Kingwood staff and families gathered in Little Rock in May to celebrate 40 years of service to our clients! We gathered at Cypress Social for dinner and an evening of celebration and fellowship. Retired founders Jim Foster and Pete Prutzman addressed everyone with a short history lesson on Kingwood, kind words to all the staff, and words of encouragement and congratulations.

Tornadoes and other severe storms have always been a risk to timber ownership. Unfortunately, there is no affordable insurance program for timberland owners of less than 100,000 acres. So, when timber damage occurs, owners are often left with three options; do nothing, salvage the timber, or take a loss.

When it comes time to sell your timber, you want to get the best price to capitalize on your years of patient investment. There are a number of steps you should take before you sell your timber. Some of them can take place years in advance! Follow this process to get the most out of your timber.

Many landowners are absentee owners and live far away from their timberland and infrequently visit their property. In these cases, there are a few ways landowners can reduce risk of trespass and natural disasters like fire, wind, ice, and insect damage.

The most common calls real estate brokers receive are about recreational timberland. Whatever the intended use may be, there are many factors to consider when selecting a recreational timberland property.

If you are not planning to hunt your property, leasing it for hunting is extremely beneficial because it generates revenue, helps protect the property, and helps promote wildlife habitat.

Congratulations on your new forestland property. As a first-time landowner, you likely don’t have the knowledge to optimize the return of your investment. Larger landowners employ and rely on teams of forestry professionals for specific advice on how to manage forestland in accordance with their goals and objectives, state and federal law, as well as environmental and societal expectations.

“The preacher man says it's the end of time, And the Mississippi River, she's a-goin' dry, The interest is up and the stock market's down…”. Those opening lines in the Hank Williams Jr. song A Country Boy Can Survive sums what people are feeling regarding timber markets in late 2022.

2022 has been an interesting year. The first six months saw unprecedented price increases in all four states where we provide brokerage services. Why? Early 2022 was an excellent situation with low interest rates, and a strong stock market. We saw tremendous interest in real estate and closed numerous transactions.

On September 13, 1960, the United States Congress issued a joint proclamation designating the week beginning on the third Sunday in October as National Forest Products Week. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation on September 15, 1960. Since then, each sitting president has proclaimed the week. For 2020 that week is October 18-24.