Timber Management
Evaluate management options including thinning, clear cutting, continued growth, harvest planning and reforestation, with oversight throughout the process.
For more than 35 years, JC's Forestry Services has helped landowners make informed decisions about timber management, valuation, harvesting and planting across Southeast Louisiana and Southwest Mississippi.
Every tract and every landowner is different. We begin with the property, your goals and the condition of the timber, then help determine the right path forward.
Evaluate management options including thinning, clear cutting, continued growth, harvest planning and reforestation, with oversight throughout the process.
Assess the timber on your property to help you understand what you have and make better-informed decisions about management and potential sale.
Coordinate tree planting for reforestation or for landowners converting suitable pasture or other acreage to timber, with planting services arranged by the acre.
Our role is to help the landowner understand the options and, when harvesting makes sense, represent the landowner throughout the sale and cutting process.
We start with questions about acreage, existing timber, survey or property maps, current use and your goals for the land.
We look at the property and discuss practical choices such as thinning, clear cutting and replanting, continued growth, or planting new timber.
When appropriate, we can help identify whether the property may qualify for relevant state or federal land-set-aside or forestry funding programs.
If harvesting is the right choice, we seek current pricing from multiple mills and help contract with the strongest suitable offer.
We mark harvest areas—and in some cases individual trees—arrange logging contracts and monitor the cutting process to keep the job on track.
We collect mill payments and prepare load-by-load reporting for checks sent to the landowner, while helping ensure the property is left in appropriate condition when logging is complete.
Timber sales involve mills, loggers, contracts, loads and market pricing. JC's Forestry Services helps landowners navigate that process with an experienced representative looking after their interests.
You don't need to know the answer before you call. Tell us about the property, the acreage and what you're hoping to accomplish. We'll ask the questions that help determine whether we can assist.
Call 225-721-1366