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Alabama Timberland

WHO OWNS ALABAMA’S TIMBERLAND, & WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

For starters, roughly 70 percent of Alabama is timberland, totaling 22.9 million acres (Hartsell 2014). Almost all (94 percent) of this land is privately owned by a changing mixture of individuals, families, and corporations (Hartsell and Cooper 2013). We cannot understand Alabama, and particularly rural Alabama, without understanding the dominant role that forestry plays in this state’s economy.

Since 1992, researchers in the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station have worked to understand how the extensive nature of Alabama’s timberlands and the dominant presence of the state’s forest products industry have shaped rural Alabama. A substantial body of social forestry research has been developed on this topic.

Much of this research in Alabama has confirmed findings from other parts of the country and the world, that rural areas dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods are likely to suffer relative poverty compared with rural areas not so dependent.

WHY SHOULD WE CARE?

There are a number of explanations why this might be so.

AMONG THE POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS FOR THE CASE OF ALABAMA MIGHT BE CONCENTRATION OF TIMBERLAND OWNERSHIP, WHICH WOULD SUGGEST THAT ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM TIMBER PRODUCTION WOULD NOT BE WIDELY SHARED (BLISS, SISOCK, AND BURCH 1998).
A SECOND AND POSSIBLY RELATED EXPLANATION IS THAT ABSENTEE OWNERS CONTROL MUCH OF THE TIMBERLAND AND THAT WEALTH FROM THE LAND FLOWS OUT OF THE LOCAL ECONOMY (BAILEY AND MAJUMDAR 2014).

Recent research involved collecting 2012 ownership data from the tax offices of all 67 Alabama counties to determine who owns timberland in the state. We found that timberland ownership was highly concentrated.

TEN OF THE LARGEST ENTITIES OWN 13% OF ALL TIMBERLAND (2.3 MILLION ACRES)
THE TOP 30 OWNED OVER 20% (4 MILLION ACRES).
59% OF ALABAMA’S TIMBERLAND WAS OWNED BY ABSENTEE OWNERS
22% WAS OWNED BY ABSENTEES WHO LIVED OUTSIDE THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

This figure on out-of-state absentee ownership is actually misleadingly low as several of the top owners are Timber Investment Management Organizations (TIMOs) or Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). The largest of these is a TIMO, Resource Management Services, which manages timberland for pension funds and other investors. Because RMS is based in Birmingham, the over 600,000 acres they control is considered in-state. Thirteen of the largest private owners of timberland in Alabama are either REITs or TIMOs and collectively they control 2.2 million acres, over 11 percent of all timberland in Alabama.

One public policy question that has emerged from our research is that property taxes in Alabama are the lowest in the nation on a per capita basis (PARCA 2013) and this has made it more difficult to improve public education and other social services, particularly in rural counties. Alabama taxes timberland on a “current use” basis that provides an important tax break for owners. Given the concentration of timberland ownership in Alabama, many people have identified property taxes as an issue worthy of debate. To date this debate has been stymied by the absence of reliable data documenting who owns timberland in Alabama. As a researcher at a public university, I take no official position on this question but hope that the data provided through this site will help inform public discourse and debate.

HOW YOU CAN ACCESS THIS DATA?

We are using this webpage to share key parts of the data collected as part of a larger research project. The data are based on property tax records for 2012 for all 67 Alabama counties. You can find for the state as a whole and for each county:

TOTAL ACRES OF LAND
TOTAL TIMBERLAND ACRES
WHO ARE THE TOP TEN OWNERS OF TIMBERLAND
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ALL TIMBERLAND IN THAT COUNTY IS OWNED BY THESE TOP TEN
WHAT PERCENT OF ALL TIMBERLAND IS ABSENTEE OWNED (DEFINED BY TAX BILLS MAILED TO AN ADDRESS OUTSIDE THE COUNTY WHERE THE LAND IS LOCATED).

WHY SHARE THIS DATA?

Data on property taxes are public records. Tax policy is established to achieve a public good. In the case of Alabama, the state provides tax benefits to owners of farmland, pastureland, and timberland in the form of a “current use” exemption that reduces property tax to 10 percent of appraised value.

The current use value of timberland may be well below market value, especially near metropolitan areas. That indeed was the purpose of this law, to protect family farmers and timberland owners from having to sell their lands if property taxes were driven upwards by higher-and-best market values which would occur in areas where populations and demand for land were growing.

The data presented here allows for an informed discussion of whether the current use exemption in Alabama is serving the purpose for which it was designed. Most of Alabama’s timberland is not located near any metropolitan area and the likelihood of commercial, residential, or industrial development having an impact on property values and therefore on tax liabilities related to such land is small. And the public tax roll data presented here suggest that large absentee owners are benefitting from property taxes commonly understood to be the lowest in the nation.

THE CURRENT USE EXEMPTION WAS PUT INTO PLACE IN 1978 AND WAS LAST AMENDED IN 1982.
ALMOST 400,000 ALABAMIANS OWN TIMBERLAND AND ARE POTENTIAL BENEFICIARIES OF THIS TAX POLICY.
HOWEVER, 220,000 OF THESE OWN LESS THAN TEN ACRES AND ONLY 58,000 OWNED AT LEAST 50 ACRES.
THE FIVE LARGEST PRIVATE ENTITIES OWN NEARLY 10 PERCENT OF ALL TIMBERLAND IN ALABAMA
THE TOP 30 OWN OVER 20 PERCENT, TOTALING OVER 4 MILLION ACRES.

The state government of Alabama has faced perennial budget crises, particularly with regard to the General Fund. In Alabama, the Education Fund covering K-12 and higher education is a separate budget and is supported by revenue sources with greater prospects of growth over time compared to the General Fund. The state receives $6.50 for every $1,000 of assessed value of property. Reconsidering parts of the current use exemption or changing the millage rate fall into the realm of possible policy options. Similarly, county governments in Alabama are chronically under-funded, and change either to the current use exemption or to millage rates would improve the ability of local governments to maintain roads, schools, and other necessary services.

In addition to property taxes, timberland owners are subject to two other taxes. There is an annual tax of $0.10 per acre paid to the state to be used in promoting the forestry sector. There are also severance and privilege taxes paid when timber is harvested and processed. These taxes are relatively small ($0.15 per ton for pine logs) and only paid once after years of growth.

The purpose of this webpage is to initiate a fact-based discussion about public policy, not to promote any solution to the complex funding issues facing state and local governments in Alabama.

TECHNICAL NOTES & DATA

Data to examine these explanations proved extraordinarily difficult to obtain. There is no state-wide database of land ownership and it took us a year to collect the data that support this website. The data were collected for purposes of research with funding from a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (award number 2011-68006-31051).

Dr. Andrew Gunnoe had primary responsibility for collecting and analyzing these data while he worked as a post-doctoral fellow on this project. Dr. Conner Bailey (Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology) served as Project Director. Dr. Larry Teeter and Dr. Rebecca Barlow, both of the School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, also worked on this project.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Absentee Owner – An owner was defined as absentee if the property tax bills are mailed to addresses outside the county (and outside the state). There may be some cases where tax bills are mailed to the office of an attorney or the executor of an estate living outside the county where the land is located but the owners live in the county. Our review of the data suggests that these cases are relatively few in number and do not affect the overall accuracy of the figures presented.

Millage Rate – A “mil” is $1.00 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Property worth $1,000 would be assessed a property tax of $1.00 multiplied by the millage rate associated with that jurisdiction. Alabama levies a property tax of 6.5 mills. County governments have varying millage rates ranging from a low of 17.5 mills in Marion County to a high of 44.5 mills in Macon County. Millage rates in most Alabama counties are in the low- to mid-20s.

Timberland – As defined by the USDA Forest Service, timberland is defined as land capable of producing 20 cubic feet of wood per acre per year that has not been converted to another use (Hartsell and Johnson 2009). Timberland is not the same thing as forestland, which has a broader definition, requiring only that at least 10 percent of the land has forest trees of any size, or formerly had such tree cover if that land has not been developed for other purposes (Hartsell and Johnson 2009). In Alabama, timberland and forest land are nearly synonymous; 99.6 percent of all forestland meets the productivity threshold that would make such land capable of producing wood for industrial purposes (Hartsell 2014).

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19,647,337 ACRES – TOTAL PRIVATE TIMBERLAND

2,627,942 ACRES – OWNED BY TOP TEN PRIVATE OWNERS
20.4% ALABAMA TIMBERLAND – OWNED BY TOP 30 PRIVATE OWNERS
59% TOTAL ABSENTEE OWNED

TOP 30 OWNERS

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES – 605,096
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 331,911
WESTERVELT COMPANY – 316,737
HANCOCK JOHN LIFE INSURANCE CO – 315,412
RAYONIER – 289,797
CEDAR CREEK LAND & TIMBER INC – 181,888
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION – 170,643
SOTERRA LLC – 143,016
THE HARRIGAN TIMBERLANDS – 144,564
DUDLEY LUMBER CO INC – 128,878
ALAWEST-AL, LLC – 126,244
GMO THRESHOLD TIMBER LAND COMPANY LLC – 120,420
PDS COMPANIES – 113,738
REGIONS TIMBERLAND GROUP – 99,767
McDONALDS INVESTMENT – 89,581
TENSAW LAND & TIMBER CO. – 88,173
AMSOUTH TIMBER COMPANY & Amsouth related – 85,385
PLUM CREEK TIMBERLANDS L P – 82,894
FOREST INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES – 82,849
WELLS FARGO – 74,597
TIMBERVEST – 65,662
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY – 61,137
MCMILLAN D.W. TRUST – 45,567
SEVEN STATES TIMBERLANDS LLC – 43,730
GULF STATES PAPER CORPORATION – 41,483
DRUMMOND COAL, INC – 34,993
DELANEY DEVELOPMENT INC – 33,694
TIMBERLAND INVESTMENTS RESOURCES – 30,839
MWV-LAND SALES INC – 30,451
CAMPBELL TIMBER LLC – 29,871

Alabama Counties’ Timberland

Please select a particular county to read more about: privately owned timberland property, total acres of land, timberland investment management organizations (TIMO), largest ownership entities, out-of-state absentee owners, international owners and more.

