Selling Timber in Travis County, TX
Quick answer
There are 38 timber businesses listed for Travis County, Texas: 17 consulting foresters and 21 timber buyers, loggers and mills. 17 of them have offices in the county. The rest are registered to work here and travel in, and every listing shows how far its office is from the county seat.
Timber prices for Travis County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Texas's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Travis County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Pine sawtimber | $25.73–$28.21 per ton |
| Pine chip-n-saw | $13.55–$14.05 per ton |
| Pine pulpwood | $4.7–$5.93 per ton |
| Mixed hardwood sawtimber | $36.82–$38.98 per ton |
| Hardwood pulpwood | $5.1–$6.19 per ton |
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service, May–June 2026. All Texas timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Travis County have no idea what their standing timber is worth, which is exactly the position a buyer wants you in. Four questions gets you a ballpark range before the first offer lands.
No forester is based in Travis County
That is normal here and not a problem. Foresters travel, and 17 of them work Travis County from an office nearby. They are listed below, closest first. You can also click any county on the map above to see who is based there.
Consulting Foresters Working Travis County (17)
Listed on the Texas A&M Forest Service My Land Management Connector and its Forest Products Directory, together with the Forest Products Network mill directory and the Texas Forestry Association's Texas Pro Logger records as working Travis County, from an office elsewhere. Closest first.
Acorn Forestry, which trades online as Acorn Outdoors, is a Lufkin, Texas forestry and land management firm that describes itself as "a leader among forestry companies in the southeast specializing in prescribed burning, reforestation, sustainable forestry, and timberland management." The site says Acorn was started in 1997 and incorporated in 1999 in Huntsville, Texas by Justin Penick, that tree planting, herbicide application and prescribed burning were among its first services, and that it moved to Lufkin in 2003, with its home office now based in Hudson, Texas. It states that it employs degreed foresters and forest technicians along with office and shop staff, and that it "conducts silvicultural operations on 115,000 acres annually across the West Gulf Region, and actively manages another 120,000 acres controlling all aspects of wildlife, timber, and restoration activities," with page titles describing coverage across TX, LA, AR and OK. Planning services listed include timber sales in which Acorn acts as "the landowner's sales agent," timber cruising and valuation, timber marking, boundary line maintenance, timber and wildlife management plans written on a ten-year outlook and revised every five years, reforestation plans backed by "more than 20 years of experience in reforestation across over one million acres" and often aligned with cost-share programs such as EQIP through the NRCS, GPS/GIS mapping, and in-house large format printing up to 46 inches wide and 150 feet long. Field execution covers hand and machine planting, herbicide application, heavy mechanical site prep, understory and site prep burning, ripping, shearing, eco-til, bedding, firebreaks and pile burns. A range management page describes turnkey restoration across the cross timbers, hill country, pineywoods, coastal prairies and short grass prairies, including control of mesquite, cedar, saltcedar and giant reed. Senior wildlife biologist Ricky Gay is described as a Board Director for the Texas Forestry Association. No minimum tract size is stated anywhere on the site. As described on acornoutdoors.com, read 23 September 2026.
Azimuth Forestry Services, Inc is a forestry consulting firm in Shelbyville, Texas, on Hwy 87 South. It has been operating since 1995 and describes its own focus as "Specializing in Private forestland management". The core work is planning and appraisal. Azimuth prepares timber prescriptions and long term forest management plans. It also helps with fire risk reduction applications and tax appraisal assistance, and it handles timber marketing and custom management. For estates, partitions, and portfolio management, it prepares timber appraisals. On the wildlife side, the firm does pond management, deer census surveys, food plot installations, and help applying for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Managed Deer Program. It also does biological evaluations and environmental assessments, plus tree appraisals for insurance claims and tree health work in urban and residential settings. The stated service area is Deep East Texas and Western Louisiana, with additional areas for special projects. Its credentials include registered consulting arborist (RCA #645) and certified arborist (TX-4360A). Its certifications also include the American Society of Consulting Arborists, the Association of Consulting Foresters, and ISA Certified Arborist. This one suits a landowner who wants a written management plan, a timber appraisal, or wildlife work on private land in East Texas or western Louisiana. From azimuthforestry.com, read 18 October 2026.
Burditt Consultants trades on its website as Burditt Land | Place and describes itself as an integrated planning and design firm grounded in the disciplines of community planning, landscape architecture, architecture and natural systems, as they intersect with people, settlement and the natural world. The practice areas it names are architecture, landscape architecture, planning, sports complex, parks and open space, GIS and mapping, and urban forestry. Its forestry work is presented as urban forestry rather than timberland management: the firm says urban forestry is a highly specialised field within forestry and the management of urban ecosystems, and that an urban forester is trained to work with urban forest systems to replenish, defend, improve, preserve and sustain trees in community settings. It says its team of degreed urban foresters works with its architects and landscape architects, interpreting what engineers and architects have designed and sharing responsibility for designs that ensure tree preservation for the duration of a project. The urban forestry services listed are tree canopy analysis, tree preservation planning and documents, tree inventory, tree and landscape ordinance writing and review, and ecosystem analysis. The firm adds that it is frequently asked to help communities understand which tree and landscape ordinances produce results consistent with citywide goals, and that assessment of ecosystem services shows the value trees provide through carbon sequestration and stormwater reduction. Its stated clients are communities rather than private timberland owners; the pages read say nothing about representing landowners in timber sales, buying timber, minimum tract sizes, staff credentials, office hours or how work is quoted. The office is at 310 Longmire Road, Conroe, with separate telephone numbers for Conroe and Houston. As described on burditt.com, read 23 September 2026.
Burns Forestry presents itself as a forestry consulting firm in Crockett, Texas that promotes sustainable and responsible natural resource management, saying a consultant works with landowners to manage property in a way that suits the ecosystems present or desired and gives the technical expertise needed for goals such as timber production, wildlife habitat, recreation or conservation. Services listed are forest management planning, timber valuation and sales, wildlife habitat management, and forest inventory covering timber volume, species composition, forest health, property mapping and boundary verification. The firm describes acting for the landowner rather than buying timber itself: it marks trees for harvest, prepares a Timber Sale Prospectus that the landowner approves before it goes to qualified buyers, often uses competitive bid sales, and then prepares a Timber Sale Agreement, said to run up to 12 months. Landowners typically receive a first payment within three weeks of harvesting beginning; consultants inspect the property during the harvest, keep load and scale ticket records, and make a final inspection, and harvests are said to comply with Texas Best Management Practices. An initial reconnaissance visit is the starting point, with plots taken to judge whether a property is ready to harvest. Also described are forest and wildlife management plans with maps and timelines, help with timber tax valuation and wildlife tax exemption through county appraisal districts, real estate and appraisal, and special studies including investment analysis, yield modelling, storm damage reports and growth studies. The team page names founder Gary Burns, who holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry and a master's in forestry and wildlife and is described as a wildlife biologist. The office is at 310 North Fifth Street, Crockett. As described on burnsforestry.com, read 23 September 2026.
