Baldwin County is flat coastal ground between Mobile Bay and the Florida line. Almost none of it has real slope. Water and sand decide a job here, not grade.
Southeast Forestlands works only for the landowner. We do not buy timber and we are not paid by mills.
Wet Ground Sets the Calendar
About a third of the county drains poorly. On ground this flat, water has nowhere to run. It sits.
Build the main road up out of the surface. Rock the entrance. A road cut down into a flat will fill and stay full. Aim the wet acres at late summer and fall, and put a stop-work standard in the contract.
Sand Ridges Dry Out Fast
Close to one acre in five is loose sand. Those ridges carry a loaded truck through most of the winter.
They also run short of water in a dry summer. Survival there turns on planting early and on stock that takes drought. Do not judge the whole tract by the ridge.
Bay Minette Creek and the Low Side
About a quarter of the county is mapped as ground that floods. Most of that is creek bottom and delta margin.
It grows good hardwood and cypress. It will not carry equipment much of the year. Cruise and sell it apart from the pine.
What Goes Back in the Ground
Species follows drainage here. Longleaf and loblolly suit the drier sand. Slash holds up where water stands part of the year.
Wet margins are usually left out of a planting plan. Mark that break on the tract before ordering seedlings.
Check It on Foot
Where the water table sits in February, and how far the sand runs, are answered by walking the place. A county map will not answer them.
Nearby Counties
We also work with landowners in nearby counties, including Mobile (AL), and Escambia (AL).
General Guidance
How the work itself is done is explained once, site-wide, rather than repeated county by county:
- What a timber cruise measures
- How a sealed-bid timber sale works
- How we sell timber
- Wet-weather logging and BMPs
- Thinning decisions
- Regeneration and replanting
- All forestry services
Talk It Over First
Walk the place with a forester before deciding anything. Contact us to set up a visit.