AUTAUGA COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 381,400
Total private timberland acres: 274,344
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 71.9%
Total timberland absentee owned: 41.8%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES – 72,136 ac, 26.3%
CHEHA TIMBER – 7,509 ac, 2.7%
AMSOUTH TIMBER CO TE – 5,415 ac, 2.0%
SUSTAINABLE FORESTS LLC – 4,039 ac, 1.5%
THE WINDERMERE ALABAMA LANDS – 1,899 ac, 0.7%
GREY ROCKS RANCH – 1,829 ac, 0.7%
FISCHER JR – 1,666 ac, 0.6%
PEACE PROPERTIES – 1,463 ac, 0.5%
PRATTVILLE DEVELOPMENT GROUP – 846 ac, 0.3%
FORRESTOR LAND LLC – 237 ac, 0.1%

Top 5 – 90,997 ac, 33.2%

Top 10 – 97,038 ac, 35.4%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 35%

BALDWIN COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 1,021,800
Total private timberland acres: 598,965
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 58.6%
Total timberland absentee owned: 73.9%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERCO IV LLC – 77,003 ac, 12.9%
SEVEN STATES TIMBERLANDS LLC – 41,378 ac, 6.9%
RAYONIER FOREST RESOURCES LP – 27,980 ac, 4.7%
AMSOUTH BANK NA, TRUST DEPARTMENT – 17,055 ac, 2.8%
REGIONS BANK – 15,956 ac, 2.7%
TIMBERVEST PARTNERS II ALABAMA LLC – 12,134 ac, 2.0%
KEY, JACK B III (15.893% INT) ETAL KEY – 9,968 ac, 1.7%
FIGURE 8 (ALABAMA) LLC – 7,142 ac, 1.2%
BRADLEY FAMILY TIMBERLANDS LP – 6,650 ac, 1.1%
MONTPELIER PROPERTIES LTD – 5,162 ac, 0.9%

Top 5 – 179,371 ac, 29.9%

Top 10 – 220,427 ac, 36.8%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 57.1%

BARBOUR COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 566,400
Total private timberland acres: 405,079
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 71.5%
Total timberland absentee owned: 56.8%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

TIMBERLANDS II, LLC – 15,246 ac, 3.8%
SLAWSON LANDS LLC – 12,345 ac, 3.0%
RMACK LLC – 11,830 ac, 2.9%
PLUM CREEK – 10,814 ac, 2.7%
BRACEWELL FAMILY PARTNERSHIP – 10,006 ac, 2.5%
DUDLEY LUMBER CO., INC. – 9,529 ac, 2.4%
AZIMUTH RESOURCES LLC – 7,416 ac, 1.8%
MWV-LAND SALES INC – 6,158 ac, 1.5%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERLAND CO. I LLC – 4,969 ac, 1.2%
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK – 4,669 ac, 1.2%

Top 5 – 60,241 ac, 14.9%

Top 10 – 220,427 ac, 23.0%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 28.7%

BIBB COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 398,300
Total private timberland acres: 297,536
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 74.7%
Total timberland absentee owned: 67.2%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

THE WESTERVELT COMPANY – 38,275 ac, 12.9%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERCO I LLC – 37,146 ac, 12.5%
UNITED STATES STEEL CORP. – 20,270 ac, 6.8%
HEADWATERS INVESTMENTS CORP – 8,178 ac, 2.7%
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE GM – 9,926 ac, 3.3%
AMSOUTH TIMBER COMPANY TE LLC – 4,643 ac, 1.6%
HORNSBY FAMILY LIMITED – 4,543 ac, 1.5%
CASE LLC – 3,942 ac, 1.3%
CAHABA FARM LLC – 3,638 ac, 1.2%
BELCHER FARM & TIMBER LLC – 2,752 ac, 0.9%

Top 5 – 113,796 ac, 38.2%

Top 10 – 133,313 ac, 44.8%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 47.9%

BLOUNT COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 413,200
Total private timberland acres: 216,167
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 52.3%
Total timberland absentee owned: 56.2%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

SOTERRA LLC – 5,618 ac, 2.6%
COMMONWEALTH FOREST INVESTMENTS INC – 4,215 ac, 1.9%
DRENNEN LAND AND TIMBER LTD PARTNERSHIP – 4,043 ac, 1.9%
FREEMAN FIVE, LLC – 2,800 ac, 1.3%
TD FARMS, LLC – 2,700 ac, 1.2%
GOLDEN ROD FARMS INCORPORATED – 2,107 ac, 1.0%
ALAWEST-AL, LLC – 1,939 ac, 0.9%
BLUE EAGLE FARMS, LLC – 1,832 ac, 0.8%
MC EWEN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC – 1,743 ac, 0.8%
CHENEY LIME & CEMENT COMPANY, INC – 1,695 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 19,376 ac, 9.0%

Top 10 – 28,692 ac, 13.3%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 59.9%

BULLOCK COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 400,000
Total private timberland acres: 216,167
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 54%
Total timberland absentee owned: 71.7%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERCO I LLC – 36070.14 ac, 12.78%
TANYARD PROPERTIES, INC. – 19787.25 ac, 7.01%
SEDGEFIELDS LLC – 7909.54 ac, 2.80%
THREE NOTCH FARM LLC – 6024 ac, 2.14%
TURKEY TROT/MIDWAY ALABAMA LP – 5732.65 ac, 2.03%
BERMUDA FARMS, LLC – 4773.5 ac, 1.69%
GRISWOLD, VICTOR MICHAEL, DIAN – 4517.71 ac, 1.60%
GIBSON, WILEY T. JR – 4359 ac, 1.54%
SLAWSON LANDS, LLC – 2382.96 ac, 0.84%
PEACHBURG PLANTATION LTD – 2358.8 ac, 0.84%

Top 5 – 75,523.6 ac, 34.94%

Top 10 – 93,915.6 ac, 43.45%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 36.07%

BUTLER COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 497,200
Total private timberland acres: 396,433
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 79.7%
Total timberland absentee owned: 49.8%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RED MOUNTAIN TIMBER CO I LLC – 133,448 ac, 33.7%
RAYONIER TIMBERLANDS OPERATING COMPANY L – 12,041 ac, 3.0%
TISDALE GEORGE GREEN – 7,119 ac, 1.8%
MCGOWIN SUSAN (38%) & REGIONS BANK (62%) – 5,293 ac, 1.3%
WEYERHAEUSER INC – 4,917 ac, 1.2%
CRENSHAW T H ESTATE LP – 4,719 ac, 1.2%
THIGPEN HILL LLC – 4,403 ac, 1.1%
CEDAR CREEK LANDS LTD – 3,067 ac, 0.8%
ECP LLC – 2,831 ac, 0.7%
REGIONS BANK TRUST B MILLER BETTIE STALL – 2,657 ac, 0.7%

Top 5 – 162,819 ac, 41.07%

Top 10 – 180,496 ac, 45.5%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 48%

CALHOUN COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 389,400
Total private timberland acres: 137,024
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 35.2%
Total timberland absentee owned: 41.7%

TOP FIVE OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

HANCOCK JOHN LIFE INSURANCE CO – 10,989 ac, 8.0%
HUBBARD JANE C – 2,373 ac, 1.7%
HEADWATERS INVESTMENTS CORPORATION – 2,301 ac, 1.7%
STEED TIMBER INC – 2,059 ac, 1.5%
MILLER FARMS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP LLP – 1,823 ac, 1.3%
COOSA PINES LLC – 905 ac, 0.7%

Top 5 – 19,545 ac, 14.3%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 14.3%

CHAMBERS COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 382,300
Total private timberland acres: 294,849
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 77.1%
Total timberland absentee owned: 70.9%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

DUDLEY LUMBER COMPANY – 28,757 ac, 9.8%
TIMBERLANDS II, LLC – 14,745 ac, 5.0%
LANGLEY FAMILY – 11,071 ac, 3.8%
HENNON KING PROPERTIES LLC – 7,622 ac, 2.6%
KING FAMILY PROPERTYS – 5,664 ac, 1.9%
JIMMY GRAVES TREE FARMS INC. – 3,317 ac, 1.1%
TORBERT FAMILY LANDS – 3,168 ac, 1.1%
JOHNSON TIMBER COMPANY – 1,347 ac, 0.5%
PLUM CREEK TIMBERLANDS – 969 ac, 0.3%
MWV-LAND SALES – 629 ac, 0.2%