Canvas Natural Resource Solutions, LLC is a natural resource consulting firm at 2810 Bill Owens Parkway, Suite 100 in Longview, Texas, presenting itself as a source "for all your natural resource consulting needs." The company says it is "here to provide solutions to your Environmental Compliance, Forestry, and Wildlife needs" and advertises "20+ Years of Experience!" with experience working in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania "and more." Its published service categories are forestry, wildlife management, habitat management, agricultural exemptions, environmental compliance, wetlands and other Waters of the US, GIS and mapping, cultural resources, and "All Other Natural Resource Needs." On the forestry side the firm states that "our foresters can help you get the most out of your land through sustainable management," and lists forestry consulting visits, timber appraisals and inventory, forest/timber management plans, timber sales, timber harvest planning, timber tax appraisal/exemption, timber basis value assessments, thinning operations, site preparation, tree planting, continuous forest management, absentee landowner assistance, herbicide application, mechanical site preparation and forestry mulching. Staff wildlife biologists are offered for harvest recommendations and records, threatened and endangered species assessments and surveys, NEPA permitting, airport wildlife hazard assessments, wildlife surveys and census work, corporate and private hunting lease management, trapping including wild pig, feral hog and beaver, and Managed Land Deer Program data collection, while habitat work covers habitat and comprehensive land management plans, prescribed burning, invasive species management, browse surveys, food plot planning, moist soil management, waterfowl marsh management and range and grassland management. The site says "communication is key to our operation" and gives hours of Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm, Saturday by appointment and Sunday closed, adding "call anytime." As described on canvasnrs.com, read 23 September 2026.
The register carries jenkinsforestresourcesllc.com for this listing, but that address did not answer; the pages actually read sit on forestresources.com, and they are plainly this business. They are headed "Jenkins Forest Resources LLC," give the location as Humble TX 77338, and show the same telephone number the register holds. The firm describes itself as "a privately-owned consulting firm, dedicated to assisting landowners with timber and land management," and lists its clientele as private non-industrial landowners, camps and recreation areas, financial and trust institutions, oil and gas corporations, and state and county agencies. The home page is headlined "43+ Years of Forest Management & More" and the footer on every page reads "Copyright © 1983-2026," but the site never states a founding year in words, so none is recorded here. The about page says the firm has "manage over 475,000 acres nationwide" and adds, "If you have 5 acres or 10,000 acres, we can help" - which states plainly the smallest tract it will take on — five acres — and the largest, ten thousand anywhere. On credentials it states that owner Tom Jenkins "is registered as a Certified Stewardship Forester through the Texas Forest Service, he is a Certified Forester through the Society of American Foresters, and is a Certified Arborist through the International Society of Arboriculture," and "maintains a ISA Tree Risk Asssesment Qualification" that the page abbreviates TRAQ; the company is also "a Licensed Texas Real Estate Brokerage Company." The timber sales page sets out the process: inventory before sale, a bid invitation "distributed to insured, reputable buyers," help with the sales contract, and supervision of the harvest with "periodic progress reports." Service area is given as "United States & Mexico." No fees or rates are published. As described on forestresources.com, read 23 September 2026.
Lone Star Land Enhancement Inc. is an East Texas land clearing and forestry mulching contractor that marks itself "Est 2004" and promises "Excellence in Land Management Since 2004," describing itself on its about page as "Land Specialists With 21+ Years Of Business." The company says it "delivers grub & grind as well as pond & lake shoreline clearing services across East Texas," and offers "Commercial and Residential land services, including land clearing, forestry mulching, pond and lake management, and more across East Texas and surrounding areas." Its four listed services are land clearing ("expert removal of underbrush, trees, and vegetation"), forestry mulching, ponds, dams, lakeshores and riverbanks, and demolition, described as "controlled dismantling of small to medium structures." The mulching page lists residential property mulching, commercial and development land preparation, underbrush and small tree removal, ecological vegetation management, access improvement and trail clearing, and soil-friendly debris processing; the waterway page lists pond clearing and maintenance, dam and levee management, lakeshore vegetation removal, debris and sediment removal, and environmental protection measures. Sectors named include commercial, municipal, farm and ranch, hunting land development, new development and residential. On its origins, the site says that "with a degree in forestry, a love for the outdoors, and a willingness to learn through trial and error, Steve and Traci Sawyer were among the first pioneers to introduce forestry mulching to Texas." Stated values are integrity, excellence, consistency and client focus, under an "enduring Tradition of Excellence," and the site quotes Colossians 3:23. Service areas listed are Tyler, Longview and Lindale, Texas, Smith, Gregg and Henderson counties, "All of Texas," and parts of Louisiana and Oklahoma. The phone number given is (903) 881-8400, free estimates are offered, and the site claims "55+ Positive Reviews on Google." As described on lonestarlandenhancement.com, read 23 September 2026.
Resource & Land Management, Inc. is based at 204 Brian Drive in Pleasanton, Texas, and presents itself as "Grounded in practical land management - your advisors for agriculture, agribusiness & ecological services." The company says it "enhances the productivity of working lands, whether those land are producing food, fiber, timber or environmental benefits such as wildlife habitat, flood control or clean water," and frames the landowner's goals as its primary objective. It states that "Since 1986, we've worked alongside landowners throughout the Gulf Coast states as advisors and hands-on service providers," offering either a consultation to help determine a course of action, a detailed plan and experienced crew to implement it, or both, with the team described as "committed to progressive productivity" and existing "to help land improve over time." The firm says it works primarily in the Gulf States and focuses its expertise on "range management and wildlife habitat improvement; mitigation bank services; environmental management and consulting to mention just a few." While willing and capable of handling one-and-done projects, it says it prefers to take the long view on both natural resource management and relationships, naming consistent monitoring, adaptive management and open communication as its hallmarks. It describes creating "prescriptions for enhanced productivity" rather than services that fit into neat categories, tailoring work to each client because "one size doesn't fit all." As described on resourceandland.com, read 23 September 2026.
