Services

At Moore and Son Forestry & Land Consulting, we specialize in helping landowners manage their timber and land. We offer a variety of services to meet the needs of our clients, including timber inventory, timber sales, forest management planning, and land appraisals. Our goal is to assist landowners in making informed decisions about their land and timber assets, ultimately helping them achieve their goals in land management and conservation. We are committed to providing professional and personalized services to our clients, ensuring that each landowner receives tailored solutions that meet their specific needs. Allow us the chance to sell you on the need of good forest management.

Forest Inventory & Appraisal

If you need to determine the value of your timber, this service should be considered. Maybe you are considering a sale or purchase of a property. In that case you want to know the timber value in order to determine the properties total value.

An inventory is a sample of the total tree population. A properly conducted inventory can yield an accurate account of the total volume. Once a volume is determined, a value may be placed on each timber species. The fee for this service is dependent upon the size of the tract, travel distance, terrain, etc. Contact us for a free consultation and estimate.

The Importance of a Forest Inventory Report

Eli Moore

Nov 17, 2023

Timber Sale

Timber sales are the main service we provide. Most people who contact us are looking into this service to make an informed decision. Most timber that is not sold by a consultant is sold on what is called the shares method. In the shares method, the logger cuts the trees and takes them to mills and pays you a percent of what they receive. The percent you receive is dependent on what you are selling, but commonly you will receive 50-60% of the timber value.

We do not sell timber on the shares method. This is because we want our clients to have certainty. In the shares method, you will not know what your timber is worth until the last log is sold. Also, once logs leave your property, you cannot be assured you are paid for them. Most loggers are honorable people, but trust us, a few bad apples can spoil the whole bunch. We choose to market your timber by utilizing two safe and very effective methods. See below.

What Does the Timber Sale Process Look Like?

Kraig Moore

Jan 1, 2023

Competitive Sealed Bid Method: In this method, the timber is placed on the market for buyers to evaluate and submit a sealed bid by the sale date. Your timber will be on the market for approximately 30 days. During that time, buyers are free to evaluate the timber on their own, or attend a scheduled day for me to show them the timber. The timber we sell by this method has to meet our minimum standards. First, it needs to be good in quality, be of reasonable maturity (size) and good species mix. In addition, the tract should have good access to remove the timber, and seller allows adequate time for removal (usually one year). Other factors may be considered.
Negotiated Method: We use this method when the timber to be sold does not meet the above standards. In other words, timber that is small, poor quality, poor species mix, difficult access or short removal time etc. Once we have the timber measured, we determine what is to be considered fair market value. We then take it directly to potential buyers. We will show the timber to as many buyers as necessary until we find one that will pay a fair price and meet the contract requirements.

Wildlife Management

A majority of our clients are avid hunters. With the steady rise of quality deer management, tailoring forest management to meet their goals is our specialty. As avid hunters ourselves, we understand the need for a thick forest understory for bedding, and a strong nutritious diet of acorns and herbaceous plants. By walking your property, we can come to a plan on how to grow quality wildlife while helping you fund your endeavors though a specialized timber sale. Land is unique. By definition, no property is the same. In the same way, no wildlife management should be the same. Allow us to help you create that honey hole property.

Real Estate Sales

We specialize in selling woodland and farm properties. As a broker and sales associate for the Bowling Green Branch with National Land Realty, we can offer top tier advertisement and experience.

National Land website feeds into 12 other websites such as Land and Farm, Lands of America, Landwatch and nine others. We offer 360 drone tours that allow people from all over the country to have a detailed tour of the property from their screen. Lastly, we have a whole National Land team of people who provide us the tools to get your property sold such as a marketing team, social media team, and GIS team. Visit our site to see the work we are currently doing for others.

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Management Plans

By working with the landowner and their objectives, we can write a detailed long term plan to help you reach your goals. By walking the property, we can determine the state and potential of it. Using GIS programing, we can divide the property into stands and assign each one a specific objective.

Are your objectives to keep the land in the family for decades? Does your hunting property lack quality wildlife? No matter what the objective is, we can help you plan meet your goals.

Timber Harvest Trespass

Has timber been illegally taken from your property?

As Forestry Consultants, we can offer expert appraisal and testimony on your behalf. In the state of Kentucky, landowners are entitled to 3x the market value of the illegally harvested trees plus other expenses.