Top 5 – 67,860 ac, 23.0%

Top 10 – 77,290 ac, 26.2%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 25.7%

CHEROKEE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 354,000
Total private timberland acres: 148,244
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 41.9%
Total timberland absentee owned: 68.7%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

CROWN PINE REALTY 4 INC – 13,964 ac, 9.4%
HANCOCK TIMBERLAND VIII INC – 9,265 ac, 6.2%
PLUM CREEK TIMBERLANDS L P – 7,688 ac, 5.2%
WILLIS GERALD & FRANCES – 4,332 ac, 2.9%
CASH EDWARD EDMOND & MAX G – 3,196 ac, 2.2%
COOSA PINES LLC – 2,686 ac, 1.8%
PDS COMPANIES – 2,002 ac, 1.4%
FORESTAR USA REAL ESTATE GROUP INC – 1,665 ac, 1.1%
HENDERSON DAVID C – 1,612 ac, 1.1%
HURLEY LARRY – 1,523 ac, 1.0%

Top 5 – 38,445 ac, 25.9%

Top 10 – 47,931 ac, 32.3%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 55.6%

CHILTON COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 444,200
Total private timberland acres: 290,106
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 65.3%
Total timberland absentee owned: 63.4%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RED MOUNTAIN TIMBER CO I LLC – 26,161 ac, 9.0%
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY – 13,086 ac, 4.5%
THE WESTERVELT COMPANY INC – 8,889 ac, 3.1%
MILLER E S ESTATE – 3,390 ac, 1.2%
RMS TIMBERLANDS LLC – 3,246 ac, 1.1%
PARNELL INC – 2,938 ac, 1.0%
WHITE OAK VALLEY LAND & GAME LLC – 2,665 ac, 0.9%
HARPER LUMBER LLC – 2,464 ac, 0.8%
HEADWATERS INVESTMENTS CORP – 2,347 ac, 0.8%
MILLENNIUM LAND LLC – 2,266 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 54,772 ac, 18.9%

Top 10 – 67,452 ac, 23.3%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 46.2%

CHOCTAW COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 584,700
Total private timberland acres: 524,604
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 89.7%
Total timberland absentee owned: 51.6%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

L A TIMBERLANDS LLC – 31,497 ac, 6.0%
SOUTH ALABAMA LAND & TIMBER COMPANY INC – 30,344 ac, 5.8%
MCPHEARSON LEE – 13,788 ac, 2.6%
WEYERHAUSER COMPANY – 10,517 ac, 2.0%
UTSEY WILLIAM L ETUX TREOBYE B – 8,709 ac, 1.7%
LANIER AND LANIER ENTERPRISES LTD – 8,321 ac, 1.6%
TRIAD INVESTMENTS LTD – 8,127 ac, 1.5%
THE JULIAN WATTERS III TRUST – 6,528 ac, 1.2%
UNIVERSITY OF SO ALABAMA FOUNDATION – 5,681 ac, 1.1%
JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INS CO – 5,333 ac, 1.0%

Top 5 – 94,855 ac, 18.1%

Top 10 – 128,845 ac, 24.6%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 47.1%

CLARKE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 792,600
Total private timberland acres: 681,992
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 86%
Total timberland absentee owned: 44.3%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

THE HARRIGAN TIMBERLANDS – 135,261 ac, 19.8%
C/O PDS COMPANIES – 32,068 ac, 4.7%
SOTERRA LLC – 26,522 ac, 3.9%
WHITE SMITH LAND COMPANY INC – 23,028 ac, 3.4%
BRANNAN, KATHERINE G EXEC ETAL – 11,969 ac, 1.8%
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 9,142 ac, 1.3%
DIVERSIFIED OPERATIONS CO INC – 7,990 ac, 1.2%
BRENDA GRAY TIMBER LLC – 6,610 ac, 1.0%
WILLIAM F MCCORQUODALE FAMILY – 5,920 ac, 0.9%
LONESOME PINE LLC – 5,773 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 228,848 ac, 33.6%

Top 10 – 264,283 ac, 33.8%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 52.6%

CLAY COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 387,300
Total private timberland acres: 243,080
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 62.8%
Total timberland absentee owned: 75.6%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INS-FORESTREE V – 40,819 ac, 16.8%
HEADWATERS INVESTMENTS CORPORATION – 7,628 ac, 3.1%
EVERGREEN FOREST LLC – 3,371 ac, 1.4%
CLEVELAND FARMS INC. – 3,148 ac, 1.3%
DUDLEY LUMBER CO – 3,009 ac, 1.2%
TALIAFERRO MARK JR. – 2,293 ac, 0.9%
WOIKA SUZZANE PRUET – 2,200 ac, 0.9%
STURGI LIMITED – 2,153 ac, 0.9%
MURPHY NANCY LYNN PRUET – 2,054 ac, 0.8%
WELLBORN FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP – 1,532 ac, 0.6%

Top 5 – 57,975 ac, 23.9%

Top 10 – 68,206 ac, 28.1%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 31.9%

CLEBURNE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 358,500
Total private timberland acres: 199,532
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 55.7%
Total timberland absentee owned: 59.6%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

HANCOCK TIMBER VIII INCORPORATED – 27,157 ac, 13.6%
CROWN PINE TIMBER 4, L.P. – 11,844 ac, 5.9%
PFI TIMBERFUND I, LP – 9,962 ac, 5.0%
HEADWATERS INVESTMENTS CORP – 8,537 ac, 4.3%
PLUM CREEK TIMBERLANDS L.P. – 5,235 ac, 2.6%
DAVIS FLOYD CALVIN – 2,920 ac, 1.5%
BENNETT JACQUELINE – 1,981 ac, 1.0%
JAMESTOWN TIMBER 1, L.P. – 1,948 ac, 1.0%
RIGSBY ROBERT E & JEANNE S – 1,316 ac, 0.7%
HENRY S MILLER JR FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 1 – 1,145 ac, 0.6%

Top 5 – 62,734 ac, 31.4%

Top 10 – 72,044 ac, 36.1%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 36.7%

COFFEE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 434,700
Total private timberland acres: 280,211
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 64.5%
Total timberland absentee owned: 43.8%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

FLACK MARITAL TRUST & FLACK ELEANOR E TR – 22,247 ac, 7.94%
RAYONIER WOODLANDS LLC – 13,692 ac, 4.9%
TIMBERVEST PARTNERS II ALABAMA LLC – 5,049 ac, 1.8%
POWELL ROLAND E – 4,565 ac, 1.6%
BRYARS A B JR – 3,301 ac, 1.2%
PITTMAN PROPERTIES LLC – 2,048 ac, 0.7%
LINDSEY G A – 1,707 ac, 0.6%
CLARK FARMS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP – 1,678 ac, 0.6%
MCCREARY FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP – 1,556 ac, 0.6%
GUNTER FAMILY PARTNERSHIP LTD – 1,359 ac, 0.5%

Top 5 – 48,853 ac, 17.4%

Top 10 – 57,200 ac, 20.4%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 21.3%

COLBERT COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 380,500
Total private timberland acres: 168,277
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 44.2%
Total timberland absentee owned: 55.3%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

PDR COMPANY – 13,737 ac, 8.2%
GMO THRESHOLD TIMBER COURTLAND LLC – 6,442 ac, 3.8%
MARTIN, JOHN C – 5,162 ac, 3.1%
MARTIN TIMBER COMPANY L P – 4,167 ac, 2.5%
MCCOLLUM TIMBER LLC – 2,104 ac, 1.3%
HOLLAND, J NOBLE – 1,883 ac, 1.1%
HIGH POINT TIMBER MANAGEMENT LLC – 1,649 ac, 1.0%
THE CAMPBELL GROUP – 1,354 ac, 0.8%
MALONE, DWIGHT & VESTER GENE – 1,227 ac, 0.7%
TOMLINSON FOREST INC 159008 – 1,191 ac, 0.7%

Top 5 – 31,612 ac, 18.8%

Top 10 – 38,916 ac, 23.1%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 25.8%

CONECUH COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 544,600
Total private timberland acres: 343,576
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 63.1%
Total timberland absentee owned: 87.4%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

CEDAR CREEK LAND & TIMBER INC – 48,804 ac, 14.2%
RAYONIER TIMBERLANDS OPERATING CO. – 37,381 ac, 10.9%
MCMILLAN D.W. TRUST – 30,600 ac, 8.9%
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY – 28,029 ac, 8.2%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBER CO I LLC – 19,333 ac, 5.6%
McDONALDS INVESTMENTS S.A. TIMBERLANDS LLC – 13,786 ac, 4.0%
LOWREY J F B – 13,652 ac, 4.0%
SOTERRA LLC – 8,703 ac, 2.5%
REGIONS BANK TRUST C FOR BENEFIT OF – 7,249 ac, 2.1%
TISDALE GEORGE G. – 6,746 ac, 2.0%

Top 5 – 164,147 ac, – 47.8%

Top 10 – 214,283 ac, 62.4%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 72.8%

COOSA COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 417,600
Total private timberland acres: 367,022
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 87.9%
Total timberland absentee owned: 84.1%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