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC is a Nacogdoches, Texas firm that describes itself as "a natural resource analytical, advisory, and asset management firm" under the banner "Celebrating Free Enterprise & Serving Society Since 1980." It presents itself as a multi-disciplinary team that includes oil, gas and energy industry analysts and statisticians, petroleum engineering technologists, GIS mapping, photogrammetry and remote sensing specialists, regulatory analysts and inspectors, landmen and mineral managers, lease and division order analysts, valuation and appraisal experts, easement and right-of-way agents, environmental assessors, "Graduate Professional Foresters and Biometricians," land managers and planners, litigation consultants and expert witnesses. Its departments include Oil, Gas & Minerals; Land, Surface & Pipeline; Geospatial & Photogrammetric; Environmental, Soils & Wildlife; Forest Resource Services; Business Intelligence & R&D; and Publications, Maps & Records. The firm says it serves land, mineral and royalty owners and investors "of all types and sizes, both rural and urban, from small, private, non-industrial owners to large corporate, industrial and investment entities and state and local governments," as well as forest and timber landowners and products companies, banks, wealth management firms and trust companies, law and accounting firms, and governments and utilities. On forestry specifically, it states it has been "helping private timberland owners and forest products companies manage their special assets with our forest resource expertise for more than four decades, mostly in the Southern Gulf Coastal Plain," and among its land and surface services it lists surface damage monitoring, inspection and assessment "With Special Expertise In Timber & Vegetation Damage Assessment" plus vegetation study, inventory and biometrical analysis. Separate regional telephone numbers are given for Nacogdoches and for North, South and West Texas, and the firm says its work is particularly extensive in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. As described on resourceanalytical.com, read 23 September 2026.
Southmark Aviation, Inc. is an aerial application business whose single-page website describes two lines of work. Under aerial spray application it says the company "uses the latest technology to apply products with our 3 - Bell 206 JetRangers to an array of crops including corn, wheat, forestry, pastures, and much more." Under reforestation consulting it says Southmark "offers several reforestation services including all types of precision herbicide application, prescribed burning, implementing fire lane perimeters, and tree planting." The site asks prospective customers to reach out by phone or email to schedule an appointment, and gives two contacts, Nate Rolison and Kent Gunn, both with Mississippi 601 telephone numbers. The only address on the page is Hattiesburg, MS 39402, and the pages carry no mention of Lufkin, Texas or any Texas location, so the directory's Texas placement is not supported by the company's own site. Apart from the two service descriptions the site offers only a photo gallery and two videos titled "Fly Away" and "Kickstart the Season"; it states no founding date, fleet history beyond the three helicopters, service area, or licences held. The copyright line reads 2022. As described on southmarkaviation.com, read 23 September 2026.
TimberPro Forest Service is a Nacogdoches, Texas forestry business that calls itself "Your forestry turn-key project specialist" and uses the line "When experience and integrity make all the difference." The site says the company offers "a variety of forestry services guaranteed to meet your project needs" and works with a professional and safety-first work ethic intended to protect both its workers and the client's property. Listed services include forest management, timber harvesting, timber management plans, buying and/or selling land, forest consulting, appraisals, timber cruising, timber marking, prescribed burning, site preparation, understory work, pasture maintenance, machine and hand planting, mechanical site prep such as raking, shearing, ripping and bedding, pond and road construction, herbicidal application and fertilization, boundary-line marking, wildlife food plots and fence construction. The services page explains several of these in technical terms, noting for example that shearing "prepares sites where vegetation is 4-6 inches in diameter or larger; conducted along contour to reduce soil erosion." Owner Chris Colbey is described as having been in the timber management business for over 20 years; the site states that in 2000 he started TimberPro Forestry Service and that in 2002 he graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a Bachelor's of Science in Forestry and a minor in General Business. He is listed as an Accredited Forester through the Texas Forestry Association, holds Professional Logger Accreditation through Texas Sustainable Forestry Initiative (TSFI), is a Certified Prescribed Burn Manager through the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry and a Certified Commercial Burn Manager through the Texas Department of Agriculture, holds a Commercial Herbicide Applicator's License, and is a member of the Society of American Foresters, the Texas Prescribed Burn Managers Council and the Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana Forestry Associations. A land-for-sale page, last updated 9 December 2017, listed tracts in Panola and Sabine Counties. As described on timberproforestservice.com, read 23 September 2026.
Vision Forestry, LLC of Lufkin, Texas describes itself as "a turn-key natural resource consulting firm dedicated to serving the land management needs of private forest landowners, timberland investment groups, conservation groups, financial institutions and many others." The firm says it has an extensive background in forest resource assessments and valuations, multi-resource planning strategies, forest product sales, reforestation, tax basis analyses, financial analyses for timberland acquisitions, and long-term wetland mitigation monitoring projects. Its listed services are forest management, timber inventories and valuations, timberland appraisals, expert witness work, general land management services, and property tax applications. Vision says it has "both the experience and capabilities to provide custom solutions for the management of existing lands and investment opportunities to produce ecological and financial results that fit our clients and partners goals for their land," and that alongside its own experience it draws on other natural resource professionals, wildlife biologists, land brokerage firms, lending institutions and appraisers through strategic partnerships. Founder and president Chris Adams is described as having more than 20 years of experience managing forests within the Southeastern U.S. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management, then worked as a "dirt forester" for a southeast Texas consulting firm and later as managing forester of a firm working with landowners across Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. The site states he has been directly involved in the management of more than 200,000 acres of forestland, has an unusual background combining rural lending and timberland appraisals, and "is currently in the process of obtaining his general appraiser license." It names his involvement in the Texas Forestry Association, American Tree System and the Association of Consulting Foresters, and says he is a founding council member and former chairman of the Texas Accredited Foresters Council. The office address given is 308 E. Lufkin Avenue, Lufkin, Texas. As described on vision-forestry.com, read 23 September 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills in Travis County (17)
These 17 are based in Travis County. Being close matters: hauling is one of the biggest costs taken out of your check.
