Preserving Legacy Conservation Easements Land preservation for future generations is as important today as it ever has been. Private landowners understand how nature attributes to their family’s quality of life. For this reason, the legacy of their land holdings is often of supreme importance. This creates some difficult decisions when more intensive land use opportunities … Continue Reading →

Industry Observations: It’s All About the Incentives In the first two articles of this series, we introduced the basic business fundamentals of supply and demand and working markets during the COVID-19 crisis.  In our final article, we will explore how incentives are driving management behaviors in the COVID-19 economic environment.  I’ll also provide insight into … Continue Reading →

Industry Observations: Markets Work In the first article of this series, we introduced how changing business conditions resulting from COVID-19 were impacting the basic fundamentals of supply and demand.  As we continue to deal with economic uncertainty in the current business climate, our second article presents an overview of general market principles that help us … Continue Reading →

Industry Observations: COVID-19 Impacts Pandemic is a word that I’m not sure I could have spelled three months ago.  Unfortunately, we are now all too familiar with the term and with COVID-19.  I don’t think any of us saw this one coming, and they sure didn’t teach us about this in forestry school.  As we … Continue Reading →

Exercise Caution When Selling Timber Roughly 70% of the timberland in Georgia is owned by non-industrial private forestland owners. Most of these timberland owners go to a job every morning that has nothing to do with the growing, harvesting, or marketing of timber.  Given timber is such a unique asset class and selling it occurs … Continue Reading →

The Challenges of Managing Family Forest Business in Transition Historically, most entrepreneurs have acquired their initial timberland property for recreational purposes or from an inheritance.  Over time, additional property is acquired, and their ownership slowly grows into a significant part of their overall investment portfolio.  As time passes, the ownership develops into a sizable family … Continue Reading →

Every timberland owner has the desire to manage their property responsibly, but there are varying degrees of knowledge about how to best accomplish that objective. Some owners seek the advice of family members, friends, service contractors, or timber buyers. Others may use government assistance or seek professional guidance.

What something is “worth” can mean various things to different people. In most cases, “worth” implies “market value”, which means the price that a preponderance of knowledgeable buyers would pay for your property.

Every landowner asks, “What is my timber worth?” The most truthful answer is, “It all depends!”