PDS COMPANIES – 39,151 ac, 10.7%
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE CO – 38,976 ac, 10.6%
HEADWATERS INVESTMENTS CORP – 17,722 ac, 4.8%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERCO I LLC – 17,379 ac, 4.7%
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY – 11,042 ac, 3.0%
EPPES, W D TRUST – 10,731 ac, 2.9%
SOUTHEASTERN LAND, LLC – 3,167 ac, 0.9%
COLLINS, J A – 3,115 ac, 0.8%
MCDONALD 2004 TIMBER LLC – 2,868 ac, 0.8%
COOSADA LAND COMPANY INC.*** – 2,731 ac, 0.7%

Top 5 – 124,270 ac, 33.9%

Top 10 – 146,881 ac, 40.0%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 43.1%

COVINGTON COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 662,200
Total private timberland acres: 412,046
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 62.2%
Total timberland absentee owned: 58.1%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RAYONIER – 106,425 ac, 25.8%
DIXON-MOODY & C&G TIMBER – 38,862 ac, 9.4%
RTG1 L.P. – 6,115 ac, 1.5%
C AND C PARTNERS L.P. – 5,530 ac, 1.3%
T IVEY POWELL AND SONS INC. – 5,093 ac, 1.2%
TIMBERVEST PARTNERS II ALABAMA LLC – 4,078 ac, 1.0%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERCO I, LLC – 3,928 ac, 1.0%
VICK JOHN E – 2,213 ac, 0.5%
COVINGTON PROPERTIES – 1,906 ac, 0.5%
FOSHEE PARTNERSHIP LTD. – 1,676 ac, 0.4%

Top 5 – 162,026 ac, 39.3%

Top 10 – 175,827 ac, 42.7%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 44.6%

CRENSHAW COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 390,200
Total private timberland acres: 319,816
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 82%
Total timberland absentee owned: 75%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RAYONIER – 32,657 ac, 10.2%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERLANDS L.P. – 29,914 ac, 9.4%
PLUM FOREST INC – 4,627 ac, 1.4%
FOREST INC. – 4,218 ac, 1.3%
RHA & CPA AND TLA & LSA LLC. – 3,647 ac, 1.1%
BROWDER GEORGE G. & VICKI S. – 3,588 ac, 1.1%
SELLERS FAMILY PARTNERSHIP LTD. – 3,503 ac, 1.1%
FLACK J HUNTER, TRUSTEE – 2,927 ac, 0.9%
TISDALE GEORGE GREEN – 2,170 ac, 0.7%
TIMBERVEST PARTNERS II ALA LLC. – 2,166 ac, 0.7%

Top 5 – 75,064 ac, 23.5%

Top 10 – 89,418 ac, 28.0%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 34.2%

CULLMAN COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 472,600
Total private timberland acres: 161,324
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 34.1%
Total timberland absentee owned: 28.7%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

HDJ LAND & TIMBER LTD – 9,909 ac, 6.1%
SOTERRA LLC – 9,674 ac, 6.0%
GOLDEN ROD FARMS INC – 4,115 ac, 2.6%
DRUMMOND COAL, INC – 3,221 ac, 2.0%
TINNEY LAND & TIMBER HOLDINGS – 3,074 ac, 1.9%
ACTION REALTY LLC – 1,272 ac, 0.8%
AVERETT, THOMAS RANDOLPH – 1,038 ac, 0.6%
SAWYER FARMS LLC – 692 ac, 0.4%
WSLAND LLC – 577 ac, 0.4%
EDGEWATER LAND LLC – 387 ac, 0.2%

Top 5 – 29,993 ac, 18.6%

Top 10 – 33,959 ac, 21.1%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 20%

DALE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 359,100
Total private timberland acres: 292,118
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 81.3%
Total timberland absentee owned: 44.9%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

PLUM CREEK TIMBER CO. – 7,934 ac, 2.7%
GRAHAM JAMES B – 2,849 ac, 1.0%
ESPY BERTHA M – 2,327 ac, 0.8%
MCLAUGHLIN PROPERTIES LLC – 2,038 ac, 0.7%
MEZICK DORIS DONNELL – 1,986 ac, 0.7%
LEAKE TIMBER HOLDINGS TWO LLC – 1,759 ac, 0.6%
RELATED ACCOUNTS FUND SIX C/O FOREST INVESTMENT ASSOC. – 1,563 ac, 0.5%
BALDWIN GENE H – 1,483 ac, 0.5%
HARRIS GEORGE E – 1,166 ac, 0.4%

Top 5 – 17,133 ac, 5.9%

Top 10 – 23,104 ac, 7.9%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 44.9%

DALLAS COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 627,700
Total private timberland acres: 356,074
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 56.7%
Total timberland absentee owned: 58.0%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 15,560 ac, 4.4%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBER CO. LLC – 14,522 ac, 4.1%
MILLER OPHA – 8,790 ac, 2.5%
HAIN LAND COMPANY – 8,619 ac, 2.4%
DRUMMOND SCOTT A – 5,398 ac, 1.5%
ALABAMA POWER CO – 5,196 ac, 1.5%
AMSOUTH BANK – 4,920 ac, 1.4%
EDWARDS LANIER J – 4,495 ac, 1.3%
HINTON JAMES L – 4,352 ac, 1.2%
P & G TIMBERLANDS LLC – 4,147 ac, 1.2%

Top 5 – 52,892 ac, 14.9%

Top 10 – 76,004 ac, 21.3%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 33.4%

DEKALB COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 497,900
Total private timberland acres: 183,131
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 36.781%
Total timberland absentee owned: 37.4%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

LITTLE RIVER FARM, LLC – 3,039 ac, 1.7%
CURRENCE, CHARLES – 2,191 ac, 1.2%
BROWN, MARY EMILY – 1,322 ac, 0.7%
BATTELLE GLOVER INVESTMENTS, LLC – 1,140 ac, 0.6%
PASTURELAND FARMS, LLC – 922 ac, 0.5%
TENNESSEE RIVER MUSIC, INC – 874 ac, 0.5%
GLOVER, FREDDY – 845 ac, 0.5%
FLYNN, CHARLES F & DIANA S – 659 ac, 0.4%
FRICKS FAMILY PROPERTIES, LLC – 634 ac, 0.3%
GEK, INC – 548 ac, 0.3%

Top 5 – 8,614 ac, 4.7%

Top 10 – 12,174 ac, 6.6%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 4.2%

ELMORE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 397,800
Total private timberland acres: 241,077
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 60.6%
Total timberland absentee owned: 50.4%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

ALABAMA POWER COMPANY – 8,777 ac, 3.6%
HERRON CHARLES E JR – 5,903 ac, 2.4%
C/O PDS COMPANIES, REGIONS BANK AS TRUSTEE – 5,818 ac, 2.4%
MCDONALD 2004 TIMBER LLC – 5,728 ac, 2.4%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERCO I LLC – 3,432 ac, 1.4%
RUSSELL LANDS INC – 3,381 ac, 1.4%
JASMINE HILL PROPERTIES LLC – 2,569 ac, 1.1%
W T DOZIER PARTNERS LTD – 2,486 ac, 1.0%
RMS TIMBERLANDS LLC – 2,360 ac, 1.0%
LLOYD’S GREEN ACRE FARMS – 1,954 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 29,658 ac, 12.3%

Top 10 – 42,408 ac, 17.6%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 21.4%

ESCAMBIA COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 606,400
Total private timberland acres: 417,604
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 68.9%
Total timberland absentee owned: 39.4%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

CEDAR CREEK LAND & TIMBER INC – 29.1%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBER CO IV LLC – 8.4%
S A TIMBERLANDS LLC – 6.8%
RAYONIER FOREST RESOURCES LP – 4.3%
NALTY LAND AND RESOURCES LLC – 3.9%
AMSOUTH TIMBER COMPANY TE LLC – 3.6%
MCMILLAN D W TRUST – 3.6%
HUXFORD LAND COMPANY LLC – 3.5%
F.M. NALTY TIMBERLANDS LLC – 2.3%
NEW FORESTRY LLC – 8,763 ac, 2.1%

Top 5 – 218,860 ac, 52.4%

Top 10 – 281,967 ac, 67.5%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 74.7%

ETOWAH COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 342,300
Total private timberland acres: 112,213
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 32.8%
Total timberland absentee owned: 33.0%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

MARTIN, CATHERINE J – 1,722 ac, 1.5%
CONSOLIDATED, LTD – 1,565 ac, 1.4%
COOSA PINES, LLC – 1,518 ac, 1.4%
SOTERRA INC – 1,390 ac, 1.2%
MOUNTAIN PRESERVE, LLC – 1,167 ac, 1.0%
SNEAD FAMILY PARTNERS, LTD – 900 ac, 0.8%
PRICE, CENDA LOUSIE & REBECCA ANN HICKS – 669 ac, 0.6%
HEADWATERS INVESTMENTS CORPORATION – 608 ac, 0.5%
SHANEYFELT, MARY RUTH – 576 ac, 0.5%
FORESTAR (USA) REAL ESTATE GROUP INC – 550 ac, 0.5%

Top 5 – 7,362 ac, 6.6%

Top 10 – 10,665 ac, 9.5%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 7.4%