Austin Lumber Company trades as Austin Lumber and describes itself as family-owned since 1929. Its history page is written in the first person: the writer's grandparents moved to East Austin in 1925 and, with the writer's great-grandfather and great-uncles, started Austin Lumber Co in December 1929; the writer's father, Don Willhoite, the third generation, took over in the 1950s and ran the business until 1992, and died in December 2001. The fourth generation is shown working in the mill, and the business is described as 100 per cent WBE. The site records a fire on New Year's Eve 2005 as its darkest day, says Austin Lumber never missed a day after it, and describes rebuilding, with a 2008 rebuild focused on green building materials; in 2010 it worked on several HGTV shows, was featured in a CNN segment and was awarded City of Austin SMBR Small Business of the Year. After 88 years in an ever-changing East Austin, the site says the company was forced to relocate and close its mill and has since adapted to ecommerce commercial sales, specialising in commercial HUB networking. It lists certifications from TxDot, SBA and SAM.gov and holds HUB, SBE, DBE, WBE and SBA-EDWOSB status, and offers commercial clients copies of the certifications they need to meet HUB and WBE requirements for building materials; it has been a member of the National Association of Women in Construction since 1992. The business now works by appointment only and call-ins, giving a La Grange, Texas 78945 address, an office line on 512-476-5534 and a direct line on 512-848-5146. As described on austinlumber.com, read 23 September 2026.
Brazos Forest Products is a hardwood business at 600B Industrial Blvd. in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. It sells hardwood lumber, hardwood plywood, and custom moulding. It also has locations in Grand Prairie and Houston, Texas, and in Denham Springs, Louisiana. The business describes itself as a distributor of quality hardwood in Texas and Louisiana. Every location offers in-house milling to your specifications, and the Austin and Grand Prairie locations offer Net Rip services. Net Rip work rips lumber to a finished width on a saw with glue-line rip blades and laser-guided technology, so it can rip the parallel edges of random-width boards. Custom moulding is made at its manufacturing locations. The species it names are Alder, Ash, Cherry, Poplar, Red Oak, Walnut, Hard Maple, and Cypress. Each location says it strives for "outstanding customer service." You can call in for pick up, order at the counter, or have an order delivered on one of its curtain side trucks. The business says many of its team members have 30 plus years in the hardwood industry. It suits a landowner who already has boards to be ripped or milled to size, or who needs moulding made to a set profile. From brazosfp.com, read 18 October 2026.
Delta Millworks describes itself as an award-winning, family-owned manufacturer of architectural-grade wood siding, paneling and decking, working from 4701 East 5th Street in Austin for more than 40 years. Its history page dates the business to 1985, when Bob Davis founded it in the same building the company still occupies, with a focus on architectural millwork and reclaimed longleaf pine; in 1994 it supplied longleaf pine millwork for a four-year restoration of the Texas State Capitol. The same page records the team beginning to burn wood with a torch in 2007, selling its first shou-sugi-ban cladding job in 2010, adding modified woods such as Accoya from 2015, thermally modified products in 2022 and a Lunawood ThermoWood range in 2023; by 2025 the company says it ships worldwide, and it lists placings on the Inc. 5000 in 2024 and 2025. The collections named are Accoya, thermally modified wood, Lunawood, western red cedar, shou sugi ban, Delta Prefinished and Old Souls Reclaimed, sold as exterior cladding, interior paneling, decking, soffits and interior ceilings. Everything is built to order and every step of manufacture is carried out in-house at the Austin facility, from rough lumber planks to a finished product, with quality control checks at each stage and crating in custom-built pallets for shipping. The customers named are architects, designers, builders and contractors; quotes carry the product information needed to write Delta into a building specification, and the company states lead times of two to three months for almost all products and a minimum order of 1,000 square feet, with smaller quantities directed to its overstock shop. Architect and builder tours are by appointment only. As described on deltamillworks.com, read 23 September 2026.
Fine Lumber & Plywood, Inc. trades from 9407 Brown Lane in Austin and calls itself the city's oldest full-service hardwood lumberyard. The site gives two different start dates: the banner on every page reads “Working Harder For Your Business Since 1982”, while the opening paragraph says “Since 1981, we have been serving our city's trade professionals”, so no founding year is recorded here. The customers named are trade professionals, custom cabinet shops, furniture makers and homeowners. Stock covers furniture-grade kiln-dried hardwoods and softwoods, hand selected from thousands of board feet, together with hardwood-veneered and specialty panels including cabinet-grade, composite and marine-grade sheets, sheet veneer, and cabinet hardware such as door hinges and drawer slides. The most commonly sought-after moulding profiles are held in stock in eight hardwood species, and the company says it manufactures new tooling every day to match and create custom profiles in any of its 30-plus hardwood and softwood species, doing template cutting, tool grinding and moulding from rough lumber on site. It also laminates solid hardwood up to 50 inches wide and 16 feet long for stair treads, tabletops, countertops and other wider-than-average items, supplied at final thickness and width, slightly oversized in length for a final crosscut and sanded to a 120 grit finish; for that work it asks customers to telephone with the details of their requirements and says it will quote straight away. Opening hours are given as Monday to Friday, 7.30 to 5.00. As described on finelumber.com, read 23 September 2026.
Harvest Lumber Company is an urban sawmill, lumber retailer and furniture maker in East Austin, Texas, at 3210 Holton, Suite 130. Its tagline is "Giving New Life to Austin's Fallen Trees." The business has operated since 2017 and is run by Kris Burns and Andrew Danziger. It works with wood from Austin and central Texas, across Travis County. The work starts with downed trees. Working with arborists, tree companies and the City of Austin's Urban Forestry department, Harvest Lumber Company collects trunks and logs that would otherwise be burned or chipped. Trees they take must be 18 inches in diameter or larger and 8 feet or longer. The milled wood is stacked to air dry for six months to a year and a half, then goes to the kiln for three to six weeks. The shop sells live edge slabs, dimensional lumber by the board foot, end grain disks, offcuts and woodworking supplies. It also makes custom dining, conference and coffee tables and stools. For a landowner with a tree of their own, the business does not do tree work but will recommend an arborist or tree company. You can bring a log in to be milled at $125 an hour, plus $30 a blade if the saw hits a foreign object. The log must be dropped off and the lumber picked up. There is no portable milling service. It suits Austin-area owners with a large downed tree who want it milled, and buyers who want slabs, lumber or furniture made from local wood. From harvestlumberco.com, read 18 October 2026.
