Mobile County is coastal-plain ground in southwest Alabama. Loblolly and longleaf hold the sand ridges, slash pine sits on the lower flats, and cypress and tupelo take over toward the delta.
Southeast Forestlands works only for the landowner. We do not buy timber and we are not paid by mills.
Soils and Terrain in Mobile County
About a quarter of the county is very sandy. It drains almost too well. Another quarter drains poorly or worse. Plenty of tracts hold both inside one line. A dry sand ridge and a wet flat are not the same job. They need different trees. They need different spacing. They need a different crew and different gear. We map the split before the sale so the wet acres are described as wet acres and not folded into the ridge.
Protecting Soil and Water During a Harvest
Wetland margins along the Mobile-Tensaw Delta get flagged and left out. We avoid crossings there when there is any other way in. A single bad crossing can cost more than the wood it reaches.
Getting the Next Stand Started
The plan sets species, spacing, and planting date. It also marks the acres that stay out for good. This close to the coast, exposure to wind is one of the things weighed when spacing and rotation length are set.
Wet Acres Need Their Own Plan
One acre in five here is mapped as wetland soil. Another fifth takes floodwater in an ordinary year. Those acres are not lost. They just get handled apart from the dry ridge.
Locate them before a sale, not after a crew is on the ground. Some of that ground needs a permit before any crossing is built. Knowing where the line falls is what keeps a job from stopping halfway through.
Nearby Counties
We also work with landowners in nearby counties, including Baldwin (AL), Washington (AL), Clarke (AL), George (MS), and Greene (MS).
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.