Kent Parris Forestry
About Kent Parris Forestry
Kent Parris Forestry is a consulting forestry firm and real estate brokerage in Winnsboro, South Carolina. It manages land and timber for private owners in South Carolina and parts of North Carolina. Kent Parris has been a consulting forester for 32 years, and he spent 13 years in the timber industry before that. The work includes timber sales, timber inventory and appraisal, timber marking, harvest site supervision, management plans and harvest schedules, reforestation, wildlife habitat improvement and hunting leases. The firm also does timber harvesting plans, damage and trespass appraisals, and real estate appraisal. On the land side, it sells timberland, recreational and agricultural property, and it can represent buyers in a land purchase. Counties served include Richland, Lexington, Horry and Greenville, among others in South Carolina. Memberships listed are the SC Forestry Association, the Association of Consulting Foresters and the Society of American Foresters, and the firm lists an SC Certified Real Estate Broker in Charge. The firm says it wants to "engage the landowner in the decision making process" for each property, since goals can run from recreation and wildlife to timber production or investment income. Its brokerage recently listed a 41.74-acre property in Chesterfield County with a 2.5-acre pond. This suits an owner who wants one firm for the timber cut, the wildlife plan and, if they ever buy or sell land, the real estate side as well. From kentparrisforestry.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? → — 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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