Mountain Roots Forestry, PLLC
About Mountain Roots Forestry, PLLC
Mountain Roots Forestry, PLLC works out of Marshall, North Carolina, handling both forestry and real estate for landowners in the mountains. David Cheatham founded the company in the summer of 2020, building on a background in forestry, agriculture, and real estate. The work covers forest management plans, timber cruises and appraisals, timber sales, and harvest monitoring, along with property boundary marking, invasive species control, and recreation management. On a timber sale, Mountain Roots Forestry says it will "represent you every step of the way from determining value of your timber, marketing your timber, negotiating a fair sale price, layout of the sale area, detailed mapping of roads/landings, buffering streams/sensitive areas, overseeing the harvest and closeout when the equipment leaves." They also stress getting a timber value or basis set before you cut, since it can affect what you owe in capital gains tax. David holds North Carolina Registered Forester license #1881 and is a licensed and insured herbicide applicator, which covers the invasive species work. The company serves Madison, Yancey, Haywood, and Buncombe counties, and is also listed as working in Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Mitchell, and Swain counties. Beyond forestry, they also offer land listing photography and well dowsing for property buyers. This fits a landowner in Western North Carolina who wants one person to walk the whole timber sale with them, from figuring out what the trees are worth to watching the loggers when they come. From mountainrootsforestry.com, read 10 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
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