The stockbuildingsupply.com address on file now resolves to Builders FirstSource, and everything read for this listing came from that company's corporate site rather than from any Austin operation. Builders FirstSource describes itself as a leading US supplier of structural building products, value-added components and services to the professional market for single-family and multi-family construction and repair and remodelling, with approximately 565 distribution and manufacturing locations spread across 43 states and 91 of the top 100 core based statistical areas, about 28,000 team members, and a contact address at 6031 Connection Drive, Suite 400, Irving, Texas. The product list runs to lumber, plywood and sheathings, trusses, manufactured components, mouldings and millwork, doors, windows, stairs and stair parts, decking, roofing, siding, cabinets and countertops, and its READY-FRAME pre-cut framing packages. Services listed include truss and engineered wood product design, millwork capabilities and custom millwork, drafting, showrooms and design centres, delivery and pick-up with photographed delivery confirmations, installed services, multi-family and pro remodel work, modular construction and the myBLDR customer portal; on the millwork side the company says it mills lumber and assembles products to order and has over 141 millwork locations nationwide. It states that services vary by location and asks customers to contact their local store for availability, with quotes requested through a form or a local branch. None of the corporate pages read for this listing names the Austin operation at 4501 Burleson Road or says what it makes or buys there, so nothing here should be read as this particular location's own account of itself. As described on bldr.com, read 23 September 2026.
Textruss, Inc. manufactures and supplies wood roof and floor trusses from 12201 Dorsett Road in Austin, designing and making truss systems for residential and commercial clients in the Austin area and selling primarily in Central Texas. Its own account of the work ranges from the simplest designs through multifamily projects and high-end residential design to large commercial structures. The history page dates the business to 15 October 1970, when W.C. “Bill” Snow cleared one and three-quarters acres of brushy land near Austin and located the slab for the first building, with Jimmy Youngquist and Roscoe C. Morris as co-founders; the company was incorporated in 1971, Youngquist sold his stock in 1978, and a complete reorganisation followed on 16 July 1982 when Morris sold his. A further change of ownership in January 2000 brought in Ben Doyle as president and general manager, Allen Kalina as secretary and treasurer, Marvin Hale as vice-president and sales manager and Chuck Prasek as vice-president over the office and design. The site now covers nearly eight acres, with a two-storey office building of about 3,000 square feet, two manufacturing facilities totalling 30,000 square feet and lumber sheds, and the company reports fifty employees, many with fifteen to thirty years' service. It began with roof trusses and now produces floor trusses as well, uses southern pine exclusively, and runs its own fleet of four trucks for delivery, saying a Textruss man goes out immediately if problems arise on a builder's site. Memberships listed are the Austin Builders Association, the Austin Chamber of Commerce, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the BBB, TMAT, TCABA and TMTA. The pages carry a 2014 copyright notice, so the figures may be some years old. As described on textruss.com, read 23 September 2026.
The Texian Shop describes itself as a complete millwork and custom furniture shop, opened in 1983 to provide architects, builders, designers and homeowners with architectural woodwork. The work it lists includes entry and interior doors, wainscoting, panelling, mantles and custom mouldings, and it says many woods are available, hand-selected for their natural colour and beauty. Past projects named on the site run beyond joinery to epoxy river tables, headboards, outdoor furniture, Adirondack chairs and farmhouse tables, alongside full sets of exterior and interior doors. The shop states that its doors are in homes in Austin and the Central Texas area and as far afield as Westchester County, New York. All work is carried out in the shop by the proprietor with the assistance of one co-worker, and the site says no part of the work is subcontracted out, which it gives as the reason for consistent quality. The site also records that in early 2019 the business was relocated from the Austin area to Conroe, while continuing to serve Central Texas, Bryan College Station and the Greater Houston area, so the Austin address held for this listing may no longer be where the work is done. Enquiries are made through a contact form on the site, which carries no telephone number. As described on texianshop.com, read 23 September 2026.
Timber Buyers, Loggers & Mills Nearby (4)
Businesses that buy, cut or mill timber in Travis County, working from a nearby town.
B-Squared Woodworks, Ltd. describes itself as a custom cabinetry and millwork shop working in the greater Austin area. Its home page is headed “The Finest Quality Custom Cabinetry” and “Since 1995,” and states that the firm “provides custom cabinetry and millwork that will be the perfect addition to your home or office,” that “every piece is handmade,” and that customers discuss what they want with “one of our experts” before a piece is designed and made. It claims “Over 20 years of woodworking experience” and says “We’ve provided woodworking and millwork to Austin, Texas and the surrounding communities since 1995,” adding that the team “will work with you to design a custom set of cabinets that reflects your aesthetic tastes.” The contact page lists what the shop offers as reasons to choose it: “Unparalleled craftsmanship,” “Individual customer attention,” “Collaborative design process,” “Design drawings are provided,” and “A wide selection of green building products are available.” Menu sections cover custom woodwork, kitchen cabinetry, bathroom cabinetry and non-residential woodwork, with galleries for each. Estimates are advertised as free, the phone number given is (512) 731-7079, and hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The service-area line names Austin, Round Rock, Webberville, Georgetown, Leander, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, San Marcos, Buda and Red Rock. Worth noting: the site gives its address only as “Austin TX” and never states a street address, so it does not confirm the Elgin location this listing carries; nor do the pages read name any staff, certification, or how a job is priced beyond the free estimate. As described on bsquaredwoodworks.com, read 23 September 2026.
Outback Sawmills & Lumber is a logging contractor in Dripping Springs, Texas. It has a Google Maps business listing in that category. A listing here is not an endorsement.
Ryan Wholesale states that "Since 1995" it has been manufacturing and selling structural timber trusses, fir timbers, corbels, rafter tails, pergola kits and other wood products including antique and reclaimed timbers, and describes itself as a supplier of timber frame trusses, mortise and tenon and gusset plate connected timber trusses, exposed heavy timber trusses, components for timber frame construction, and exposed timbers and beams "all across the USA," working with home builders, home owners and contractors on residential and commercial work. Its manufacturing plant is listed at 12110 US-183, Florence, TX. The home page says the company operates three 6-axis CNC timber processors with capacities up to 48" wide and 50' long, which allow it to work all faces without rotating the work piece; its mass timber page says it currently runs two CNC machines, one able to process CLT, GLT, GLB and Mass Ply up to 12" thick by 48" wide by 40' long, with a third processor "expected to arrive June 2025," and cites machining accuracy of 0.05mm. Listed capabilities include CNC timber and CLT processing, heavy timber trusses, "Engineering for all US states," mass timber and glulams, white oak and other species, custom millwork, custom brackets, a dry kiln, 3D CAD modeling, in-house steel fabrication (CNC plasma cutter, welding, bending), powder coating, and sandblasting and hewing. On raw material, it says 95% of the trusses and beams it produces are graded "#1 & better Free Of Heart Center (FOHC) Douglas Fir (South)," logged from coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest. As a cost illustration only, it prices a basic 6x8 timber truss with a 22' span and 6:12 pitch "in the neighborhood of $6,800.00 per truss," including consultation, shop drawings, connections, engineering where needed, assembly and delivery prep. As described on ryanwholesale.com, read 23 September 2026.
