Three Rivers Forestry
About Three Rivers Forestry
Three Rivers Forestry LLC is a consulting forestry firm in Tappahannock, Virginia. John C. Magruder founded it in February 1998, and it serves public and private landowners across eastern Virginia. Their own words are "Turn your forest into income while meeting your management goals." The counties they list include Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, Hanover, Lancaster, Middlesex, Richmond and Westmoreland, among others. They offer forest management plans, timberland evaluations, timber cruising, thinning, reforestation, prescribed burning, drone and mapping, and custom sawmilling, and they list harvesting as well. On a timber sale they handle courthouse research, mapping, cruising, marking and harvest supervision. Sales go to over 100 potential buyers, who have two to three weeks to submit sealed bids, and the winning buyer must close within 30 days. The first consultation is often free. Their timber sale pay is commission-based, and the cruise cost is included in that commission if the timber sells, "keeping our success tied directly to yours." The smallest tract they show work on is the 10-acre S.B Baird job. That is a past job, not a stated minimum. They list affiliations with ACF, DOF, SAF, Tree Farm, VFA and VLA, and they describe their role as consulting forester under Virginia state code. It suits a landowner who wants one firm to run the whole timber sale, from courthouse research to harvest supervision, paid by commission. From trfva.com, read 23 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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