Copiah County runs from the silt hills toward the Pearl. Hazlehurst is the county seat. Nearly all of the timberland is privately owned. The land shifts from cut up hills in the west to flatter bottoms.
Southeast Forestlands works only for the landowner. We do not buy timber and we are not paid by mills.
Fine Soil That Moves Easily
Much of the county has deep, fine silt over sandier ground. It grows timber well and it is easy to work. It also moves easily.
A rutted skid trail on one of these slopes can turn into a ditch after two hard rains. Here the haul road and the main trails are a soil choice, not a matter of what is handy.
Some of the flatter ground stays wet after rain in winter. The creek bottoms flood outright. Bahala Creek starts in this county. Where a tract fronts ground like that, the acres you can actually log and the acres on the deed are two numbers. Settle that during the cruise.
Cutover That Never Came Back
A fair amount of ground here was cut years ago and never got a new stand started. If you own land in that shape, the first question is not what the timber is worth. It is what it will cost to get trees growing again. Part of that work the site may do on its own.
Look Before You Sell
Buffers along the creeks should be wider where the ground is steep. On this soil that is not paperwork. It is what keeps silt out of the water after the first storm.
Check the way in, the property lines, the stand, and which acres can truly be logged. Do that before anything is offered.
Nearby Counties
We also work with landowners in nearby counties, including Hinds, Rankin, Simpson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Franklin, Jefferson, and Claiborne.
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.