FAYETTE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 401,800
Total private timberland acres: 345,793
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 86.1%
Total timberland absentee owned: 68.0%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 28,478 ac, 8.2%
TIMBERVEST PARTNERS ALABAMA LLC – 9,503 ac, 2.7%
ALAWEST AL LLC – 7,714 ac, 2.2%
SHEPHERD FAMILY PARTNERSHIP LLC – 6,672 ac, 1.9%
CORRIGAN TLP LLC – 4,555 ac, 1.3%
GMO THRESHOLD TIMBER COURTLAND LLC – 4,499 ac, 1.3%
T H ROBERTSON & SONS INC – 3,735 ac, 1.1%
SOTERRA LLC – 3,691 ac, 1.1%
CLEVELAND LAND & LUMBER CO – 2,838 ac, 0.8%
STEED TIMBER CO INC – 2,466 ac, 0.7%

Top 5 – 56,922 ac, 16.5%

Top 10 – 74,150 ac, 21.4%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 25.6%

FRANKLIN COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 406,800
Total private timberland acres: 360,785
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 88.7%
Total timberland absentee owned: 95.4%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

GMO THRESHOLD TIMBER COURTLAND LLC – 41,987 ac, 11.6%
RMK REGIONS TIMBERLAND GROUP – 31,887 ac, 8.8%
WEYERHAEUSER – 10,882 ac, 3.0%
MONTIS ELIZABETH G & GEORGE P TRUSTEES – 6,146 ac, 1.7%
LAND ENGERY LTD – 4,480 ac, 1.2%
PEARCE JAMES & CLARKE TRUST – 2,961 ac, 0.8%
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF B’HAM – 2,709 ac, 0.8%
F OGDEN MMC PROPERTIES LLC – 2,002 ac, 0.6%
KEITH ANN S – 1,769 ac, 0.5%
LAUGHLIN LILLIAN P ET AL. – 1,711 ac, 0.5%

Top 5 – 95,381 ac, 26.4%

Top 10 – 106,533 ac, 29.5%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 29.9%

GENEVA COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 368,900
Total private timberland acres: 157,224
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 42.6%
Total timberland absentee owned: 51.9%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

SKINNER JARVIS & SUSIE S – 2,824 ac, 1.8%
TIMBERVEST PARTNERS II ALABAMA LLC – 2,686 ac, 1.7%
PLUMCREEK TIMBER CO INC – 2,398 ac, 1.5%
BROOKS FLEMING G – 1,236 ac, 0.8%
MITCHUMDALE G – 1,234 ac, 0.8%
CARRWILLIAM H & DEBORAH – 1,132 ac, 0.7%
BEAVER TRAIL FARMS LLC – 968 ac, 0.6%
JOHNSON FARMS – 964 ac, 0.6%
KENNEDY J P JR & JEAN H – 962 ac, 0.6%
KELLYCOMPANY LLC – 921 ac, 0.6%

Top 5 – 10,377 ac, 6.6%

Top 10 – 15,323 ac, 9.7%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 7.3%

GREENE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 413,400
Total private timberland acres: 279,602
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 67.6%
Total timberland absentee owned: 76.9%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

GULF STATES PAPER CORP. – 21,168 ac, 7.6%
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 19,712 ac, 7.1%
BRYANT PAUL W – 4,752 ac, 1.7%
WESTERVELT THE COMPANY INC – 4,411 ac, 1.6%
J & J TIMBERLAND LLC – 3,876 ac, 1.4%
STIRLING FAMILY LIMITED – 3,458 ac, 1.2%
MCGIFFERT JOSEPH H (EST)A – 3,417 ac, 1.2%
PROPERTIES RIVERBEND LLC – 3,087 ac, 1.1%
MILLER E S – 2,814 ac, 1.0%
BETHANY FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP – 2,319 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 53,918 ac, 19.3%

Top 10 – 69,013 ac, 24.7%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 34.9%

HALE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 359,600
Total private timberland acres: 261,316
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 72.7%
Total timberland absentee owned: 74.8%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

GULF STATES PAPER CORPORATION – 13,648 ac, 5.2%
MILLER, E. S. ESTATE – 10,441 ac, 4.0%
BUCHANAN LAND COMPANY, INC – 8,988 ac, 3.4%
RMS TIMBERLANDS LLC – 8,610 ac, 3.3%
LICHTMAN, CHARLES & EFFIE – 8,344 ac, 3.2%
SUDDUTH, WILLIAM D. – 3,587 ac, 1.4%
EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC. – 3,160 ac, 1.2%
ALAWEST-AL, LLC – 2,774 ac, 1.1%
MILLWOOD, L.L.C. 2,598 ac, 1.0%
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 2,136 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 50,031 ac, 19.1%

Top 10 – 64,286 ac, 24.6%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 30.4%

HENRY COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 359,600
Total private timberland acres: 198,055
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 55.1%
Total timberland absentee owned: 54.6%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

PLUM CREEK TIMBERLANDS L P – 10,612 ac
TIMBERLANDS II LLC C/O – 4,279 ac
STOKES ANGELIA R – 3,545 a
ESPY C H & – 2,853 ac
KENNEDY THOMAS & ELAINE – 2,226 ac
A W HERNDON RESIDUARY TRUST – 2,105 ac
MARION OATES LEITER CHARLES REVOCABLE TR – 1,970 ac
ESPY MERCANTILE CO – 1,758 ac
CRAMER INVESTMENTS LLC – 1,648 ac
SLAWSON LANDS LLC – 1,557 ac

Top 5 – 23,514 ac, 11.9%

Top 10 – 32,553 ac, 16.4%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 23.3%

HOUSTON COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 371,500
Total private timberland acres: 122,651
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 33.0%
Total timberland absentee owned: 36.4%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

MCCALLISTER CHARLES JERRY – 2,490.7 ac, 2.0%
WILLOUGHBY BARTON & KAREN D – 2,367.1 ac, 1.9%
ODOM FAMILY L P – 2,114.6 ac, 1.7%
SOLOMON FARMS LTD – 1,646.7 ac, 1.3%
ESPY C H – 1,249.9 ac, 1.0%
FITCH FRANK – 1,164.7 ac, 0.9%
MIXON ANDREW CLAY – 1,148.6 ac, 0.9%
SEAHOSS FARMS LLC – 1,080.9 ac, 0.9%
FIA TIMBER GROWTH MASTER LLC – 1,002.7 ac, 0.8%
MEADOWS JOHN W – 948.4 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 9,869.0 ac, 8.0%

Top 10 – 15,214.4 ac, 12.4%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 11.6%

JACKSON COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 690,400
Total private timberland acres: 235,493
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 34.1%
Total timberland absentee owned: 34.6%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

STEVENSON LAND COMPANY LLC – 20,916 ac, 8.9%
REYNOLDS MACK – 9,389 ac, 4.0%
GARNER PROPERTIES LLC – 8,296 ac, 3.5%
KELLER RAY – 6,146 ac, 2.6%
IKL PROPERTIES LLC – 4,062 ac, 1.7%
JONES RAYMOND B – 2,667 ac, 1.1%
PAINT ROCK LLC – 1,987 ac, 0.8%
SECTION GIN & GRAIN INC – 1,954 ac, 0.8%
THE MILLER FAMILY TRUST – 1,610 ac, 0.7%
THURBER ROBERT E & ELEANOR – 1,371 ac, 0.6%

Top 5 – 48,010 ac, 20.7%

Top 10 – 58,398 ac, 24.8%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 26.6%

JEFFERSON COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 712,100
Total private timberland acres: 242,960
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 34.1%
Total timberland absentee owned: 71.9%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

UNITED STATES STEEL CORP – 76,344 ac, 31.4%
ALAWEST-AL LLC – 26,140 ac, 10.8%
DRUMMOND COMPANY INC – 17,926 ac, 7.4%
WALTER MINERALS INC – 8,944 ac, 3.7%
QUAIL RIDGE LAND CO INC – 5,588 ac, 2.3%
OAK GROVE LAND COMPANY LLC – 2,844 ac, 1.2%
BAUGHMAN W BRUCE – 2,314 ac, 1.0%
COMMERCIAL LAND CO INC – 1,776 ac, 0.7%
WEST JEFFERSON MINERALS – 1,747 ac, 0.7%
TUTWILER PROPERTIES LTD – 1,739 ac, 0.7%

Top 5 – 134,942 ac, 55.5%

Top 10 – 145,363 ac, 59.8%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 61.6%

LAMAR COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 387,100
Total private timberland acres: 326,939
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 84.5%
Total timberland absentee owned: 58.3%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 33,938 ac, 10.4%
OGDEN MANAGEMENT CO., INC. – 14,193 ac, 4.3%
F. OGDEN – MMC – PROPERTIES, LLC – 10,699 ac, 3.3%
OGDEN PROPERTIES, L.L.C. – 8,057 ac, 2.5%
ROBINSON, WILLARD 1/2 & – 4,695 ac, 1.4%
ODOM, CHERIE ANN (LEASED TO WEYERHAEUSER) – 3,867 ac, 1.2%
AIRLINE MANUFACTURING CO., INC – 3,751 ac, 1.1%
MURPHY, SAM R., (TRUSTEES OF) – 3,374 ac, 1.0%
GILMER, CHARLES T., SR. – 2,678 ac, 0.8%
MCABEE, HAHN, LLC – 2,663 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 71,582 ac, 21.9%

