Chickasaw County is in northeast Mississippi. The west side is hilly. The east side flattens out into heavier ground that is slow to dry. A tract on one side works nothing like a tract on the other.
Southeast Forestlands works only for the landowner. We do not buy timber and we are not paid by mills.
Hills on One Side, Heavy Ground on the Other
Water moves off the hills quickly. Roads on those slopes wash if they are not laid out with care.
On the flatter east side, water sits instead. That ground stays soft for a while after a rain.
Weather Decides the Schedule
On the heavier ground, rain sets the pace. A tract that hauls fine in the fall may need to sit in late winter.
Agree ahead of time on when work stops and who repairs the road. Put it in writing.
A finish date with no rain clause puts all the risk on the landowner.
Timber Types Sell Apart
Pine, upland hardwood, and bottom hardwood are three different products.
Counted together, none of them is described properly. Counted apart, each one can be offered to the buyers who handle it.
Roads, Crossings, and Lines
Pick the loading spots and the crossings before the first tree falls. High, firm ground for loading keeps the mess in one place.
Have the boundary marked first, too. Old fences and field edges are not always the line.
Getting Ready to Replant
Settle the next stand while the current one is still standing. Roads, loading spots, and how the ground is left all change how a planting crew works.
Pine belongs on the well drained ground. On the wet flats, hardwood is the usual call once a walk confirms what is coming on there.
Before Any Decision
Have the tract walked. Tree size, how thick the stand is, the wet spots, and the way in are what a buyer is really paying for.
Nearby Counties
We also work with landowners in nearby counties, including Pontotoc, Lee, Monroe, Clay, Webster, and Calhoun.
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.