The Forestry Company
About The Forestry Company
The Forestry Company's pitch is 'Less Talk.... More Action': it says it does more than tell landowners what they should do to manage land for wildlife habitat and profitability, it does it for them, with trained staff who develop and implement the forest management plan to improve the income potential of the land while enhancing wildlife habitat. It says it employs experienced foresters, technicians and appraisers, and runs its own skilled operators and fleet of heavy equipment for the toughest site preparation and prescribed burning jobs. On timber sales, staff market the timber and manage the harvest following all silvicultural Best Management Practices, and the firm implements a timber security system during the harvest to ensure appropriate accounting and payment. On inventory, its cruisers use hand-held computers to capture volume and product classes, and it can provide a full appraisal following the Uniform Standards of Appraisal Practice. The published service list runs to prescribed burning and wildfire suppression; site preparation, herbicide and fertiliser application; reforestation; timber sales and harvesting; timber inventory and appraisal; real estate and appraisal; wildlife management; timberland management; and specialty services. Founder Don Curtis grew up around the forests and mountains of east Tennessee, took a BS in Forest Resources at the Warnell School of Forestry at the University of Georgia, graduated in 1979, worked in both public and private sector forestry, and started The Forestry Company at age 40 — the site prints those two facts but never a founding year, so none is recorded here. There is a similar split on reach: the mission statement limits the work to public and private landowners in Florida and Georgia, while the founder's story says the business grew to serve landowners across the southeast USA. The sixty-seven Florida counties on this listing come from the firm's own filing with the Florida Forest Service, which also records Association of Consulting Foresters membership, Georgia Registered Forester, Florida Certified Burner, Florida licensed commercial pesticide applicator, certified real estate appraiser and Florida real estate broker credentials. The office is at 502 West Green Street in Perry. (source: theforestrycompany.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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The Forestry Company
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