Land clearing and small-lot services (16)
Biologist 4 Hire, LLC is a land consulting business in Dallas, Texas, led by principal biologist Chad Simmons, who says he has provided independent land consulting for over 25 years. Its work is soil, wildlife and land assessment for farms, ranches and private landowners. As the business puts it, "SOIL is the foundation of your property." Priced services include a USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey Report at $295 per area of interest, a Fish & Wildlife Virtual Land Assessment at $7 per acre, a Wildfire Risk Assessment at $5 per acre, and a Fish & Wildlife On Property Land Assessment at $350 an hour. A Wildlife Management Plan 1-D-1 is $3,500 a year, and its wildlife package is written for Texas properties of less than 35 acres. Virtual consulting is $87.50 for each 15 minutes. A land assessment is offered as a complimentary session at $0, and Chad Simmons invites calls to talk through a property. Credentials include BSBS Fisheries & Wildlife Management, a USDA NRCS Technical Service Provider number, Registered Consulting Arborist and ISA Certified Arborist listings, and Texas A&M Oak Wilt and Wildfire Risk Reduction qualifications. The business currently serves Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, and its Texas county list includes Dallas, Collin and Tarrant. Biologist 4 Hire suits a landowner whose main question is soil, wildlife or wildfire risk on the land. From biologist4hire.com, read 18 October 2026.
Chemical Weed Control is a vegetation management company in Weatherford, Texas. It was founded in 1962 and is now a third-generation family-owned business. Its customers include oil and gas companies, pipeline companies, utilities, government agencies, and private businesses, and much of its work is along rights-of-way. The services include right-of-way brush spraying, bare ground weed control, mowing, right-of-way clearing, line clearance, side trimming, mulching, erosion control, pipeline maintenance, and building and maintaining access roads. It also installs fences, gates and culverts, and does aquatic applications and seismic clearing. The work is done by licensed applicators and certified operators, with credentials from NCCER and Veriforce. The company holds ISA Certified Arborist certification and runs over 200 application rigs along with a fleet of tractors, mowers and UTVs. Regional offices are in Brownfield, Bryan and Weatherford, with local offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. Counties served include Parker, Wise and Tarrant, along with many others across Texas. Jobs of any size are taken: "No job is too large or too small." It suits a landowner who needs brush control, clearing or site work along a pipeline, road or power line, rather than someone looking to sell standing timber. From chemweed.com, read 18 October 2026.
Tree Mann Solutions is a tree consulting firm in Georgetown, Texas. It works on development and tree preservation. Its services include tree surveys, feasibility studies, site plan analysis, and help with city tree permits, from early talks with city staff before a plan is submitted through final approval. It also offers post-construction care for trees that are kept on a property. Its main clients are developers, property managers, and cities, not landowners selling timber. Its own line is "Save time, money, and trees." It names Austin, San Antonio, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston as its main areas, and says it will work "wherever else we can be of service." It also advises on species selection and placement for cities, schools, and HOAs. The team lists 182 years of combined experience in the green industry and has 22 members. Its credentials include ISA Certified Arborist and Texas Oak Wilt Qualified (Texas ISA). The team has five Board Certified Master Arborists and 18 certified arborists, and staff hold PMP and RCA credentials. This firm suits a landowner who plans to build on land with trees and needs help with city tree rules, not someone looking for a timber buyer or logger. From treemannsolutions.com, read 18 October 2026.
TUF Industrial is a vegetation management company in Stafford, Texas, in Harris County. It works along power lines, pipelines and industrial sites, keeping trees, brush and grass under control. The work is done with tractors, brush clearing equipment and licensed herbicide applicators. The business says it works throughout Texas. Listed services include brush clearing, tractor mowing, herbicide application, site work such as access roads and culverts, transmission right of way maintenance, hydroseeding and turf establishment. The company began in 2010 as a commercial tree service and moved into industrial vegetation management in 2015. Its stated credentials are ISA Certified Arborist, Certified Line Clearance Arborists and Licensed Pesticide Applicator. "Right of way maintenance and vegetation are our specialty." Their pages describe scheduled mowing and one-off clearing projects, and they say they will tell you up front if a job is not a fit. This suits owners who need a right of way or industrial site kept clear, more than owners who want to sell standing timber. From tufindustrial.com, read 18 October 2026.
Michele Forry Landscape Co. Inc. is a landscape and tree care business in San Antonio, Texas, operating since 1989. It is woman owned and operated. Michele Forry holds a degree in horticulture and a master's in agriculture, and the firm handles landscape work from design and installation to lawn care, irrigation and lighting. For a landowner with trees, the useful work is pruning to ANSI 300 standards, inspections and evaluations of all tree species, tree inventories, appraisals, and tree injections for oak wilt prevention. The firm also gives expert testimony when a matter requires it. Its credentials include ISA Certified Arborist, Certified Oak Wilt Specialist, Licensed Pesticide Applicator and Licensed Irrigation Professional. The work is fully insured for your protection. Once a proposal is accepted, a project can generally be finished within two to three weeks, and proposals are itemized for all landscape elements. Counties served include Bexar, Travis, Hidalgo and Nueces, 82 in all. It suits a landowner who needs tree care, an evaluation or an appraisal done on property in one of those counties, rather than someone looking to sell standing timber. From micheleforrylandscape.com, read 18 October 2026.
ArborCare and Consulting is a tree care and consulting firm in Boerne, Texas, owned by Kevin Belter. Its main trade is tree care, with some land clearing and site work. Oak wilt is a central focus, and the firm says, "We know how to treat Oak Wilt successfully." Red oaks get the most attention, including massive red oaks. The work includes oak wilt injections and management plans, pruning, tree risk and wildfire risk assessments, disease and pest diagnosis, pesticide and fertilizer applications, tree transplants, stump grinding, lot clearing, site surveys, and hazardous removals. Kevin Belter holds ISA Board Certified Master Arborist status and is Texas Oak Wilt Qualified, a credential held continuously since 2006. The firm also lists a Texas Department of Agriculture commercial applicator license, Tree Risk Assessment qualification, and membership in the American Society of Consulting Arborists. They name Bexar, Comal, Kerr, Travis, and Kendall among the counties they serve, and they offer on-site consultation in every county of Texas. To begin, call the office to set up a consultation, which leads to a plan of action. This suits a landowner whose concern is the health or safety of the trees on the land, such as oak wilt, a hazard tree, or a lot that needs clearing. From arborcareandconsulting.com, read 18 October 2026.
