Services TimberCorp offers include:
TIMBER MARKETING - Our years of experience and knowledge of the marketplace enable us to locate the best markets for the sale of your timber. We will quickly be able to achieve results in getting full-market price.
Our timber marketing services include:- Market timing
- Accurate appraisals
- Marking sale boundaries
- Compliance with Best Management Practices
- Preparation of sales prospectus
- Solicitation for bids
- Preparation of sales contract
- Inspection of harvesting operations
- Coordination and supervision of reforestation
TIMBERLAND MANAGEMENT - Our foresters will manage your timberland to return to you the greatest level of satisfaction. Our services in this area include improving and maintaining present timber stands through proven scientific methods including prescribed burning, growth analysis, thinning, herbicide treatments, fertilization, insect and disease control, final harvests, and reforestation.
TIMBERLAND APPRAISAL - TimberCorp is uniquely qualified for appraising timberland. Very few licensed, certified general real estate appraisers are also licensed foresters. Through the appraisal services of TimberCorp, you can get a reliable estimate of the value of your land and timber.
TIMBERLAND BROKERAGE - If you want to sell all or part of your timberland, TimberCorp can help. Through our real estate brokerage services, we work hard to make sure you get top dollar for your land. We will expose your land to as many potential buyers as possible, using our subsidiary, Forest and Wildlife Properties, LLC (www.timberlandsales.com), and through our own extensive buyers list and by cooperating with other professional brokers throughout the country. If you want to buy timberland, we can work as your agent to help you locate and assess timberland tracts to meet your needs.
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT - Our company can provide professional wildlife management advice and planning. Our professionals have educational and practical experience in management related to common game and non- game species. We specialize in designing management plans tailored to meet your overall tract management objectives. We currently administer over 130 hunting leases for our clients.
TIMBER INVENTORIES - We use a professional and experienced staff along with cutting-edge technology to efficiently and accurately estimate timber volumes and values. Our tools include electronic and laser distance meters, digital height measurement, data recorders, Global Positioning System receivers to accurately determine acreage and stand boundaries, and computerized volume processing. We can estimate volumes in the units of your choice including board feet, cords, cubic feet, or tons. We keep all sample plot data separate so we can determine the statistical precision of the inventory. Our system also lets us compute volumes for any specific area or combination of areas.
GROWTH STUDIES - We can accurately predict future growth rates of individual forest stands and for the entire property using actual growth data from your tract and/or using sophisticated computerized growth and yield models. Understanding growth rates is a key component to scheduling harvests to maximize financial returns.
TAX BASIS APPRAISALS - In order to accurately determine the income tax you owe from timber and land sales, you must know your cost basis and timber depletion balances. We can establish these currently or retroactively for owners who need to document values at the time they purchased or inherited their timberland.
EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY - We have a successful tract record for assisting landowners, timber companies, and their legal advisors in such legal issues as unauthorized timber cutting, damage estimates, professional conduct, contract compliance, and property partitions.
FOREST INVESTMENT COUNSELING - Timberland can be an excellent investment. Let us help you analyze a prospective purchase or an existing property to help ensure that you don’t pay too much, sell at the wrong time, or omit needed silvicultural treatments.
LAND PARTITIONS - We are experienced in equitably dividing timber and farmland tracts into separate parcels of equal value and utility. We have helped families and co-owners divide properties on a friendly basis as well as for state and federal courts. The fact that we understand timber and timberland, along with our inventory and mapping technology to accurately estimate acreage and values, puts us in the unique position to fairly divide properties.
MARKET RESEARCH - TimberCorp has assisted state agencies, large timber companies, large landowners, timber investors, and other forestry consulting firms by conducting research concerning stumpage values, land values, timber weight equations, and supply and demand for timber and nursery seedlings.
REFORESTATION - TimberCorp coordinates and oversees the reforestation of several thousand acres annually. Our foresters are experienced and trained in the most cost effective practices to ensure the successful establishment of the next forest. We offer “Chevrolet” and “Cadillac” reforestation options based on the goals of our clients.
PROPERTY INSPECTIONS - Annual property inspections are an important tool to make sure that property is in good growing condition. Inspections can identify potential problems such as trespass, storm and insect damage, dumping, etc. Inspections also reveal silvicultural needs such as thinnings, harvests, herbicide treatments, pest management, boundary line maintenance, etc. We recommend that a professional forester inspect your property at least annually. We also offer aerial inspections to quickly and inexpensively detect pine beetles, beavers, wind damage, and other problems that cannot be easily detected by simply riding by a tract.
COMPUTER MAPPING - We use both custom flown and public domain aerial photography along with GPS data to accurately map your property. Using the Geographic Information System software ArcView 9.0 we can produce electronic and/or printed color maps of your tract that depict whatever features you desire. We can show roads, food plots, deer stands, archeological features, buildings, etc. Once in our system, we can update these maps to reflect additions or improvements to your property over time.
LEASE NEGOTIATIONS - We are experienced in negotiating many types of leases including oil and gas, seismic permits, hunting, agricultural, rights-of-way, and easements. Let us “get in the middle” to negotiate the best deal for you.