Dougherty & Dougherty Forest Management Services, Inc.
This firm's office is in Athens, GA, outside South Carolina. It appears here because the South Carolina forestry register lists it as working 46 South Carolina counties. Worth asking how far they'll travel for a tract your size.
About Dougherty & Dougherty Forest Management Services, Inc.
Dougherty & Dougherty Forest Management Services, Inc. is a forestry consulting firm based in Athens, South Carolina. It works with private landowners on timber, wildlife and land, and it lists 46 counties it serves, including Oconee, Pickens, Richland and Charleston. If you are thinking about selling timber, the firm can do the inventory, appraisal, mapping and marketing, then prepare and oversee the harvest with logging inspections. Sales may be negotiated or sealed bid. Payment may be lump-sum-in-advance or per-unit with a partial advance. Harvests may be clear-cut, select-cut or thinning. The species it names include loblolly, longleaf or slash pine, sweetgum, red oak, white oak, green ash, yellow poplar and eucalyptus. It also does boundary line marking, prescribed burning and hardwood management. It calls its annual property inspection a "particularly beneficial service for absentee landowners." Derek Dougherty, the president, is a Registered Forester with a PhD in Forest Management from the University of Georgia, and he is a licensed real estate agent in GA, SC and NC. Julie Dougherty holds real estate broker licenses in Georgia and North Carolina. The firm names membership in the Society of American Foresters and the Forest Landowners Association, and certified Forest Stewardship Program plan writers in North Carolina. Derek has consulted on and managed operations across the Southeast since 1993. It suits owners who want one firm to handle the sale, the boundary, the burning and the plan, and who want advice from a forester with a research background. From progressiveforestry.com, read 16 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
Everything they're registered for
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Counties covered
This consulting forester covers the entire state of South Carolina. See South Carolina by county.
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