Owners in Franklin County hold ground in the loess and Homochitto National Forest country of southwest Mississippi. Across the county the mix is steep loess ridges, longleaf and loblolly plantations, and mixed hardwood along the Homochitto and Bayou Pierre headwaters.
Southeast Forestlands works only for the landowner. We do not buy timber and we are not paid by mills.
What Grows Well on This Ground
In Franklin County the loess drops from ridge to narrow bottom in a short run.
Along the Homochitto, hardwood usually holds the bottom.
Roads, Weather, and Water Protection
Given how fast loess cuts, crossings at the Homochitto are built and skidding is routed off the sharp faces.
Getting Trees Back on the Ground
Loess ridges in Franklin County are good pine sites. Slopes are not, and pushing them into plantation usually costs more than it returns.
Loblolly fits the ridges.
Nearby Counties
We also work with landowners in nearby counties, including Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Amite, Wilkinson, and Pike.
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.