Burns Forestry
About Burns Forestry
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.
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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Counties covered
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