Rockoff Tree Solutions is a tree care company in Kerrville, Texas, run by Karen Rockoff. It calls itself a full service arboricultural company for the Central Texas Hill Country, working on home and business properties as well as hill country ranches. Karen started the operation in 1992 in Houston and moved it to Kerrville in 2009. The work is mostly about tree health and disease. Services include oak wilt management, tree health management, air spading, soil aeration, new development work, and treatment for Phytophthora root and crown rot. For oak wilt, the company diagnoses the trees first, then treats them by injection with a Chemjet Tree Injection System, which can treat multiple trees in as little as a day. The species named are Post Oak, Monterrey Oak, and Lacey Oak. On-site consultations are available, and a DNA lab sample costs $35 per test if you want one. The company lists an ISA Certified Arborist credential, a Licensed Pesticide Applicator, a TX Oak Wilt Qualified credential, a TX Master Certified Nursery Professional, and a TX Forest Service Wildfire Risk Mitigation Specialist. Its named service areas are Fredericksburg, Boerne, Harper, Bandera, and Hunt. Counties served include Kerr, Gillespie, Kendall, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Hays, Travis, and Medina. The company describes its approach as "your first line of defense" against oak wilt. This suits a landowner with oaks that look unwell who wants a proper diagnosis and disease treatment, not someone looking to sell or log timber. From oakwilt.com, read 18 October 2026.
Oak Wilt Pros is a tree care business in Dripping Springs, Texas, that treats and prevents oak wilt. Brothers Stephen and Mark Ashby founded it, and they say they bring over 15 years of experience with the disease. Their stated aim is to "Stop oak wilt before it spreads." The work centers on live oaks and other oak trees. A certified arborist writes a plan of care for your trees, which may include fungicide injections or trenching. The injections go into the tree's water-conducting system through small holes drilled in the root flares. The trenches are cut to 52 inches, deeper than the Texas Forest Service minimum, and at least 100 feet from the infected area. They also do property inspections, including pre-purchase inspections for oak wilt. Each inspection comes with a written report and estimates for any recommended work, usually within 48 hours. They also make PGR applications using Cambistat. They cover Central Texas and its affected counties, including Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hays, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Lampasas, Llano, Travis, and Williamson. Stephen is an ISA Certified Arborist and a licensed commercial applicator with the Texas Department of Agriculture. Mark is an ISA Certified Arborist and Texas Oak Wilt Qualified, and he says he has personally injected thousands of trees. They offer a free consultation. This business suits a landowner with oaks in one of those counties who needs oak wilt diagnosis, treatment, or an inspection. From oakwiltpros.com, read 18 October 2026.
Certified Arbor Care, Inc is a tree care company based in Hutto, Texas. It does residential and commercial tree work, oak wilt management and consulting arborist services, including appraisals, arborist reports and tree protection on construction sites. Lot clearing and brush hauling are on its list too. The company was "Founded in 2006 by two foresters," and it is family owned. Oaks are the main species it names, live oak trees and oaks. Fresh cuts on oaks get painted, because an open wound can let in oak wilt. A job starts with an arborist visit. The arborist comes out, looks at the trees and talks through your options on site, and the proposal is written and free. Work is invoiced after it is done, emailed and payable online. Projects that need materials bought up front, such as planting, may take a deposit. Crews clean up and remove debris after each project. The service area runs from Temple south to San Marcos and west to the Highland Lakes. It covers 19 counties, among them Bell, Bexar, Burnet, Comal, Hays, Travis and Williamson. Eight ISA Certified Arborists are on staff, along with a Registered Consulting Arborist, six Texas Oak Wilt Qualified arborists, a Tree Risk Assessment Qualified arborist and a TDA commercial pesticide applicator. Texas does not license arborists, so the company points to ISA certification as its standard. It carries general liability and workers' compensation insurance. It suits a landowner with oaks or other trees around a home or commercial property in this part of Texas who wants a certified arborist on site first, before any work is chosen. From certifiedarborcare.net, read 18 October 2026.
Full Canopy Tree Care is a tree care business in Austin, Texas, based at 12307 Roxie Drive. It works on living trees: removing hazardous ones, pruning and trimming, treating pests and diseases, planting, grinding stumps, and clearing storm damage. It also offers arborist consultations and has operated since 2003. The work centers on native oaks, cedar elms and Ashe juniper. Oak wilt treatment includes fungicide injections and root barrier trenching. Estimates are given up front, with "no surprises" along the way. To start, you call or use the online form, and staff set a time for an on-site visit where an arborist examines the tree from root flare to crown. Emergency calls are answered at any hour. The stated credentials are ISA Certified Arborist, Licensed Pesticide Applicator, and Texas Oak Wilt Qualified (Texas ISA). Service reaches Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties, including Georgetown, Leander, Liberty Hill, Cedar Park, South Austin, North Austin, Round Rock and Pflugerville. This business suits a landowner whose trees need health care, oak wilt work or storm cleanup in the Austin area. From fullcanopy.com, read 18 October 2026.
Lone Star Tree & Turfgrass Consulting is an independent agronomic and plant health care consulting firm in Georgetown, Texas. It advises people who manage turfgrass, trees and ornamental plants, including golf courses, athletic complexes, municipalities, school districts, development managers, and landscape managers and architects. The firm has over a decade in the green industry. The work is soil, tissue and water testing, data analysis, fertility recommendations, reviews of cultural practices like mowing and irrigation, and full site evaluations that look at compaction, drainage, light, airflow and disease pressure. The firm's own line is "If it is worth managing, it is worth measuring." It also helps with development projects, from planning and plant selection to quality control during construction. Testing runs through Brookside Laboratories, which the consultants are affiliated with through the Amplify network. The owner, Kyle Foreman, is a Certified Professional Turfgrass Manager and an ISA Certified Arborist, and he also holds Texas Oak Wilt Qualified Arborist and ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified Arborist credentials. The firm works in Bell, Burnet, Travis and Williamson counties and describes its mission as serving Texas. Its work is turf and tree health for managers, not timber. A landowner who wants timber cruised, sold or logged would need a different kind of firm. This one suits a landowner with trees or turf who wants a science-based look at plant health. From lonestarttc.com, read 18 October 2026.
