ALTERGOTT FORESTRY LLC
About ALTERGOTT FORESTRY LLC
Altergott Forestry LLC works out of Spearfish, South Dakota, serving landowners in Lawrence County in the Black Hills. The company has been "Serving the Black Hills since 2006" and is run by Adam Altergott, a Certified Forester. The work covers a wide range: consulting and stewardship, forest management plans, precommercial thinning, forest fuel reduction, whole tree removal and chipping, logging, pest and weed control, landscape restoration, firebreak construction, powerline vegetation clearing, and prescribed burning. They also handle storm damage cleanup and fire suppression work. Credentials listed include Licensed, Insured, and Certified Forester and Forestry Contractor status, American Tree Farm Inspector (ATFS), and South Dakota State Forester with SAF South Dakota. Their own words describe the approach this way: "At Altergott Forestry, we always keep landowner preferences in mind while creating a healthy and safe landscape." They sum up their pitch in three words: "Certified. Professional. Affordable." This looks like a fit for a landowner in the Black Hills area who wants one outfit to handle both the forestry planning side and the physical work on the ground, from thinning and logging to fire prevention and cleanup after a storm. From altergottforestry.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
This firm isn't credited with all three, which doesn't make it a worse forester — plenty specialise in management planning, wildlife or wetlands. It does mean that if your goal is to sell timber, you'd likely need someone else for the part that's missing.
Everything they're registered for
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