Marengo County is in west central Alabama. A lot of the ground is heavy clay. The Tombigbee River bottom runs through the county and floods, so wet ground drives the plan here.
Southeast Forestlands works only for the landowner. We do not buy timber and we are not paid by mills.
Clay Runs the Calendar
Clay gives up water slowly. It is firm in a dry fall and soft after a wet week.
Rain, not a promised finish date, decides when logging can go on. Plan the schedule with that in mind.
River Bottom Is Its Own Job
Bottom ground grows hardwood and floods. It is worth managing, but it takes dry weather and a solid way in.
Keep bottom acres and upland acres separate in the plan. They rarely work on the same schedule.
Replanting Follows the Ground
Pine does not grow the same across one place here. What did well on a well drained rise may fail on heavy clay a quarter mile away.
So lay a replant out by what the ground will do, not by the shape of the deed.
Roads and Loading Spots
Pick loading spots on the firmest, highest ground on the place. On clay, that one choice decides how the tract looks when the job is done.
Ask that the main road be left drivable. Say it before the work starts, not after.
Lines and Access
Have the boundary run before timber is marked. Old fences and field edges are not always the line.
If the way in crosses a neighbor, get that in writing too. A recorded road agreement names who may haul, when, and who repairs the surface.
Then Look at the Timber
Have the stands measured by type and age. That is what tells you whether to thin, hold, or harvest.
Nearby Counties
We also work with landowners in nearby counties, including Hale (AL), Greene (AL), Sumter (AL), Choctaw (AL), Clarke (AL), Wilcox (AL), Dallas (AL), and Perry (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.