Timber Appraisals in Alabama
An independent written valuation of your standing timber helps with estate, sale, damage, trespass, or any decision where guessing is expensive. Defensible written timber appraisals for Alabama landowners — built from a field cruise, current regional stumpage, and product-class breakdown. Used for estates, sales, lending, basis, casualty loss, and partition.
Quick Answers
- What you get
- A written timber appraisal report, signed by a Registered Forester licensed in Alabama and Mississippi.
- Who it's for
- Heirs, executors, CPAs, attorneys, lenders, insurance adjusters, and landowners weighing a sale.
- Coverage
- Tracts across western, central, and southern Alabama within Southeast Forestlands' Alabama service area.
- What it isn't
- Tax, legal, or investment advice. We document timber value — your CPA or attorney applies it.
Why a written timber appraisal matters
Standing timber is real value, but it isn't worth what a casual estimate or a buyer's offer says it is. A written appraisal documents volume by product, current stumpage assumptions, and the basis for the value — the same information a court, CPA, or insurer will ask for.
For inherited Alabama timberland especially, an appraisal at the right point in time (often date of death) is what allows the next generation to establish basis correctly and avoid paying tax on value that was never theirs.
What's in the appraisal
- On-the-ground timber cruise sized to tract complexity
- Volumes by product class — pulpwood, chip-n-saw, sawtimber, pole, hardwood grade
- Current regional stumpage assumptions, dated and sourced
- Map of stand types and any condition notes (storm damage, beetle, mortality)
- Signed report from a Registered Forester
Credentials
Eric Entrekin — Alabama Registered Forester (MS2175), Mississippi Registered Forester #2175, USDA NRCS Technical Service Provider. Registered forester since 2001.
Why Hire a Consulting Forester?
A timber appraisal helps landowners understand timber value before negotiating, settling an estate, handling a land sale, evaluating damage, or responding to an unsolicited timber offer.
Your first phone call and initial online property review are at no charge. If we believe we may be able to help, we'll explain the process, discuss the tract, and recommend next steps before any paid work begins.
Landowner FAQ
Independent representation. Transparent results.
Whether you have ten acres or ten thousand, our team works for the landowner — never the mill. Based in Meridian, MS and serving timberland across Mississippi and western Alabama.