This firm's office is in Gainesville, GA, outside North Carolina. It appears here because the North Carolina forestry register lists it as working 100 North Carolina counties. Worth asking how far they'll travel for a tract your size.
About US Forest Service
Statewide coverage — all 100 North Carolina counties — from an office in Gainesville, Georgia. Fifteen services are recorded, including the three that make a timber sale work: appraisal, cruising, and sale and contract administration. Prescribed burning, herbicide application, urban forestry and stewardship plans fill out the rest. The register carries this entry under the name US Forest Service, with one N.C. Registered Forester and no website given.
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
Hover or tap a service to see what it means for you.
Forest Management Plans & MappingA written long-term plan for your woodland, usually with maps of what grows where, that lays out what to cut, plant, or leave and when. When you want a roadmap for your land instead of one-off decisions, or a plan is required to enter a tax or cost-share program.What does this mean? →
ReforestationGetting a new stand of trees started after a harvest or on open ground, by planting seedlings or managing natural regrowth. After you have harvested, or when you want to put bare or marginal land back into trees.What does this mean? →
Timber Stand ImprovementWork that improves the trees you are keeping — thinning crowded areas and removing poor or damaged trees so the best ones grow faster. When your woods are overcrowded or full of low-value trees and you want a healthier, more valuable stand down the road.What does this mean? →
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? →
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? →
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? →
Logging EngineeringPlanning the practical side of a harvest — where roads, trails, and loading areas go so timber comes out efficiently and the land is protected. When your property is steep, wet, or hard to reach and the harvest has to be laid out carefully to avoid damage.What does this mean? →
Insect, Disease & Fire ProtectionSpotting and dealing with threats to your trees — bark beetles, disease, and wildfire risk — before they spread. When you notice dying or discolored trees, or want to cut the chance of a pest or fire wiping out years of growth.What does this mean? →
Prescribed BurningA planned, controlled fire set under safe conditions to clear brush, cut wildfire fuel, and improve wildlife habitat. When your woods have heavy undergrowth, you are managing for pine or wildlife, or you want to lower the risk of a severe wildfire.What does this mean? →
Recreation ManagementSetting up and maintaining your land for uses like hunting, hiking, camping, trails, or food plots. When you want to enjoy your property or lease it for recreation, not only grow timber on it.What does this mean? →
Utilization & MarketingHelping you get the most from what you sell by matching each product — sawlogs, pulpwood, poles — to the buyer who pays best for it. When you want your timber sorted and sold into the right markets rather than all going out at one flat price.What does this mean? →
Herbicide ApplicationTargeted spraying to knock back weeds, brush, and unwanted trees that compete with the trees you want. When new seedlings are being crowded out, or before planting to give a new stand a clean start.What does this mean? →
Wildlife ManagementShaping your woods to support the animals you care about — deer, turkey, quail, songbirds — through planting, thinning, and habitat work. When you hunt, watch wildlife, or simply want your land to be good habitat as well as good timber.What does this mean? →
Urban ForestryCare and planning for trees in yards, towns, and developed areas rather than working woodland. When you have valuable yard or neighborhood trees, or land near town that needs tree care rather than timber management.What does this mean? →
Stewardship PlansA specific kind of management plan, often tied to a state or federal program, that covers your timber along with soil, water, wildlife, and recreation. When you want a well-rounded plan for the whole property, or one is needed to qualify for a stewardship or cost-share program.What does this mean? →