Attala County is rolling hill country in the middle of Mississippi. Much of the upland is a fine, silty soil. It grows timber well, but it washes badly once it is bare. The Yockanookany River runs through the county, and its bottom is flat and wet.
Southeast Forestlands works only for the landowner. We do not buy timber and we are not paid by mills.
Soil That Washes
Fine upland soil moves fast in a hard rain. A skid trail on a steep pitch can become a gully in a single season.
Keep trails off the steepest ground, break them with water bars, and seed the bare places before the crew leaves. Once a gully starts, it takes real money to stop.
High Ground Runs the Schedule
The hills shed water and dry out first. The river bottom does not.
Work the uplands when weather is uncertain. Save the low ground for a dry stretch, and write a stop-work rule into the contract so wet-weather work is not up to the crew.
Bottom Hardwood Is Its Own Sale
The flat ground near the river holds hardwood. Some of it is good and some of it is not.
Have it cruised on its own and reported by species and grade. Lumped in with the pine, none of that gets recorded. You cannot judge an offer you cannot see the pieces of.
Replanting Choices
Pine belongs on the hills and shoulders. The wet flats are usually left to seed in, and that call needs a walk to confirm seed trees and young stems.
Pine seedlings set in a wet bottom survive poorly. Match the tree to the spot before the order goes in.
Come Look at It First
Steep pitches, old trails, and a place to turn a truck are tract facts.
They decide what a crew can actually do. Walk the place before you agree to anything.
Nearby Counties
We also work with landowners in nearby counties, including Choctaw, Montgomery, Holmes, Yazoo, Madison, Leake, and Winston.
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.