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This publication offers tips on marketing and selling, timber terminology, examples of timber sale agreements and advice on seeking professional help from a consulting forester. By using this guide, landowners can make their next (or first) timber sale a pleasant and profitable experience.
This note explains the benefits of establishing a timber basis for tax and casualty loss benefit. Step by step examples are offered for owners to understand the process of calculating a basis and adding and depleting it when managing or harvesting timber, respectively. Finally, a copy of the federal Internal Revenue Service Form T (Timber) is provided to show how to document the establishment of a basis with tax authorities or for your personal records.
This publication provides information regarding lumber production by North Carolina manufacturers over a 19-year time series, 1998 through 2016, along with consumption statistics by downstream sectors and final users.
Tips for preventing timber trespass and theft are reviewed in this publication. Special documentation of pertinent laws, avoidance strategies and steps to take once your timber or property has been stolen or trespassed upon.
This publication is an example of a timber sale contract for "pay as cut" sales where seller receives compensation once timber is harvested and leaves the property. The example details provisions that have "stood the test of time" and have gone through professional and legal review. The contract is provided for educational use and sellers are advised to seek professional forester assistance as well as tax and legal assistance as needed.
Historic price data for standing timber from 1976-2024 for North Carolina. Data are reported for four timber product categories (pine sawtimber and pulpwood, and mixed hardwood sawtimber and pulpwood) for Eastern North Carolina, Western North Carolina, the State of North Carolina, and the Southeast United States.
Historic price data for delivered timber, prices paid upon delivery to the mill, from 1988-2024 for North Carolina. Data are reported for four timber product categories (pine sawtimber and pulpwood, and mixed hardwood sawtimber and pulpwood) for Eastern North Carolina, Western North Carolina, the State of North Carolina, and the Southeast United States.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Cabarrus County.
Following a storm timber owners are often interested in salvaging their timber, but the utilization of storm-damaged timber depends on physical damage to trees and the length of time between damage and harvest. This publication provides guidelines for the utilization of storm-damaged timber.
This publication for landowners discusses the importance of consulting a professional forester before selling timber and describes the credentials held by reputable foresters.
The economic impact timber production has on North Carolina’s economy is significant. Income Estimates by County for Timber Harvesting in North Carolina is compiled from the following sources, US Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis Data, Timber Products Output Survey, and Timber Mart-South. These estimates provide information on both stumpage value and delivered value for timber harvested and delivered to mills.
This publication reviews the basic steps and cost factors associated with woody biomass harvest, processing, and transportation. This provides the landowner with the basic technology and general economics of biomass production in North Carolina and forest management options currently available.
This note describes how a quality Index can be used to predict the lumber product value of white oak logs.
Woody biomass harvesting for renewable energy generation and bio-based products is likely to increase in North Carolina - sparked by higher energy prices and government policies to promote renewable energy. The expansion of a wood-based energy industry has prompted concerns about intensified forest biomass removal and its potential impact on water, wildlife, biodiversity and site nutrients. This publication reviews common, cost effective strategies that minimize, prevent, or mitigate harvest impacts.
This publication describes how emerging biomass markets can increase your timber health and productivity through harvesting, stand replacement, thinning, crop tree release and fuel reduction.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Alamance County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Robeson County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Hertford County.
Prism sweep and line intercept methods were compared for accuracy and efficiency to measure woody biomass residues on a recently harvested site in Eastern North Carolina. A 100% tally control on 0.1 acre plots was used to compare volume estimates of tested methods. Estimates of residual volume were accurate and not significantly different. Prism sweeps required an average of three minutes per plot, whereas line intersect samples averaged seventeen minutes per plot. Prism sweeps were accurate and five times more efficient than line intersect samples.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Alexander County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Halifax County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Randolph County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Martin County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to New Hanover County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Surry County.
On May 28, 2009, new rules for reporting of lump-sum timber sales went into effect. This document outlines these new rules.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Cherokee County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Avery County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Hoke County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Lenoir County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Tyrrell County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Wayne County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Wilkes County.
This factsheet describes in greater detail the methodology used to estimate the economic contributions of North Carolina’s forest products industry. It is a companion piece to the bulletin North Carolina’s Forests and Forest Products Industry By the Numbers, where a variety of figures and statistics are provided on the management and conversion of standing timber into primary and secondary wood and fiber products.
This note discusses how a Quality Index can be used to predict the lumber product value of northern red oak logs.
2016 income estimates ranked by county for standing timber and timber harvest and delivered to the mill. Includes estimate of timberland by county.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Caswell County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Burke County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Brunswick County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Bertie County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Henderson County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Pasquotank County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Person County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Scotland County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Vance County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Union County.
Estimates of income of North Carolina timber harvested and delivered to mills.
This publication offers county-level income data of North Carolina timber harvested and delivered to mills.
List of 2020 income by county of North Carolina timber harvested and delivered to mills. Data includes acres and percentage of timberland, stumpage value, delivered value and rank within the state.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Chatham County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Camden County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Caldwell County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Ashe County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Alleghany County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Franklin County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Harnett County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Nash County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Richmond County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Stanly County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Wilson County.
2015 income estimates ranked by county for standing timber and timber harvest and delivered to the mill. Includes estimate of timberland by county.
2017 income estimates ranked by county for standing timber and timber harvest and delivered to the mill. Includes estimate of timberland by county.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Chowan County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Carteret County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Craven County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Cleveland County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Davidson County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Duplin County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Durham County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Graham County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Haywood County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Lee County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Lincoln County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Mecklenburg County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Montgomery County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Moore County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Onslow County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Pamlico County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Perquimans County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Rockingham County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Stokes County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Wake County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Warren County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Yadkin County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to McDowell County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Davie County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Catawba County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Anson County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Columbus County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Clay County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Cumberland County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Forsyth County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Guilford County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Iredell County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Macon County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Mitchell County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Rowan County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Sampson County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Washington County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Watauga County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Yancey County.
This factsheet provides an estimate of income derived form standing timber and upon delivery to the mill by county for all 100 counties in North Carolina. It also provides an estimate of timberland in each county.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Buncombe County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Dare County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Gates County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Greene County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Hyde County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Jackson County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Madison County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Northampton County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Pender County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Rutherford County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Bladen County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Currituck County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Edgecombe County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Gaston County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Orange County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Pitt County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Polk County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Swain County.
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Granville County .
This factsheet, part of a series on forestry impacts in North Carolina, offers information specific to Beaufort County.
