consulting Foresters
Society of American Foresters