Top 10 – 87,915 ac, 26.9%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 31.9%

LAUDERDALE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 428,500
Total private timberland acres: 120,837
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 28.2%
Total timberland absentee owned: 36.5%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RAY, A D – 3,425 ac, 2.8%
FRANKS, DOROTHY DARNALL ETAL ELIZABETH – 2,219 ac, 1.8%
WILSON TIMBERLANDS LLC – 2,188 ac, 1.8%
PATTERSON, TOMMY K – 1,534 ac, 1.3%
DEERSTEP LLC – 1,451 ac, 1.2%
GMO THRESHOLD TIMBER LAND COMPANY LLC – 1,328 ac, 1.1%
EAGLE INVESTMENTS LLC – 829 ac, 0.7%
THE SPRY GROUP LLC – 666 ac, 0.6%
RIVEROAK TIMBERLAND INVESTMENTS II LP – 658 ac, 0.5%
GARNER PROPERTIES LLC – 534 ac, 0.4%

Top 5 – 10,818 ac, 9.0%

Top 10 – 14,833 ac, 12.3%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 10.1%

LAWRENCE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 443,800
Total private timberland acres: 113,558
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 25.588%
Total timberland absentee owned: 57%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WHEELER JOE PLANTATION OWNERS – 7,950 ac, 7%
GMO THRESHOLD TIMBER COURTLAND – 4,443 ac, 4%
PINEV TOPS LLC – 1,239 ac, 1%
MCBRIDE DARMER JR TRUST – 1,130 ac, 1%
JGS PROPERTIES LTD – 1,099 ac, 1%
ALBEMARLE CORP – 678 ac, 1%
BLYTHE JAMES JR – 578 ac, 1%
HILL VERA NESMITH – 566 ac, 0%
HILLSBORO GIN CO INC – 474 ac, 0%
HDJ LAND & TIMBER LTD – 463 ac, 0%

Top 5 – 15,862 ac, 14%

Top 10 – 18,623 ac, 16%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 14%

LEE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 389,600
Total private timberland acres: 220,652
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 56.6%
Total timberland absentee owned: 32.2%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

DUDLEY LUMBER COMPANY INC & related – 27,572 ac, 12.5%
MWV-LAND SALES INC – 10,731 ac, 4.9%
CIRCLE N FARM LLC – 4,404 ac, 2.0%
LAWLER CHARLES W JR & related – 3,869 ac, 1.8%
CRUM BARBARA D & RELATED – 3,675 ac, 1.7%
CANNON TIMBER & LAND LLC – 3,615 ac, 1.6%
TORBERT FARMS LTD – 3,016 ac, 1.4%
GRAVES FAMILY PARTNERSHIP – 1,411 ac, 0.6%
SAUNDERS GRANDCHILDREN TIMBERLAND LLP – 1,295 ac, 0.6%
KOON FAMILY PARTNERSHIP LLLP – 1,263 ac, 0.6%

Top 5 – 50,252 ac, 22.8%

Top 10 – 60,852 ac, 27.6%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 28%

LIMESTONE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 363,600
Total private timberland acres: 77,714
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 21.4%
Total timberland absentee owned: 27.5%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

JOHNSON JUDY GILBERT, WILLIAM DAVID JOHNSON, JR – 1,782 ac, 2.3%
ANDERSON FARMS INC – 1,336 ac, 1.7%
NEWBY FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP – 834 ac, 1.1%
PRYOR CO INC – 817 ac, 1.1%
BELLE MINA FARM, LTD. – 800 ac, 1.0%
HANEY LTD. – 759 ac, 1.0%
MORRIS COLLEEN MCCORKLE MARITA – 729 ac, 0.9%
SHAW TRUST LAND COMPANY LLC – 662 ac, 0.9%
MURPHY GEORGE E & JOE R & – 394 ac, 0.5%
ROBERTS MARION P – 365 ac, 0.5%

Top 5 – 5,568 ac, 7.2%

Top 10 – 8,477 ac, 10.9%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 4%

LOWNDES COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 459,500
Total private timberland acres: 260,363
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 56.7%
Total timberland absentee owned: 80.9%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RAYONIER FOREST RESOURCES – 20,752 ac, 8.0%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBER CO. I LLC – 18,424 ac, 7.1%
CHEAHA TIMBER LLC – 11,150 ac, 4.3%
TIMBERVEST PARTNERS II ALABAMA LLC – 8,860 ac, 3.4%
BLOEDEL FOREST INC – 6,458 ac, 2.5%
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 4,257 ac, 1.6%
GILMER HILLS HOLDINGS LLC – 2,909 ac, 1.1%
ACB ENTERPRISES – 2,899 ac, 1.1%
DRUMMOND DONALD D – 2,836 ac, 1.1%
PILCHER LAND CORPORATION – 2,363 ac, 0.9%

Top 5 – 65,644 ac, 25.2%

Top 10 – 80,907 ac, 31.1%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 38.6%

MACON COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 390,800
Total private timberland acres: 240,347
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 61.5%
Total timberland absentee owned: 82.5%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

DUDLEY LUMBER COMPANY – 12,578 ac, 5.2%
RED MOUNTAIN – 5,550 ac, 2.3%
WYNCREEK PLANTATION LLC – 4,316 ac, 1.8%
RUSSELL WILLIAM M JR – 3,869 ac, 1.6%
THE THOMAS & MARGUERITE CARROLL – 3,755 ac, 1.6%
TIMBERLANDS II LLC – 3,144 ac, 1.3%
BLOEDEL FOREST INC – 2,905 ac, 1.2%
CREEK STAND FARM – 2,587 ac, 1.1%
MCGREGOR LAND COMPANY INC – 2,367 ac, 1.0%
HERRON CHARLES E JR – 1,998 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 30,067 ac, 12.5%

Top 10 – 43,068 ac, 17.9%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 26.2%

MADISON COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 515,200
Total private timberland acres: 112,193
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 21.8%
Total timberland absentee owned: 21.5%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

STEVENSON LAND COMPANY LLC – 5,993 ac, 5.3%
PROPST-WALKER-NEW HOPE LLC – 2,100 ac, 1.9%
ENFINGER STEELE DEVELOPMENT LLC – 1,629 ac, 1.5%
ASHLEY, DAVIE R & MARGARET O – 1,396 ac, 1.2%
RICHMAN, MARY MOTLOW & *** – 1,293 ac, 1.2%
LAND TRUST OF HUNTSVILLE & NORTH ALABAMA – 1,150 ac, 1.0%
JONES, G W & SON’S FARM ACCOUNT – 1,006 ac, 0.9%
PARSONS, VERNON E & – 858 ac, 0.8%
HOWARD FARMS LLC – 853 ac, 0.8%
DESE PROPERTIES LLC – 681 ac, 0.6%

Top 5 – 12,411 ac, 11.1%

Top 10 – 16,959 ac, 15.1%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 13%

MARENGO COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 625,400
Total private timberland acres: 434,515
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 69.5%
Total timberland absentee owned: 68.9%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

THE WESTERVELT COMPANY – 36,679 ac, 8.4%
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 31,811 ac, 7.3%
SOTERRA, LLC – 9,554 ac, 2.2%
SPRINGDALE STORES, INC. – 8,145 ac, 1.9%
TUTT, WALTER V. – 7,527 ac, 1.7%
FIRST ALA. BANK OF MOBILE – 6,624 ac, 1.5%
ALLISON, R. A. – 5,772 ac, 1.3%
THE O’MELIA TIMBERLANDS LTD.P. – 4,834 ac, 1.1%
AMSOUTH BANK N.A. TRUSTEE * – 4,567 ac, 1.1%
LEDKINS FARMS, LLC(66.8%) ET AL – 4,022 ac, 0.9%

Top 5 – 93,716 ac, 21.6%

Top 10 – 119,535 ac, 27.5%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 43.9%

MARION COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 474,500
Total private timberland acres: 360,403
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 76.0%
Total timberland absentee owned: 68.8%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

GMO THRESHOLD TIMBER COURTLAND LLC – 41,987 ac, 11.65%
RMK REGIONS TIMBERLAND GROUP – 31,887 ac, 8.9%
WEYERHAEUSER – 10,882 ac, 3.0%
MONTIS ELIZABETH G AND GEORGE P TRUSTEES – 6,146 ac, 1.7%
LAND ENGERY LTD – 4,480 ac, 1.2%
DOBBS WALKER N – 3,349 ac, 0.9%
SMITH SARAH A & JMS INVESTMENTS INC – 3,309 ac, 0.9%
PEARCE JAMES & CLARKE TRUST – 2,961 ac, 0.8%
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF B’HAM – 2,709 ac, 0.8%
SMITH KENNETH J & JENNIFER A – 2,323 ac, 0.6%

Top 5 – 95,381 ac, 26.5%

Top 10 – 110,032 ac, 30.5%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 34%

MARSHALL COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 363,000
Total private timberland acres: 130,227
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 35.9%
Total timberland absentee owned: 42.2%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