Simple Leaf Tree Care is a tree care business in Wimberley, Texas. It says it is "tree care experts with many fruitful years in the industry." Its work covers tree removal, trimming, pruning, disease treatment, planting, and emergency tree removal, all aimed at keeping trees healthy, safe, and well shaped. The business is led by an ISA Certified Arborist. It also states that it is Texas Oak Wilt Qualified, certified in Tree Risk Assessments (TRAQs), and fully insured. It offers free estimates before any work begins. For a removal, its arborists inspect the trees to assess health, size, position, and surroundings, then plan the job. It serves Wimberley, San Marcos, Canyon Lake, Kyle, Dripping Springs, and Austin in the Texas Hill Country, and lists Bexar, Comal, Hays, and Travis counties as areas it covers. Its pages describe work for homeowners, business owners, property managers, and developers, as well as some municipal work in parks and streets. It suits a landowner who wants trees around the home or on a managed property kept healthy, removed when needed, or treated for oak wilt. From simpleleaftreecare.com, read 18 October 2026.
Lakeway Tree Experts is a tree care firm in Austin, Texas, and has operated since 1985. The work is about tree health and tree care, not timber sales or logging. Services include diagnosing and treating sick trees, oak wilt diagnosis and treatment, pruning and removal, spraying, fertilizing, deep root feeding, cabling and bracing, mistletoe removal, and tree appraisals. They also offer consulting and expert witness work, plus a maintenance program of sprays and root feedings from January through October. Arlen Fisher owns and runs the business, and you deal with him directly. Staff hold ISA Certified Arborist, Degreed Consulting Arborist, ISA Oak Wilt Certified, ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified, and Licensed Pesticide Applicator credentials. The firm is fully insured, and a certificate is available on request. Their stated service counties are Burnet, Concho, Ector, Glasscock, Hays, Howard, Llano, Martin, Midland, Sterling, Tom Green, Travis, and Williamson. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 7am to 6pm, with 24 hour emergency service. Their motto, "WE SAVE TREES®", sums up the focus. This business suits a landowner who needs tree health work, oak wilt treatment, or an appraisal of trees in those counties, rather than someone to buy or cut timber. From lakewaytreeexperts.com, read 18 October 2026.
Tree Amigos is a locally owned and operated tree service based in Cedar Park, Texas. It has been working since 2017 and serves Austin and Hays, Travis and Williamson counties. The work is tree care: pruning, removal, stump removal, planting, arboricultural consulting, plant health care and development services. The business says it takes on jobs from a single tree up to all the trees on a property or in an office park. Plant health care is a large part of what they do. Owners Andrew Anstrom and Austin McCoy say they have over a decade of tree disease diagnosis and treatment work, covering problems such as powdery mildew, oak wilt, heat stress and freeze damage. The credentials they state include ISA Certified Arborist, Board Certified Master Arborist, Licensed Pesticide Applicator and Texas Oak Wilt Qualified. On a job, the business says a certified arborist handles the work from the recommendation all the way to the final cut. Most of the time, the arborist who recommends the pruning is the one who comes back to do it. A free consultation is offered, and the business says "Your satisfaction is guaranteed and you will not pay until we are done." They also say they are fully insured. For a construction project near trees, their staff can help with the City of Austin's tree ordinances. Tree Amigos suits a landowner whose trees sit close to a home, a yard or a building project in the Austin area and who wants a certified arborist to look at the trees before anything is cut. From austintreeamigos.com, read 18 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Travis County?
38 businesses are listed for Travis County: 17 consulting foresters and 21 buyers, loggers and mills. 17 of them have offices in the county.
How much is my timber worth in Travis County?
Nobody can tell you what your timber is worth without walking it. Value depends on the species, the size and grade of the trees, how thickly they stand, the ground conditions and how easily a logger can reach them. Texas A&M Forest Service publishes a free bi-monthly survey of East Texas stumpage sales, in dollars per ton, which tells you what the market is doing, not what your tract holds. Anyone who quotes you a figure without seeing the land is guessing, and a guess in that direction is rarely in your favour.
What stumpage value means →Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Travis County?
You do not have to use one. A consulting forester works for you rather than the buyer, marks the timber, runs a sealed-bid sale and typically charges a percentage of the sale. Research from several state extension services has found that timber sold through a consultant often returns enough more to cover the fee, though results vary by tract and by market. The decision usually turns on the size of the sale and whether you have sold timber before.
Do I need a forestry consultant? →Do I need a permit to cut timber in Texas?
Texas has no statewide permit and no notification to harvest timber on your own land. The Texas A&M Forest Service's own guidance for selling timber runs from identifying your boundaries to closing out the sale without a permit, a licence or a notice to any agency at any step. What state law does require is between you and your buyer: it is unlawful in Texas to sell or buy a wood product without a written bill of sale documenting who owns it, so the contract is where your protection lives. Forestry Best Management Practices here are genuinely voluntary rather than voluntary-with-an-asterisk — the Forest Service calls its BMP programme non-regulatory and completely voluntary in its own words — though following them is still what keeps a harvest clear of water quality trouble, and taking state cost-share money makes them a condition of the money. On local rules, Texas is unusual twice over. State law counts silviculture as an agricultural operation, and a city's ordinance does not apply at all to an agricultural operation outside its city limits and applies inside them only on a narrow showing. Counties are weaker still, because Texas counties do not have zoning authority. But this is not blanket protection: a county requirement that was already in effect before your operation began does apply to you, so check with the county before work starts. One last thing worth knowing before you sign: Texas does not register or license foresters, so a forester's credentials here are professional rather than statutory, and the accreditations you see — Texas Accredited Forester, SAF Certified Forester, ACF, Texas Pro Logger — are voluntary programmes rather than a state licence.
Permit rules in Texas →What is timber worth in Travis County?
No price series is published for Travis County on its own. Texas's latest published stumpage figures (Texas A&M Forest Service, May–June 2026) put mixed hardwood sawtimber at $36.82–$38.98 per ton. What your own timber brings depends on the species, the size and amount of it, and how far it is from a mill. A timber cruise by a forester settles it.