Sabine & Waters, Inc.
About Sabine & Waters, Inc.
Sabine & Waters, Inc. is a forestry consulting firm in Summerville, South Carolina, at 311 N Magnolia St. Bart Sabine and Randy Waters formed it as a partnership in 1977 to manage land for a small group of landowners in Georgia and South Carolina. Today its work centers on South Carolina and reaches across the southeastern United States, for private landowners, timber companies, developers and government. If you have timber to sell, the firm lists timber appraisal, timber marketing and sales, timber cruising and GPS acreage determination. It also does reforestation, site preparation, prescribed burning, forest management planning and wildlife management. Its staff includes registered foresters, wildlife biologists, GIS professionals and prescribed fire managers. On its own pages it says, "Your forestland is an investment." Beyond the woods, it handles wetland delineation and permitting, endangered species management, damage and trespass appraisals, timber harvesting plans and logging road design. It also lists forest litigation and expert witness work. Its credentials include CWB, ACF, GISP and SCRF registrations, and it names the Society of American Foresters, the Association of Consulting Foresters and the SC Forestry Association among its certifications. Counties it serves include Charleston, Berkeley, Greenville, Richland and York. It suits a landowner who wants one firm to handle timber, wildlife, wetland permits and court work. From sabineandwaters.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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