Franklin County is in the southwest corner of Mississippi. The hills here are steep for this part of the state, and the soil is fine and deep. It grows good timber, and it also cuts away fast once it is bare. The Homochitto River crosses the county with a wide, sandy bottom.
Southeast Forestlands works only for the landowner. We do not buy timber and we are not paid by mills.
These Hills Gully
Fine, deep soil holds a bank until something opens it. Then it can cut down several feet in a season.
This is the single biggest reason to control where machines travel here. Few trails, laid across the slope, with breaks and seed on them. That is not paperwork. It is protecting the ground you are keeping.
Crossings Are the Weak Point
Ground cut up this way means more small drains to get across.
Every crossing is another place that can wash. A good layout gets to the timber with the fewest crossings possible. Ask to see the road plan before the sale, not after.
The River Bottom Moves
The bottom along the Homochitto is broad and sandy, and the channel does not stay put.
If your line runs near it, walk it and check it before you sell. Boundaries there are worth confirming on the ground, because sand does not respect an old survey call.
Where the Pine Belongs
Pine does well on the ridges and the gentler shoulders. Steep faces and damp draws hold hardwood, and whether they restock without planting is settled by a walk, not assumed.
Plant the ground a crew can line out. Seedlings set on a steep face are hard to plant well and hard to tend.
Walk It First
Grade, access, and old washes are the first things a logger looks at on your place.
You should see them before he does. An hour on the ground tells you more than any description of the county can.
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.