About Us

Branch Timberlands was founded in 1999 by Jim Branch for the purpose of providing a brokerage and timberland investment services for clients wishing to invest in or sell timberland and large agricultural tracts. We have assisted clients in acquiring and selling large tracts of land. We are accustomed to handling all of the intricacies of the sales and acquisitions for our clients so that it is a pleasant and profitable experience.

Our contacts in the forest products industry have proven invaluable in locating quality timberland. We have successfully marketed many tracts overseas to clients that wish to invest in high quality timberland and agricultural land in the southern United States. 

Natural Resource Consultants, LLC is our forestry consulting and management company.  We currently manage over 16,000 acres in Georgia.  Providing personal attention is very important to us.  We are committed to insuring that, through prudent forest management, each client's individual needs are met.  Whether the goal is to maximize biomass production, enhance biodiversity through conservation of native species or simply create an aesthetically pleasing property, we work to ensure that management goals are met.

Jim Branch served two years as an Airborne infrantryman with the 82nd Airborne prior to graduating from Emory University in 1994.  He received his Masters of Forest Resources from the University of Georgia in 1997. He is a Georgia Registered Forester and a licensed real estate broker in Georgia. Jim worked as a consulting forester for Georgia Farm Bureau, a development and acquisition superintendent for an Atlanta-based development company and consulting forester for Weyerhaeuser Real Estate and Development Company, Wachovia Bank, and other family offices.  He has extensive experience in land acquisitions and sales as well as timberland management. 

Elizabeth Branch received her Masters of Science in Wildlife Biology in 1998 with a certificate in Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development. She received her B.S. from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.  Elizabeth has been a licensed real estate agent in Georgia since 2000 with experience in timberland management and acquisitions. 

David Thompson, contract forester for Natural Resource Consultants, is a Georgia and Alabama registered forester as well as a certified Master Timber Harvester.  David graduated from Auburn University in 1979 with a B.S. in Forestry.  He has worked as southwest area manager for Vardaman Forestry Services and as a timber buyer for Steed and Bristol Timber Companies.

Jeff Brock, Forestry and Wildlife Technician for Natural Resource Consultants, studied Ag. Business and Animal Science and Forestry and Wildlife Management at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. He has over twenty five years experience in Forestry and Wildlife Management including quality deer management, quail habitat restoration, and fisheries management. He worked as an Assistant Wildlife Manager at Millhaven Plantation and spent three years with the Wildlife Resources Division of The Georgia Department of Natural Resources working in wildlife management and fisheries.  He is a licensed Nuisance Animal Trapper and a Certified Prescribed Fire Manager.

Sally Green is a Georgia licensed real estate agent with Branch Timberlands.  She oversees property management and land sales for Flint Plantation, LLC including the development of several subdivisions.