Grenada County sits where the north Mississippi hills run out toward flat delta ground. The east side is hilly with fine soil that washes. The Yalobusha River comes through the county, and its valley is broad and low.
Southeast Forestlands works only for the landowner. We do not buy timber and we are not paid by mills.
Hills That Wash and Flats That Hold Water
These are two different problems on one county's worth of ground.
On the hills, water runs and takes soil with it. On the low flats, water stands. A plan that fits one will not fit the other, so a place that has both needs two plans.
Access Decides What Can Be Reached
A logger looks at the way in before he looks at the timber.
A washed-out grade or a failed crossing can put part of a tract out of reach entirely. Walk the haul route and the crossings before the timber is offered, and settle which acres a loaded truck can actually serve.
Keep the Steep Ground Covered
Fine soil holds together while roots and leaf litter cover it.
Strip a steep bank bare and one hard rain starts a gully. Keep skid trails off the steepest pitches, then seed and water-bar them when the job is finished. Cover put back quickly is what keeps the hillside where it is.
Pine Above, Hardwood in the Low Ground
The uplands grow pine and replant well in pine. The valley ground holds hardwood and generally should stay hardwood.
They go to different buyers and are measured on different terms. Keeping them separate on paper is how you know what you actually have.
Nothing Replaces a Walk
Boundary lines, gates, turn room, and soft spots are tract facts, not county facts.
Walk the place with a forester before you decide anything or sign anything. The walk is also where you find out which parts of the place are ready and which should wait.
Nearby Counties
We also work with landowners in nearby counties, including Yalobusha, Calhoun, Webster, Montgomery, and Carroll.
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.