MAY, WILLIAM N & OTHERS – 2,160 ac, 1.7%
PARCHES COVE LAND COMPANY LLC – 2,077 ac, 1.6%
TROUP FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP – 2,020 ac, 1.6%
JONES, CARL T & RAYMOND – 1,244 ac, 1.0%
ROSS, JOHN O SR FAMILY LTD PARTNERSHIP – 1,187 ac, 0.9%
MARCAVIEW FARMS INC – 1,134 ac, 0.9%
DREAM RANCH LLC – 897 ac, 0.7%
TUCKER, DENIE O & PAMELA A TUCKER – 621 ac, 0.5%
STEVENSON LAND CO LLC – 573 ac, 0.4%
SOTERRA LLC – 562 ac, 0.4%

Top 5 – 8,688 ac, 6,7%

Top 10 – 12,475 ac, 9.6%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 7.5%

MOBILE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 789,400
Total private timberland acres: 302,540
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 38.3%
Total timberland absentee owned: 38.6%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

TENSAW LAND & TIMBER CO INC – 23,073 ac, 7.63%
ALTMAYER LTD PARTNERSHIP A – 19,313 ac, 6.4%
CHIPPEWA LAKES LLC – 15,457 ac, 5.1%
REGIONS BANK TRUST DEPT – 14,515 ac, 4.8%
AM SOUTH BANK N A TR DEPT – 11,542 ac, 3.8%
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA – 10,456 ac, 3.5%
GM&O LIMITED PARTNERSHIP A – 5,845 ac, 1.9%
STALLWORTH LAND CO – 5,055 ac, 1.7%
LAMBERT GARY S – 3,692 ac, 1.2%
BASSETT RUTH J – 3,533 ac, 1.2%

Top 5 – 83,899 ac, 27.7%

Top 10 – 112,480 ac, 37.2%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 43.7%

MONROE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 656,600
Total private timberland acres: 533,818
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 81.3%
Total timberland absentee owned: 74.2%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 38,756 ac, 7.3%
RED HILL WEST LLC – 29,477 ac, 5.5%
RAYONIER WOODLANDS LLC – 18,720 ac, 3.5%
C/O PDS COMPANIES – 11,801 ac, 2.2%
BROUGHTON TIMBERLANDS LP – 11,456 ac, 2.2%
HARRIGAN, DWIGHT FAMILY TRUST – 7,846 ac, 1.5%
LANGFORD, IRVIN J TRUST – 7,412 ac, 1.4%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBER CO IV LLC – 7,357 ac, 1.4%
WHITE SMITH LAND COMPANY – 6,438 ac, 1.2%
WILCO PROPERTIES LTD – 5,998 ac, 1.1%

Top 5 – 110,210 ac, 20.6%

Top 10 – 110,210 ac, 27.2%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 48%

MONTGOMERY COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 505,500
Total private timberland acres: 151,844
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 30.0%
Total timberland absentee owned: 28.8%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

BLOEDEL FOREST INC – 5,017 ac, 3.3%
PLUM CREEK TIMBERLANDS LP – 4,818 ac, 3.2%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERCO I LLC – 4,199 ac, 2.8%
AUERBACH FARM PROPERTIES LLC – 3,971 ac, 2.6%
DUDLEY LUMBER CO INC – 2,555 ac, 1.7%
THIGPEN HILL LLC – 1,417 ac, 0.9%
MOUNT PROPERTIES LLC – 1,331 ac, 0.9%
HACKMAN JOHN E – 1,266 ac, 0.8%
GRAY PRUETT PLANTATION LLC & – 1,263 ac, 0.8%
PGM PROPERTIES LTD – 1,260 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 20,560 ac, 13.5%

Top 10 – 27,098 ac, 17.9%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 20.8%

MORGAN COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 372,600
Total private timberland acres: 122,902
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 33.0%
Total timberland absentee owned: 32.3%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

FREEMAN FIVE, LLC – 2,857 ac, 2.3%
BURDEN-CHILDERS LAND COMPANY, L.L.C. – 2,272 ac, 1.9%
GOLDEN ROD FARMS, INC. – 2,162 ac, 1.8%
INGRAM FARMS, INC. – 2,128 ac, 1.7%
HDJ LAND & TIMBER, LTD – 1,083 ac, 0.9%
SIMS, J. O. & MELONAE W. – 748 ac, 0.6%
HUDSON, JAMES R., III & JENNIE S. – 668 ac, 0.5%
MOONEYHAM, JACK T. & JOE C. – 543 ac, 0.4%
CROWDER FARMS ENTERPRISES, LLC – 433 ac, 0.4%
COOK, DIANNA H. & RAYMOND, MARGARET *** – 429 ac, 0.4%

Top 5 – 10,502 ac, 8.5%

Top 10 – 13,322 ac, 10.8%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 8.5%

PERRY COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 460,500
Total private timberland acres: 304,585
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 66.1%
Total timberland absentee owned: 83.5%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 23,138 ac, 7.6%
RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERCO I LLC – 22,160 ac, 7.3%
WESTERVELT COMPANY THE – 16,114 ac, 5.3%
AVERY MARY KATHERINE ARBUTHNOT – 5,936 ac, 2.0%
NICHOLS KENWOOD C. – 5,771 ac, 1.9%
CHEAHA TIMBER LLC – 5,241 ac, 1.7%
GLASS MARY ELIZABETH HOLMES – 4,231 ac, 1.4%
HOLMES CHARLES ALLISON – 4,136 ac, 1.4%
M L CRAWFORD TIMBERLANDS LL C 1/2 INT – 3,686 ac, 1.2%
CRAWFORD GEORGE L /1/4 UNDIVIDED INT – 3,651 ac, 1.2%

Top 5 – 73,119 ac, 24.0%

Top 10 – 94,063 ac, 30.9%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 45%

PICKENS COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 564,100
Total private timberland acres: 440,712
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 78.127%
Total timberland absentee owned: 64.2%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WESTERVELT COMPANY – 61,531 ac, 14.0%
MELROSE/MCSHAN TIMBER COMPANY INC – 27,783 ac, 6.3%
WEYERHAEUSER – 21,883 ac, 5.0%
REESE CHERIE ANN ODOM – 9,173 ac, 2.1%
BELL YARBRO INVESTMENTS LLC – 8,953 ac, 2.0%
BALLARD GEORGE W – 7,339 ac, 1.7%
SKELTON STEVE – 6,288 ac, 1.4%
PATE TIMBERLAND LLC – 6,125 ac, 1.4%
RODGERS ENTERPRISES V LLC – 5,040 ac, 1.1%
MCGEE JOHN – 4,468 ac, 1.0%

Top 5 – 129,323 ac, 29.3%

Top 10 – 158,584 ac, 36.0%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 46.1%

PIKE COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 429,500
Total private timberland acres: 288,470
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 67.2%
Total timberland absentee owned: 48.7%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RED MOUNTAIN TIMBERCO I LLC – 10,767 ac, 3.7%
PLUM CREEK TIMBER COMPANY INC – 9,736 ac, 3.4%
TIMBERVEST PARTNERS II ALABAMA LLC – 7,586 ac, 2.6%
SELLERS FAMILY PARTNERSHIP LTD – 3,320 ac, 1.2%
MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION – 2,913 ac, 1.0%
WHALEY JANE GREEN & ALEX – 2,560 ac, 0.9%
EDWARDS PROPERTIES LTD – 2,329 ac, 0.8%
SELLERS W G III – 2,239 ac, 0.8%
HARRIS KENNETH L JR – 2,185 ac, 0.8%
SANDERS WILEY C JR – 2,011 ac, 0.7%

Top 5 – 34,322 ac, 11.9%

Top 10 – 45,647 ac, 15.8%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 22.1%

RANDOLPH COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 371,900
Total private timberland acres: 171,262
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 46.1%
Total timberland absentee owned: 45.7%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

CAHABA FORESTS LLC – 15,070 ac, 8.8%
PLUM CREEK TIMBERLANDS LP – 4,924 ac, 2.9%
CROWN PINE REALTY 4 INC. – 4,063 ac, 2.4%
REDD BROOKE TREE FARM L.P. – 2,978 ac, 1.7%
FINCHER JAMES W. & NANCY – 2,818 ac, 1.7%
LOWRY MARK & VANESSA – 1,951 ac, 1.1%
CLEVELAND FARMS INC. – 1,923 ac, 1.1%
PERRY WILLIAM STEVE SR. 3 4 INT. – 1,735 ac, 1.0%
PINECROFT LTD. – 1,449 ac, 0.9%
LOVVORN TERRY & SHERRY – 1,421 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 27,035 ac, 15.8%

Top 10 – 36,911 ac, 21.6%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 24.7%

RUSSELL COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 410,300
Total private timberland acres: 289,942
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 70.7%
Total timberland absentee owned: 62.8%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

DUDLEY LUMBER COMPANY INC – 30,419 ac, 10.5%
TIMBERLANDS II LLC – 29,667 ac, 10.2%
MWV LAND SALES – 12,933 ac, 4.5%
CARROLL FRANK W & GLORIA S – 3,948 ac, 1.4%
W C BRADLEY FARMS INC – 3,771 ac, 1.3%
BICKERSTAFF RICHARD H SR – 3,673 ac, 1.3%
TORBERT FAMILY PROPERTIES LLC – 3,633 ac, 1.3%
RUTHERFORD CAPITAL CORPORATION – 3,438 ac, 1.2%
ALABAMA ASSOCIATED – 3,369 ac, 1.2%
SOUTHERN TIMBER ENTERPRISE – 3,156 ac, 1.1%

