About ASW Forestry

ASW Forestry is a Middle Georgia forestry consulting and rural land company built on long-term relationships, practical experience, and independent advice. While the ASW Forestry name is relatively new, the forestry practice behind it has served landowners since 1968.

A Forestry Tradition Since 1968

1968 — John Atkinson
Established the forestry consulting practice and began serving landowners throughout Middle Georgia.

1994 — Atkinson & Smith Forestry
Billy Smith, who had worked with John, purchased the business and continued the practice as Atkinson & Smith Forestry.

1998 — Trey Waller Joins the Company
After graduating from the University of Georgia, Trey joined Billy Smith in 1998, beginning a career with the practice that would eventually become ASW Forestry.

2020 — ASW Forestry
Trey purchased the business from Billy Smith, establishing ASW Forestry and continuing the relationships and traditions built over more than five decades.

Many of the families we serve today have been clients for 30 or 40 years, with some relationships dating back to the earliest years of the practice.

Who We Are Today

Trey Waller
Registered Forester

Rural Real Estate Agent

Trey brings more than 28 years of forestry experience, including consulting forestry, timber procurement, mill operations, timber marketing, land management, and rural real estate. A graduate of the University of Georgia's Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Trey joined the practice in 1998 and purchased the business in 2020.

Evan Shuman
Forester

Evan joined ASW Forestry in 2023 after graduating from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. He works across the company's forestry operations, including timber inventory, forest management, timber sales, GIS mapping, reforestation, and field operations, helping provide landowners with practical, on-the-ground forestry assistance.

Our Approach

ASW Forestry works for the landowner. Our recommendations are based on the property, the timber, current markets, and the owner's objectives—not on selling a particular product or directing timber to a particular buyer. We believe good forestry comes from sound information, competitive markets, careful field work, and relationships built over time.