Greene County is in the southeast corner of Mississippi. Pine covers the sandy high ground. Hardwood fills the bottoms, and those bottoms flood when the Chickasawhay River comes up.
Southeast Forestlands works only for the landowner. We do not buy timber and we are not paid by mills.
Two Kinds of Ground on One Place
The sandy high ground drains well and holds a road most of the year. The bottoms are another matter. They stay damp, and they flood.
A lot of tracts hold some of each. The upland may be ready to work in March while the bottom is not.
Timing the Work
Plan the wet part of a tract for dry months. A dry fall is worth waiting for. Wet ground tears up under loaded trucks, and the ruts stay for years.
Put a rain shutdown in writing before a crew ever shows up. It sets clear limits for wet-weather work.
Getting In and Out
Check the way in before the timber is offered. A soft entrance can hold up the whole job after one wet week.
Know where the lines are, too. Check boundary lines in the bottoms before logging.
After the Harvest
Replant by the ground, not by the acres on the deed. Pine belongs on the sandy high ground, where it grows fast.
Low, wet spots are normally kept in hardwood. Whether they restock without planting depends on the seed trees and young stems already standing, so walk them first.
Why the Tract Comes First
A county description is only a starting point. Your acres, your access, and your timber decide what should happen and when.
General Guidance
For more on how we handle each part of the work, start with these guides:
- 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
Talk with a forester before deciding anything. Contact us to discuss your goals; the first review of your property generally happens online.