Top 5 – 80,738 ac, 27.9%

Top 10 – 98,006 ac, 33.8%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 43.1%

SHELBY COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 508,700
Total private timberland acres: 239,824
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 47.1%
Total timberland absentee owned: 59.3%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WESTERVELT COMPANY THE – 50,465 ac, 21.0%
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION – 23,252 ac, 9.7%
CAHABA FORESTS LLC – 19,712 ac, 8.2%
EBSCO INDUSTRIES INC – 8,328 ac, 3.5%
GORDON TIMBERLANDS LTD – 6,486 ac, 2.7%
PINE MOUNTAIN PRESERVE LLLP – 5,579 ac, 2.3%
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INS CO – 3,963 ac, 1.7%
STAMPS PROPERTIES – 3,784 ac, 1.6%
BARBER COMPANIES INC (THE) – 2,647 ac, 1.1%
RIVERWOODS HOLDINGS LLC – 1,701 ac, 0.7%

Top 5 – 108,243 ac, 45.1%

Top 10 – 121,569 ac, 50.7%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 55.4%

ST. CLAIR COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 405,800
Total private timberland acres: 277,860
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 68.5%
Total timberland absentee owned: 52.9%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

SOTERRA LLC – 24,237 ac, 8.7%
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY – 10,234 ac, 3.7%
ALABAMA POWER COMPANY – 8,499 ac, 3.1%
LAWLEY LAND & TIMBER LTD – 4,909 ac, 1.8%
BCL PROPERTIES LLC – 3,798 ac, 1.4%
NATIONAL CEMENT INC – 3,719 ac, 1.3%
CROW WARREN BAKER IV ETAL – 3,441 ac, 1.2%
HEADWATERS INVESTMENTS CORPORATION – 3,390 ac, 1.2%
BARBER GEORGE W JR – 3,004 ac, 1.1%
BIRD MAFUS R JR – 1,741 ac, 0.6%

Top 5 – 47,879 ac, 17.2%

Top 10 – 65,231 ac, 23.5%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 26.3%

SUMTER COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 579,200
Total private timberland acres: 411,393
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 71.0%
Total timberland absentee owned: 73.7%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WESTERVELT COMPANY – 24,353 ac, 5.9%
DELANEY DEVELOPMENT INC – 27,879 ac, 6.8%
ALAWEST-AL L.L.C. – 17,279 ac, 4.2%
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE SA-52 – 12,438 ac, 3.0%
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA – 10,563 ac, 2.6%
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 8,664 ac, 2.1%
BASCOM SOUTHERN LLC – 5,362 ac, 1.3%
SHAW FARMS LLC – 5,214 ac, 1.3%
OSWALT GUY COLEMAN & – 5,180 ac, 1.3%
MILLER E. S. EST. OF – 4,645 ac, 1.1%

Top 5 – 92,511 ac, 22.5%

Top 10 – 121,576 ac, 29.6%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 30.1%

TALLADEGA COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 473,300
Total private timberland acres: 195,808
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 41.4%
Total timberland absentee owned: 58.0%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY – 27,134 ac, 13.9%
HEADWATERS INVESTMENTS CORP – 6,766 ac, 3.5%
RANDOLPH CHRISTOPHER SCOTT JR – 4,404 ac, 2.3%
IMERYS CARBONATES L L C – 3,501 ac, 1.8%
STEED TIMBER CO INC – 3,307 ac, 1.7%
HARRISON PATRICIA HUBBARD & JOHN R – 2,368 ac, 1.2%
HUBBARD JAMES S – 1,652 ac, 0.8%
JONES INVESTMENT COMPANY – 1,554 ac, 0.8%
PURSELL INVESTMENTS L P – 1,379 ac, 0.7%
STOWE CARY L & PATRICE S – 1,323 ac, 0.7%

Top 5 – 45,112 ac, 23.0%

Top 10 – 53,387 ac, 27.3%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 27.3%

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: NA
Total private timberland acres: 394,516
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: NA
Total timberland absentee owned: NA

TUSCALOOSA COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 848,200
Total private timberland acres: 659,236
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 77.7%
Total timberland absentee owned: 37.2%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WESTERVELT COMPANY – 65,551 ac, 9.9%
ALAWEST-AL LLC – 41,932 ac, 6.4%
UNITED STATES STEEL LLC – 33,625 ac, 5.1%
WALTER MINERALS INC – 18,696 ac, 2.8%
HOLMAN RICHARD P JR ETAL – 10,109 ac, 1.5%
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY – 8,225 ac, 1.3%
ALBERT PLUS LLC – 8,093 ac, 1.2%
AMSOUTH BANK N A – 6,920 ac, 1.1%
SYNOVUS TRUST COMPANY N.A. – 6,727 ac, 1.0%
T H ROBERTSON & SONS INC – 5,682 ac, 0.9%

Top 5 – 169,913 ac, 25.8%

Top 10 – 205,560 ac, 31.2%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 34.7%

WALKER COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 508,400
Total private timberland acres: 334,636
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 65.8%
Total timberland absentee owned: 39.4%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

ALAWEST-AL L L C – 20,116 ac, 6.0%
USX CORP – 16,325 ac, 4.9%
DRUMMOND COAL CO INC – 13,845 ac, 4.1%
CLEVELAND LTD – 9,688 ac, 2.9%
EMPIRE COKE CO – 9,630 ac, 2.9%
SOTERRA LLC – 4,521 ac, 1.4%
TIMBERVEST PARTNERS ALABAMA LLC – 3,391 ac, 1.0%
WESTERVELT LAND CO – 3,330 ac, 1.0%
KILGORE, DON H – 3,027 ac, 0.9%
SIMMONS GROUP LTD – 2,857 ac, 0.9%

Top 5 – 69,604 ac, 20.8%

Top 10 – 86,732 ac, 25.9%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 36.4%

WASHINGTON COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 691,700
Total private timberland acres: 621,418
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 89.8%
Total timberland absentee owned: 60.1%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

TENSAW LAND & TIMBER CO. – 61,104 ac, 9.8%
STALLWORTH LAND CO INC. – 24,087 ac, 3.9%
CHOCTAW LAND CO. – 16,218 ac, 2.6%
WILCOX, EDITH – 16,205 ac, 2.6%
SOUTH ALABAMA LAND AND TIMBER CO., INC. – 10,224 ac, 1.7%
AM SOUTH BANK N.A. – 9,886 ac, 1.6%
LAUBENTHAL LAND & TIMBER CO – 7,260 ac, 1.2%
WHITE SMITH LAND CO. – 7,029 ac, 1.1%
ESCATAWPA RIVER WOODLANDS, INC. – 6,748 ac, 1.1%
LAURIE PROPERTIES L.L.C. – 2,736 ac, 0.4%

Top 5 – 127,838 ac, 20.6%

Top 10 – 161,497 ac, 26.0%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 26.9%

WILCOX COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 568,800
Total private timberland acres: 470,939
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 82.8%
Total timberland absentee owned: 67.1%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

WEYERHAUSER COMPANY – 41,240 ac, 8.8%
ALCO LAND & TIMBER CO – 12,440 ac, 2.6%
JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INS – 10,767 ac, 2.3%
SOTERRA LLC – 10,596 ac, 2.3%
GULF STATES PAPER CORPORATION – 6,667 ac, 1.4%
WILKINSON C ALLEN & DOROTHY W – 5,740 ac, 1.2%
SADLER LAND & TIMBER COMPANY LLC & – 4,936 ac, 1.1%
ESTES JOHN E SR – 4,218 ac, 0.9%
LUCE PACKING CO INC – 4,095 ac, 0.9%
MIDWAY PLANTATION INC – 3,842 ac, 0.8%

Top 5 – 81,710 ac, 17.4%

Top 10 – 104,540 ac, 22.2%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 39.7%

WINSTON COUNTY Timberland

Total acres in county: 393,300
Total private timberland acres: 189,416
Private timberland acres as percent total acres: 48.2%
Total timberland absentee owned: 75.9%

TOP TEN OWNERS (Acres and % of total)

RMK SELECT TIMBERLAND INVESTMENT FUND 1 – 30,645 ac, 16.2%
SOTERRA LLC – 16,929 ac, 8.9%
GMO THRESHOLD TIMBER COURTLAND LLC – 11,858 ac, 6.3%
LAND ENERGY LTD – 2,919 ac, 1.5%
TRIPLE M RANCH LLC – 2,618 ac, 1.4%
MIMS, JAMES COVINGTON – 1,948 ac, 1.0%
BAILEY, DOYLE J & ANN C – 1,470 ac, 0.8%
MCWANE SALARIED PENSION PLAN DIRECTED TR – 1,342 ac, 0.7%
BAILEY, DOYCE R – 1,313 ac, 0.7%
BTW ENTERPRISES LLC – 1,092 ac, 0.6%

Top 5 – 64,969 ac, 34.3%

Top 10 – 72,134 ac, 38.1%

Percent of Timberland in holdings of over 1,000 acres – 38.6%